On 28 June 2023, the John Adams Institute is thrilled to invite Nikole Hannah-Jones to discuss the politics of remembering. Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones has devoted her career to exposing systemic and institutional racism in the United States. Chief…
NAS Review Call for Editors
The Netherlands American Studies Review is looking for new editors! The NASR is looking for two editors (MSc/MA/PhD students) to join the team in September 2023.
USA Trivia Night
On 13 June 2023, the JAI will be hosting their first ever USA Trivia Night. Who was the 6th president of the United States? Who performed the halftime show at the Superbowl last year? And when we speak of the…
Matthew Desmond: Poverty, by America
In an event organized by the John Adams Institute. Pulitzer Prize winning sociologist Matthew Desmond, with his trademark blend of investigative journalism and academic rigor, will be talking about poverty in America. In his latest book Poverty, by America, Desmond encourages…
Polish Association for American Studies 2023 Annual Conference
On October 25-27, 2023, the Department of American Literature and Department of Studies in Culture, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, are hosting the 2023 PAAS Conference. The conference is titled “America and Deep Time: Alternate Geographies,…
Beyond Academia Contest – John Adams Institute
The John Adams Institute (JAI) is running an essay contest – motivating participants to make non-fiction works with an academic foundation more accessible to the public. The contest is open to all BA, MA, PhD students. Choose a captivating subject,…
NASA (virtual) Roundtable with Nancy Mykoff
GOING GLOCAL: ENGAGING STANDING ROCK MONDAY, MARCH 27TH, 4:00-5:00 PM Our first NASA Roundtable will feature Nancy Mykoff (University College Roosevelt) discussing her current collaboration with members, artists, leaders and institutions of Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and Indian Country. This…
Amerikanistendag 2023 in Nijmegen
This year’s Amerikanistendag will be held on June 22nd in Nijmegen, where it began 30 years ago. The American Studies Team at Radboud University is excited to welcome everyone back to their beautiful campus. The Amerikanistendag is a student conference and serves as a…
Discount for NASA members – John Adams Institute
We are pleased to announce that thanks to a NASA-JAI cooperation, NASA members are able to buy discount tickets to the events organized by the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam. The program of upcoming events of the JAI can be…
Netherlands American Studies Review Fall 2022 edition
The Editorial Committee of the Netherlands American Studies Review is happy to announce that the Fall 2022 edition is online now and can be found here. We hope you enjoy this collection of excellent student papers!