On Monday, June 2nd, at 13:45, NASA board member Heleen Blommers will defend her PhD dissertation titled “Deconstructing the War on Poverty: Why a Failure Narrative Became Entrenched in American Political Discourse, 1964-1974.” The defense will take place at the…
Manar Ellethy 2025
On Tuesday, May 27th, at 11:30, NASA member Manar Ellethy will defend her PhD dissertation titled “Paying The Dues: Black Documentary Film & the Quest for Truth.” The defense will take place at Leiden University (Academiegebouw, Rapenburg 73, Leiden). Manar…
Debby Esmeé de Vlugt 2024
On 8 May 2024, NASA board member Debby Esmeé de Vlugt successfully defended her PhD dissertation ‘A New Feeling of Unity: Decolonial Black Power in the Dutch Atlantic (1968-1973)’ at Leiden University. Debby Esmeé started her PhD at the Roosevelt…
Shu-Chien Chen 2022
Shu-Chien Chen successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled Towards a Neutral Formulary Apportionment System in Regional Integration on 15 September 2022. The PhD defence ceremony was online streamed so audiences from abroad also watched the live recording. The dissertation is…
Lisanne Walma 2020
On January 6th Lisanne Walma successfully defended her dissertation: Between Morpheus and Mary: The Public Debate on Morphine in Dutch Newspapers, 1880-1939 at the Academiegebouw in Utrecht. Her dissertation focused on the development of the Dutch public debate on morphine…
Aynur Erdogan 2018
In November 2018, Groningen University PhD candidate, Aynur Erdogan successfully defended her thesis titled The American Kaleidoscope of the Orient: Representations in Early American Print Culture. In it, Erdogan combines a number of studies on early American culture, European as well…
Albertine Bloemendal 2017
Albertine Bloemendal, “Reframing the Diplomat: Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community” PhD Defense, Leiden University, 2017
Karin Lurvink 2016
Beyond Racism and Poverty. The Truck System on Louisiana Plantations and Dutch Peateries, 1865-1920 PhD Defense of 25 November, 2016, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Berit Brink 2016
Revelatory Lines, Revolutionary Love: Beats, Black Arts and the Poetics of Public Engagement PhD Defense of 3 November 2016, University of Florida
Maarten van Gageldonk 2016
Transatlantic Mediators: Grove Press, Evergreen Review and Postwar European Literature. PhD Defense of 25 January 2016, Radboud University Nijmegen.