Netherlands American Studies Association

Netherlands American Studies Review 2025, no.1

The Editorial Committee of the Netherlands American Studies Review is happy to announce that the first issue of 2025 is now online and can be found here.

In this first issue of 2025, you will find six carefully selected pieces that reflect the topical diversity and interdisciplinary nature of our field in the Netherlands. Our contributors cover a variety of issues, ranging from an analysis of how Vaughn Love’s unpublished autobiography A Closer Look offers insights into the racial dynamics of the Spanish Civil War to how Disney’s Andor series can be understood through the concept of hegemony. These articles were written by students at different stages of their higher education, ranging from the early stages of their bachelor’s to the final stages of their master’s, but they all reflect the high standard of the work being done here in the Netherlands. At a moment of major upheaval in both global and American politics it could hardly be more vital to study and research the United States and its relations with the world.

We are thankful for all the students who sent us their work, for the editors who worked tirelessly to select and fine-tune these papers, and, of course, for the NASA Board, which has supported us throughout the process. This is the first issue of the NAS Review I have overseen as editor-in-chief – without the support of my talented editorial team and the efforts of all the student contributors it would not have been possible to produce something of such high quality, so I thank them all for their hard work and dedication. We are proud of the final product and hope it will inspire you as much as it did us.

The deadline for submissions to be considered for our next issue is on February 28. All the submission guidelines can be found here.

Nicolas Turner (Editor-in-Chief)

On behalf of the Editorial Board

  • Femke Fakkeldij
  • Romy Metz
  • Rajae el Morabet Belhaj
  • Maud Rijks
  • Kirsten Soer

With thanks to our Academic Coordinator

Dr. William Michael Schmidli