The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (RIAS), located in Middelburg, is the Netherlands’ preeminent archive, research center, and graduate school for the study of American history and transatlantic relations. The RIAS conducts and facilitates world-class research on the United States and its place in the world; supports doctoral postgraduate and early-career scholars in the humanities; and organizes academic, educational, and public activities aimed at the study of America in all its facets and from transatlantic perspectives.