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Slavery & Servitude Seminar

On 25 and 26 November 2021, two of our PhD candidates at the RIAS, Marcella Schute ... Read more

NASA Keynote Lecture/Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies

Professor Megan Black will give a lecture on “The Environment and Global American Studies” on 3 December 2021 at 2:30 PM. ... Read more

Film Screening “Three Women: About Slavery and Freedom”

On 3 November 2021 at 16:00, the RIAS host a film screening of the documentary “Three Women: About Slavery and Freedom,” followed by a panel discussion with director Ida Does. ... Read more

Seminar: A Tumultuous Asian Decade? China’s Challenge to the Global Order and Japan’s Response

On Monday 11 October 2021 the Netherlands Atlantic Association in cooperation with the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies a seminar. The seminar will take place from 17.00-18. ... Read more

New Visiting Fellow at the RIAS

From September 2021 until February 2022, Maarten Zwiers will be a visiting fellow at the RIAS. ... Read more

RIAS 2021 Policy Workshop and Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies

On 1 October 2021, the RIAS will host an online policy workshop on the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. ... Read more

The Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt

On 15 October 2021, the RIAS will host together with the Netherlands-America Foundation an online symposium on Eleanor Roosevelt. Register now for the Zoom meeting. ... Read more

Article on Keti Koti and Juneteenth

The RIAS PhD candidates Christine Mertens and Marcella Schute wrote an article (in Dutch) for the Dutch history blog Over de Muur on Keti Koti and how Juneteenth in the United States can f ... Read more

NASA 2021 Conference

The Netherlands American Studies Association 2021 conference, titled “A Superpower by Nature: The Environment in American Studies,” will take place in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on Decem ... Read more

The Power of Religion and Human Rights

On 8 July 2021, the Annual LeidenGlobal Lecture of 2021 was held online with Professor Azza Karam, who recently received the Roosevelt Freedom of Worship Award on behalf o ... Read more

Roosevelt Lecture on Globalization in Covid Times

On Wednesday 16 June 2021, American Professor Petra Goedde gave a public lecture on “America’s Conflicted Relationship with Globalization in the Age of Covid.” ... Read more

Dutch Slave Resistance Webinar

On 1 June 2021, the Netherland-America Foundation in New York and the RIAS teamed up to jointly host a 1-hour webinar on Dutch slave resistance in New York. ... Read more