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Online Book Talk with Dario Fazzi

RIAS Professor Dario Fazzi discussed his book Smoke on the Water: Incineration at Sea and the Birth of a Transatlantic Environmental Movement  in the online Greenhouse Environmental Human ... Read more

RIAS Gets Access to Digital National Security Archive

RIAS secures access to the renowned Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) to offer new research opportunities. ... Read more

Explore Historical US Forest Service Records

The RIAS expands its archival collection with historical US Forest Service Records, enhancing focus on environmental history. ... Read more

Fourth Lecture in Seminar Series by Rebecca Herman

In her talk on 11 December, Rebecca Herman will discuss her last book, Cooperating with the Colossus, (Oxford University Press, 2022). The book brings together the diplomatic history of US ... Read more

The Roosevelts’ Legacies to Human Rights

On 10 December 2023, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) turns seventy-five. What has been, overall, the role that the Roosevelts played in crafting our modern view of human rights? Pr ... Read more

Third Lecture in Seminar Series by Andrew Preston

On Monday 20 November 2023 Professor Andrew Preston (Cambridge University) will lead the 3rd session of the ... Read more

Black Citizenship Conference 2024

The conference “Contesting Black Citizenship from American Revolution to the Present,” hosted by the RIAS on 12 and 13 December 2024, will explore Black citizenship as a site of contest ... Read more

Dario Fazzi’s New Book: Smoke on the Water

In this book Dario Fazzi traces the rise and fall of ocean incineration, showing how a transnational environmental movement tested the limits of US political and economic power. ... Read more

Second Lecture in Seminar Series by Matthew Connelly

On Monday 23 October 2023 Professor Matthew Connelly (Columbia University) will lead the second session of the Seminar Series on Modern North American History. ... Read more

Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Researcher (1,0 fte)

The RIAS is pleased to announce a vacancy for a fulltime (1,0 fte) postdoctoral researcher in American history for a period of 2 years. ... Read more

Environmental Lecture and Award Ceremony RIAS/UCR Essay Prize

On Monday 30 October 2023,  Dario Fazzi will deliver the 2023 Roosevelt Environmental History Lecture. At this event, the RIAS/UCR “Sustaintable Freedoms” Essay Prize 2023 will ... Read more

Roosevelt Lecture: Speaking about Slavery

On Thursday 9 November 2023, Valika Smeulders will give the Fall Roosevelt Lecture on slavery and the Rijksmuseum. ... Read more