The United States Presidential Elections are an event of global significance, and understandably receive a lot of attention in the Netherlands. The Roosevelt Study Center has for this purpose started a research program for Roosevelt Academy students. Through a combination of research and practical tasks, including a research paper and two Studium Generale events, they will analyze the elections and present their work to a wider audience.
Roosevelt Study Center
The Roosevelt Study Center is the preeminent research institute, conference center, and library on modern American history and European-American relations. The RSC is housed in a most unique location: a twelfth-century abbey in Middelburg, The Netherlands.
The RSC is subsidized by the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Province of Zeeland, and private corporations and institutions. The RSC cooperates with Dutch universities, Cambridge University, Sorbonne Nouvelle and Heidelberg University, as well as with the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the Roosevelt Institute in various ways. The RSC is a founding member of the American Studies Network, a cooperation of the twenty foremost American Studies Centers in Europe.
03-01-2012
The United States Presidential Elections: Past and Present
06-12-2011
The Theodore Roosevelt American History Awards of the Roosevelt Study Center 2012
Since 1987 the Roosevelt Study Center has awarded annual prizes for MA theses concerning subjects of American history. The “Theodore Roosevelt American History Awards” are named after Theodore Roosevelt who was not only the 26th president of the United States of America, but also a meritorious historian. The purpose of the prizes is to stimulate the study of American history and the use of the unique books and sources collection of the Roosevelt Study Center.
06-12-2011
Roosevelt Prize for Plymouth Student Sam Weber
Dr. Simon Topping (left) congratulates Plymouth student Sam Weber for winning the first RSC Prize for the best BA dissertation in U.S. History.