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Roosevelt Lecture

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

Roosevelt Visiting Professor: Kristin Hoganson

Kristin Hoganson will be the Fall Roosevelt Visiting Professor from mid-September to mid-October of 2023. ... Read more

Webinar: From Slavery to Freedom

On Thursday 12 October 2023 the RIAS and The Netherland-America Foundation in New York will organize a webinar “From Slavery to Freedom in the American South and Dutch Caribbean.̶ ... Read more

Book Presentation: Telling America’s Story to the World

On 6 October 2023, the RIAS is hosting the presentation of Harry Stecopoulos’s new book, Telling America’s Story to the World. ... Read more
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From the Vaults

"From the Vaults" is the RIAS library and archives blog, in which we highlight remarkable historical persons and events through documents from our collections.
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