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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

Call for Papers: 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

UDHR@75: 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

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
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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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