Roosevelt Institute for American Studies

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We believe that historical perspectives on transatlantic themes will lead to a better understanding of the global challenges of today.

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Call for Papers: RIAS-UCR Sustainable Freedoms Essay Prize 2025

The RIAS is hosting the “Sustainable Freedoms Essay Prize” for UCR students.The prize goes to the best essay on an issue that connects environmental issues to human rights. ... Read more

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Dario Fazzi at Leiden University

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Dario Fazzi: The US on the World: The Socio-Ecological Impacts of America’s Global Ascendancy ... Read more

Call for Papers: Fall International PhD Seminar 2025

Since 2003, the RIAS has organized a seminar for doctoral students pursuing research in American History / American Studies twice a year. The next seminar will take place i ... Read more

Closure Notice – Monday, June 30th

The Roosevelt Institute for American Studies will be closed this coming Monday, June 30th. Visitors are welcome once more on Tuesday, the 1st of July. ... Read more

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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