The RIAS, in collaboration with six other European institutions, is launching the European Forum on US History, a new scholarly network that aims to create a truly pan-European, hybrid seminar series on US history. Our partnership consists of the following research centres:
- American Studies Center, University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)
- Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po (Paris, France)
- Centro di Studi sugli Stati Uniti – LAB-USA (Bologna, Italy)
- Instituto Franklin-UAH (Alcalá, Spain)
- Roosevelt Institute of American Studies (Middelburg, Netherlands)
- Rothermere American Institute (Oxford, Great Britain)
- University of Southern Denmark (Odense, Denmark)
Five of the seven partner institutes are members of the American Studies Network (ASN), a consortium of European American studies centres affiliated with the European Association for American Studies (EAAS).
Together, our seven institutes will curate a rotating, hybrid seminar series that deepens historiographical and interdisciplinary exchange, broadens our geographic reach, diversifies scholarly voices, and creates new opportunities for joint workshops, doctoral mentoring, and collaborative publications. By fostering an inclusive platform for scholars and reaffirming our shared commitment to cutting-edge research on US history, we sustain vital cross-border collaboration at a moment when restrictions on academic freedom make such partnerships more essential than ever.
This series, one of the very few of its kind in Europe, intersects with various significant historiographical trends, continuing the move towards a more integrated view of US and North American history. It pays special attention to the inclusion of global, imperial, transnational, and interconnected histories to reframe our understanding of the United States’ place in the world and the emerging focus on international environmental history and issues.
The platform, which meets once a month in a hybrid format, encourages active participation from doctoral students and serves as an open and inclusive forum for discussing some of the most innovative recent scholarship. It aspires to bring together historians of different backgrounds and in different stages of their careers, foster a historiographical and interdisciplinary conversation, and critically consider the contemporary societal and political ramifications of the historical events under discussion.
Program 2025-2026
- Roundtable
Decentering the Study of US History – A European Perspective
Monday, 22 September 2025
15:30 – 17:00 CEST
Host: European Forum on US History - Beth Wilson (Cardiff University)
Slavery, Gender and Emotions in the Antebellum US South
Monday, 27 October 2025
17:00 – 18:30 CET
Host: Rothermere American Institute (UK) - Francisco Rodríguez Jiménez, (University of Extremadura/University of Salamanca)
Trump’s Foreign Policy
Monday, 24 November 2025
17:00 – 18:30 CET
Host: Instituto Franklin-UAH (Spain) - Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska, (University of Warsaw)
Laboring in America: Polish-American Women and Labor Migration (1890s-1930s)
Monday, 26 January 2026
17:00 – 18:30 CET
Host: University of Warsaw (Poland) - Tom Meinderts (Sciences Po-Paris)
Political Influence of the Christian Right on US Foreign Policy during the Reagan Administration (1981-1989)
Monday, 23 February 2026
17:00 – 18:30 CET
Host: Sciences Po-Paris (France) - Roberta Ferrari (University of Bologna),
Poor People’s Movement and the Debate on Social Planning in the US during the 1960s
Monday, 23 March 2026
17:00 – 18:30 CET
Host: University of Bologna (Italy) - David E. Nye (University of Southern Denmark)
The Great Energy Transition: America from 1876 to 1929
Monday, 20 April 2026
17:00 – 18:30 CEST
Host: University of Southern Denmark (Denmark) - Olivier Burtin (Sciences Po-Paris)
The US Far Right in Historical Perspective
Monday, 18 May 2026
17:00 – 18:30 CEST
Host: Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (Netherlands)
Contacts:
William Glass (American Studies Center)
Matteo Battistini, Angela Santese (Centro di Studi sugli Stati Uniti)
Olivier Burtin, Mario Del Pero, Jonathan Levy (Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po)
Carlos Herrero, Ana Lariño (Instituto Franklin-UAH)
Gaetano Di Tommaso, Dario Fazzi (Roosevelt Institute for American Studies)
Daniel Rowe (Rothermere American Institute)
Jørn Brøndal (University of Southern Denmark)
Please address any questions about the Forum and the monthly sessions to our program coordinator:
Gaetano Di Tommaso (info@ushistoryforum.eu)
Download full programs:
2025-26
Link to the program’s website:
European Forum on US History
