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Call for Papers – International Spring PhD Seminar 2022

Since 2003, the Institute has organized regular seminars for doctoral students pursuing research in its areas of interest. The next seminar will take place in Middelburg on 11-13 May 2022. ... Read more

Happy New Year!

The RIAS wishes everyone all the best for 2022! ... Read more

Holiday Greetings

We would like to wish you a happy holiday season! The RIAS will be closed from the 24th of December 2021 until the 4th of January 2022. We hope to be able to welcome ev ... Read more

RIAS and the Zeeland Platform for the History of Slavery & Freedom

The RIAS has taken an active role in the Kennisplatform Slavernijverleden en Vrijheid Zeeland (Zeeland Platform for the History of Slavery and Freedom), a consortium of lo ... Read more

New Book Publication

Damian Pargas has published a new book titled Freedom Seekers: Fugitive Slaves in North America 1800-1860. ... Read more

New Book Publication

Giles Scott-Smith has published a new book together with the director of The Netherlands Atlantic Association (Atlantische Commissie), Bram Boxhoorn. The book titled The Transatlantic Era (198 ... Read more

Slavery & Servitude Seminar

On 25 and 26 November 2021, two of our PhD candidates at the RIAS, Marcella Schute ... Read more

NASA Keynote Lecture/Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies

Professor Megan Black will give a lecture on “The Environment and Global American Studies” on 3 December 2021 at 2:30 PM. ... Read more

Film Screening “Three Women: About Slavery and Freedom”

On 3 November 2021 at 16:00, the RIAS host a film screening of the documentary “Three Women: About Slavery and Freedom,” followed by a panel discussion with director Ida Does. ... Read more

Seminar: A Tumultuous Asian Decade? China’s Challenge to the Global Order and Japan’s Response

On Monday 11 October 2021 the Netherlands Atlantic Association in cooperation with the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies a seminar. The seminar will take place from 17.00-18. ... Read more

New Visiting Fellow at the RIAS

From September 2021 until February 2022, Maarten Zwiers will be a visiting fellow at the RIAS. ... Read more

RIAS 2021 Policy Workshop and Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies

On 1 October 2021, the RIAS will host an online policy workshop on the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. ... Read more