Every year the RIAS presents the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award (TRAHA) for the best Master’s thesis written by a graduate student at a Dutch university on an American history topic.
Sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, the American Embassy in The Hague, and the Province of Zeeland, the TRAHA is designed to stimulate the study of United States history and culture. The award also encourages students to use the unique RIAS archival resources.
Since the establishment of the award in 1987 (called the Lawrence J. Saunders Award from 1987-1994 and from 1995 the TRAHA) the Dutch universities with American History / American Studies, or History programs (Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden, Nijmegen, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Maastricht) have nominated over 300 Master’s theses for the Award.
Check out all the TRAHA winners here.
Here is the Amerikanistendag 2023 report.