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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

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

Policy Workshop Report: The Montreal Moment

On 5 and 6 June 2025, the RIAS, in collaboration with “Pathways to Sustainability,” one of the strategic themes of Utrecht University, hosted a policy workshop titled “ ... Read more

Conference Report: A Waters History of The United States

From 21 to 23 May 2025, the RIAS hosted the international conference “A Water’s History of the United States,” a three-day gathering at the Provinciehuis tha ... 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

Roosevelt Visiting Professor: Sarah Snyder

Sarah Snyder (American University) is the Spring Roosevelt Visiting Professor from 20 May to 20 June 2025. ... Read more

Environmental History Lecture: Sarah Hamilton

On Thursday 22 May 2025 Dr. Sarah Hamilton (University of Bergen) will present this year’s ... Read more

Roosevelt Visiting Professor: James J. Kimble

James J. Kimble (Seton Hall University) is the Spring Roosevelt Visiting Professor from 12 May to 6 June 2025. ... 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

New Lecture in Seminar Series by Jeanine Quené

On Monday 19 May 2025 , RIAS postdoc Jeanine Quené will be the ninth speaker for our 2024-2025 Seminar Series on Modern American History, organized in cooperation with the ... Read more

Conference: A Water’s History of the United States

On 21-23 May 2025, the RIAS, in collaboration with the Netherlands American Studies Association (NASA) and the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, will host a conference title ... Read more

PhD Defense: Manar Ellethy

We are pleased to announce that RIAS PhD candidate Manar Ellethy will defend her PhD dissertation on 27 May 2025. ... Read more