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Call for Chapters: The Montreal Moment

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new collective project that builds on a recent workshop held at the ... Read more

PhD Defense: Marcella Schute

On 9 September 2025, RIAS PhD candidate Marcella Schute will defend her dissertation, titled “Securing the Future of Black Labor: Covert Attempts to Reopen the Transatlantic Slave Trade i ... Read more

Save the Date: Roosevelt Lecture by Nikole Hannah-Jones on 29 September 2025

Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is returning to the Netherlands this fall! ... Read more

Vacancy: Library Internship Fall 2025

From 1 October until 31 December 2025, the RIAS is looking for a new library intern. ... 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 Water’s 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: 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) was 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