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New Year's Greetings

The RIAS wishes you a happy and healthy 2019.

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Holiday Closure

The RIAS will be closed from Monday 23 December until Friday 4 January. 

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Call for Papers: The Influence of American Freemasonry and Fraternalism on 20th Century Politics, Society and Culture, 3 October 2020

University College Roosevelt (UCR) will host a multidisciplenary conference on the United States as a "fraternal society."

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Lecture: Udo Janz, 'Contemporary Refugee Challenges'

Places are still available for the keynote lecture by Udo Janz, former director of UNHCR New York, who will close the public symposium on Refugees and Asylum on 28 September 2018

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Call for Papers: PhD Seminar in American History / American Studies, 18-20 November 2018

We invite proposals for the next edition of the RIAS's international PhD seminar. 

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Event: Roosevelt Lecture, 28 September 2018

On Friday 28 September 2018, Dr. Hedy Rose will present the Autumn Roosevelt Lecture on "My Childhood in Hiding: Amsterdam, 1942-1945" at the RIAS.

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Public Symposium: Refugees and Asylum, 27-28 September 2018

The RIAS will host a public symposium “Seeking Refuge: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Refugees and Asylum,” on 27-28 September 2018. Keynote speakers are Udo Janz (former director of UNHCR) and Peter Rose (Smith College, USA).

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TRAHA 2018 Winner Announced

This year's Theodore Roosevelt American History Award was awarded to Megan Griffiths (Leiden) for her thesis on the Salem witchcraft 'crisis' of the 1690s.

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Cooperation between the RIAS and the Rothermere American Institute

From 2-4 May 2018, the Director of Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute, Halbert Jones, visited the RIAS. During his visit, it was agreed that the two American Studies institutions would deepen their cooperation by facilitating the exchange of short-term visits between Oxford and Middelburg.

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Event: Roosevelt Lecture on 16 May 2018

On Wednesday 16 May 2018 at 4:30 pm the RIAS and the Roosevelt Foundation will host Karen Armstrong for a special Roosevelt Lecture to accompany the 2018 Four Freedoms Awards.

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