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New Book Publication

Giles Scott-Smith has published a new book together with the director of The Netherlands ... Read more

Slavery & Servitude Seminar

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

NASA Keynote Lecture/Roosevelt Lecture in Environmental Studies

As a result of the new government measures regarding the COVID-19 pandemic the NASA confe ... Read more

Film Screening “Three Women: About Slavery and Freedom”

On 3 November 2021, starting at 16:00, the RIAS will host a film screening of the documen ... Read more

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

It is widely expected that Japan is going to play a vital role in the strategic relations in Asia ... Read more

New Visiting Fellow at the RIAS

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

The Legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt

As a diplomat and public speaker, Eleanor Roosevelt helped shape not only the United States but a ... Read more

Article on Keti Koti and Juneteenth

The RIAS PhD candidates Christine Mertens and Marcella Schute wrote an article (in Dutch) for the ... Read more

NASA 2021 Conference

A Superpower by Nature: The Environment in American Studi ... Read more

The Power of Religion and Human Rights

On 8 July 2021, the Annual LeidenGlobal Lecture of 2021 was held online with Professor A ... Read more

Roosevelt Lecture on Globalization in Covid Times

On Wednesday 16 June 2021, Professor Petra Goedde (Temple University) gave an online lect ... Read more