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In discussing the history of slavery in Dutch public debates we could use similar discussions in the United States as an example, RIAS PhD students @cmm_mertens and Marcella Schute argue in newspaper Het Parool. Read their opinion article here: parool.nl/columns-opinie…

‘Excuses over slavernijverleden kunnen Nederland verrijken’ Lees dit opiniestuk Het Parool door Marcella Schute & @cmm_mertens, PhD kandidaten RIAS & Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities Mapping Slavery NL Nationaal Archief IASA - International American Studies Association PhDoc Atlantische Commissie parool.nl/columns-opinie…

Moet #ketikoti een nationale feestdag worden? Marcella Schute en @cmm_mertens betogen dat Nederland veel kan leren van de Amerikaanse omgang met het slavernijverleden en de viering van Juneteenth. overdemuur.org/hoe-juneteenth…

Another wonderful publication by our colleagues this week! Check the link below to read Marcella Schute and @cmm_mertens piece on Keti Koti and Juneteenth on Dutch history blog Over de Muur.

A diplomat and public speaker, Eleanor Roosevelt 🇺🇸 greatly impacted the #UnitedStates and #UnitedNations Learn about her legacy in this RIAS symposium with Yoka Brandt & Allida Black on Oct15 IASA - International American Studies Association NASA (Netherlands American Studies Association) @eaas_eu HOTCUS buff.ly/3AnOkME

The RIAS is hosting its fall Ph.D. seminar on 8-10 December 2021 (online). Only three days left to send in your application! #americanstudies #ushistory #callforpapers #americanhistory HOTCUS BAAS (British Association for American Studies) Heidelberg Center for American Studies AmericanStudies Hull NASA (Netherlands American Studies Association)

On November 3 we will host a film screening of the award-winning documentary "Three Women: About Slavery and Freedom". The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the director of the film. Registration is free and can be done here: bit.ly/3mUeulz

We would like to wish you a happy holiday season! We will be closed from the 24th of December until the 4th of January. We hope to be able to welcome everyone again at some point in 2022. Warm greetings from the RIAS staff in Middelburg.

Tomorrow at the RIAS we're gonna host the US chargé d'affaires in the NL, Marja Verloop, who will give the very first William J. vanden Heuvel Memorial Lecture. Given the trying times, there will be much to talk about. See ya'll in Middelburg! bit.ly/3LEYy1j

Do you want to learn more about what it is like to work in international affairs? Join the lecture by U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Marja Verloop tomorrow at 16:00 at the Provinciehuis in Middelburg Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #internationalrelations

RIAS PhD candidate Marcella Schute recently reviewed the brilliant book The Yellow Demon of Fever: Fighting Disease in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Slave Trade by Manuel Barcia for the journal American Nineteenth Century History. Read the review: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

On October 13, 2022 the RIAS and Kennisplatform Slavernijverleden Zeeland will organize a lecture by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones on the 1619 Project. For further information please visit our website: roosevelt.nl/nieuws/lecture…

The RIAS will host its next PhD seminar on 14-16 June 2023! Does your research cover any aspect of American culture, media, society, politics, or history? Read more and apply: bit.ly/3I3M843 #phd #seminar #callforpapers #americanstudies #research

PhD students in #AmericanStudies - apply now for the RIAS PhD seminar in June! BAAS (British Association for American Studies) Heidelberg Center for American Studies HOTCUS Rothermere American Institute AmericanStudies Hull @jfkinstitutefub IASA - International American Studies Association #callforpapers

Read here a short piece by our PhD candidates Manar Ellethy and Marcella Schute on the national celebration of Juneteenth in the US and how this holiday can inspire the Netherlands to make July 1 (Keti Koti) a national holiday as well: volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie…

“De Grootste Slavenhandelaren van Amsterdam” is een geweldig boek, dat ik iedereen aanraad. Uitstekend historisch onderzoek verricht door Ramona Negrón en Jessica den Oudsten

Ik ben al geruime tijd vrij rancuneus over de onuitlegbare hoeveelheid treingezeik waar NS reizigers mee laat dealen. Aangezien we er wel grif - en ik bedoel écht grif - voor betalen, vond ik het de moeite waard dat op te tekenen. Morgen in NRC: nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12…

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢 🇳🇱🇺🇸 On October 31 & November 1, the 2024 Annual NASA Conference will be held in Utrecht. For the full CfP, check out our website: netherlands-america.nl/call-for-paper…