2023 Conference at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL: Who is Dutch in North America?

2023 Conference

Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies

“Who is Dutch in North America”

June 29 – July 1, 2023

Trinity Christian College, 6601 W. College Dr., Palos Heights, IL 60463

Martin and Janet Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

All times are Central Standard

Wednesday, June 28:

6:00–9:00 pm Check-in in West Hall Lobby for overnight guests

Thursday, June 29

8:00 –9:00 am  Breakfast for overnight guests in Dining Hall

10:00 — 5:00      Ozinga Chapel Parking Lot (Sack lunch provided)

Bus Tour: Dutch American sites in Greater Chicagoland.

6:00 –7:00          Dinner in Dining Hall

5:00–8:00 pm   Registration in West Hall Lobby

Friday, June 30:

7:30 –8:30 am Breakfast for overnight guests in Dining Hall

8:00 –12:00        Registration in Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

8:30 – 10:00      Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Session 1:  Migration Shapes Identity

Paul Heusinkveld, Why the Dutch Immigrated to North America

Jan Boersema and Anthonia Boersema-Bremmer:  Fighting the Wilderness as part of a Christian Identity

George Harinck, “This is Dutch in North America: The Netherlands Reformed Church and the Tercentenary of the RCA in 1928”

10:00 – 10:30    Coffee in Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

10:30 – 12:00    Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Session 2: Patterns in 19^th Century Identity

Mary Risseeuw – Assimilation and Dutchness: Catholics vs. Protestants

Kenneth Kolk: The Forgotten Dutch Company in Michigan’s 25^th Volunteer Civil War Infantry Regiment

Janet Sheeres: The First Dutch Female Saints to Zion, 1853-1869

12:00–1:00 pm Lunch in Dining Hall

1:00 – 2:00         Documentary in Heritage Science Center

2:00 – 3:30         Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Session 3: Family Identity

Bill Kennedy: Dutch Blood?  The Increasing Popularity of the Hunt for Dutch and Other Ancestors 

Mark Vander Werf: A Microhistory of Oebele and Janneke van der Werf

Chris Dickon, Neither Here nor There: The Dutch American Story of Huub Schepers

4:00 – 4:45         Session 4: Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Bart Twaalfhoven, Consul General for Chicago, Kingdom of the Netherlands

                                           “Dutch-American Relations for Today: Chicago and Beyond”

4:45-5:30            Trinity College Librarian Presentation in Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

6:00 pm              Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Banquet Dinner and Keynote by Dr. Robert Swierenga

Saturday, July 1:

7:30–8:30 am   Breakfast for overnight guests in Dining Hall

8:30– 10:00       Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Session 5:  Health and Environment

Robert Schoone-Jongen: Climbing Goffle Hill: New Jersey’s Dutch Immigrants and the Founding of the Christian Sanitorium, 1911-1940.

Suzanne Sinke – Moving for Health: Dutch Americans and internal US migrations related to health and wellness

Huug van den Dool, The Weather Near Holland, Michigan, 1838-1850

10:00 – 10:30    Coffee in Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

10:30 – 12:30    Ozinga Chapel Grand Lobby

Session 6: 20th and 21^st Century Identity

Rhonda Pennings, Identity in Tulip Festivals

Justin Vos, The Relationship between Dutch American and Dutch Canadians

Rachyl Hietpas and Charlotte Vanhecke, “No one else is here”: The Effect of Community on Dutch-Americans Linguistic and Cultural Ideologies

Michael Douma, The (re)discovered Manuscript of Ray Nies and the Importance of Publishing Primary Sources

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch in Dining Hall

AADAS Business Meeting (during lunch)