The Association for the Advancement of Dutch-American Studies will be hosting its 24th bi-annual conference on June 29 – July 1, 2023 at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois.
Preliminary Schedule for the 2023 Conference of the 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
Thursday, June 29:
Bus Tour (optional and extra). Dutch American sites in Greater Chicagoland.
Friday, June 30:
Breakfast 7:30 -8:30
Session 1: 8:30 – 10:00 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
Session 2: 10:30 – 12:00 Patterns in 19th Century Identity
Mary Risseeuw: Assimilation and Dutchness: Catholics vs. Protestants
Kenneth Kolk: The Forgotten Dutch Company in Michigan’s 25th Volunteer Civil War Infantry Regiment
Janet Sheeres: The First Dutch Female Saints to Zion, 1853-1869
Lunch and AADAS Business Meeting: 12:00 – 2:00
Session 3: 2:00 – 3:30 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
Session 4: Trinity College 4:00 – 5:30
Speech by Bart Twaalfhoven, Consul General for Chicago, Kingdom of the Netherlands
(4:00 to 4:45)
Dinner and Keynote (Robert Swierenga) : 6:00
Saturday, July 1:
Breakfast: 7:30-8:30
Session 4: Health and Environment 8:30- 10:00
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
Session 5: 20th and 21st Century Identity 10:30 – 12:30
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
Lunch: 12:30 – 2:00