NNI Annual Conference
For over four decades, the Annual Conference of the New Netherland Institute (previously known as the Rensselaerswyck Seminar and subsequently the New Netherland Seminar) has brought the best research on New Netherland to a venue in the northeast in the fall.
Our most recent conference, the 44th, in October 2022, was Alida Livingston's World: Women in New Netherland and Early New York, held in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society.
PAST CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
Programs for all seminars are available below.
Selected papers for Seminars I through X were published in A Beautiful and Fruitful Place, Volume 1, and are now available online.
Selected presentations from the 2012 and 2013 seminars can be seen on our Videos page. The 2021 and 2022 conferences are available on video in their entirety.
2021 Video: The Black Experience in Dutch New York
2022 Video: Alida Livingston's World: Women in New Netherland and Early New York
Audio of the presentations from the 2015 seminar/conference can be heard here.
In 2020, NNI held no conference due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Online Exhibits
A Tour of New Netherland
Wander a lost world stretching from Connecticut to Delaware
Historical Timelines
Timeline of the Netherlands & Scandinavia in North America
A pictorial walk through time
For Students
What Was New Netherland?
An introduction to the people and places of Dutch North America
About the New Netherland Institute
For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. More
The New Netherland Research Center
Housed in the New York State Library, the NNRC offers students, educators, scholars and researchers a vast collection of early documents and reference works on America's Dutch era. More
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