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"Dutch on the Delaware" brings 34th New Netherland Seminar to Delaware

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:27:57 -0400

Presenting a living example of the Netherlands' extensive reach in the New World, the Albany, New York-based New Netherland Institute will hold its 2011 conference for the first time in Delaware, at the southern end of the historic New Netherland ...

New Netherland Institute Takes Its Annual Meeting to Schenectady Saturday, May 21

Mon, 09 May 2011 20:16:20 -0400

Dr. Dirk Mouw, an authority on the history of the Dutch Reformed Church, will be the featured speaker at the 24th annual meeting of the New Netherland Institute Saturday, May 21, at the Stockade Inn in Schenectady.

The Colony Strikes Back: the 1673 Recovery of New Netherland

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:40 -0400

Many people know that Pieter Stuyvesant surrendered the Dutch colony of New Netherland to the English in 1664. Fewer know that the Dutch regained control of their former possession almost as easily as it had been lost nine years earlier.

From "Vrienden" to "Wilden" -- Friends to Savages -- in the Dutch Colony

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:49:08 -0400

When the Dutch settlers came to New Netherland in the 1600s, the Native Americans they met were their "vrienden." After a while, the Indians were called "wilden." How did the friends turn from friends to savages?

Russell Shorto to Speak at Rensselaerswijck Seminar October 1-3

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:25:01 -0400

Russell Shorto, the noted author, will speak on "Oh, Henry: What Has the Hudson Year Wrought?" at the opening reception of the 32nd Annual Rensselaerswijck Seminar, Thursday, Oct. 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Hampton Inn, Albany. Admission is free.

"Light on New Netherland" Is Like a Homecoming at Federal Hall

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:02:19 -0400

The "Light on New Netherland" exhibit, now in the Federal Hall National Memorial in lower Manhattan, is like a homecoming. Significant events in early Dutch Colonial history took place not far from Federal Hall, right in the heart of New Netherland

David Voorhees to Speak at New Netherland Institute Annual Meeting

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:52:45 -0500

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Neighbors in the New World: New Netherland and New France

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:47 -0400

An international team of scholars has been assembled for the 31st Annual Rensselaerswijck Seminar September 13 by the New Netherland Institute (NNI) in Albany.