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.
Selected papers from the Rensselaerswijck Seminar, now the New Netherland Seminar, are presented online in "A Beautiful and Fruitful Place."
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.
Dr. Andrew A. Hendricks Dr. Andrew A. Hendricks descended from the Colonial Dutch. A native of Orange, New Jersey, his fourth-grade assignment on the Dutch...
The Charles W. Wendell Research Grant supports projects on the Dutch in North America or the Dutch Atlantic, offering $1,000–$5,000 for up to six months. Open to all researchers. Applications due February 15. Residency at NNRC encouraged.
The Van Slyke Article Prize honors Clague Van Slyke and Carol Van Slyke Lazo, descendants of New Netherland settler Cornelis Van Slyck. This $1,000 annual award recognizes outstanding published articles on the Dutch colonial Atlantic, especially New Netherland, based on original research. Submissions are due by April 1.
The Howard G. Hageman Citation honors Dr. Howard G. Hageman, a founder of the Friends of the New Netherland Project, later known as the Friends of New Netherland and currently the New Netherland Institute.
