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==History and activities==
The roots of the Institute date back to 1982, when [[Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.]], noted American historian, and [[William J. vanden Heuvel]], president of the [[Roosevelt Institute]] in Hyde Park, New York, launched the initiative to establish a European research facility specialized in twentieth-century American history in Middelburg, the capital of Zeeland. Their initiative, discussed with the Provincial Government of Zeeland in the years 1982-1984, resulted in the opening of the Roosevelt Study Center in 1986.
In 2016, 30 years after its founding, the Center entered into a partnership with the University of Leiden. Consequently, the Center was renamed to the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, and acquired a new set of activities, including the establishment of a graduate school for US history. The RIAS is subsidized by the Provincial Government of Zeeland and the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]]. Private corporations and institutions sponsor particular programs of the RIAS.
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