George Blaustein is the president of the Netherlands American Studies Association and he is assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He received his doctorate in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. His essays and reviews have appeared in N+1, Amerikastudien/American Studies, American Quarterly, Vrij Nederland, and De Groene Amsterdammer. Furthermore, George is the author of Nightmare Envy & Other Stories: American Culture and European Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2018).