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AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS

We are an independent, nonprofit foundation dedicated to presenting some of the most compelling speakers in the world to European audiences. From poetry to political debate, film to finance, hyperpower hegemony to hip-hop hype, each of our events lights up a different part of the endlessly complex, constantly shifting cultural landscape of the U.S.A.
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Next event: 10 March 2010
Ron Rash

8PM

Ron Rash writes poetry, short stories and novels.  He is a Southerner, a crafter of finely wrought literature. His work is only now getting wide exposure in the U.S.--he has quietly become a bestseller--and the attention is long past due.

Moderator: Jan Donkers.


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Salon - deBalie
Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 Amsterdam

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The New York Times Magazine

How Christian Were the Founders?  Article by the John Adams Institute's director Russell Shorto
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Universiteit van Amsterdam Interdisciplinary open lecture series
9 February - 18 May 2010: Yes we can! The American Dream in the 21st Century. More information at:
www.iis.uva.nl



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Upcoming lectures:
10 Mar. 2010  Ron Rash
19 Mar. 2010  John Irving
16 Apr. 2010  Kathryn Stockett
21 Apr. 2010  E. Benjamin Skinner

John Irving

19 March 2010 - 8PM

John Irving burst onto the American literary scene in 1980 with the publication of The World According to Garp. Since then, through 12 novels, he has become a fixture and a rarity: a writer both critically acclaimed and popularly beloved.

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Past guests

5 February
Jesse Jackson
24 January
James Ellroy
14 January
Jonathan Safran Foer

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