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AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS

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Next event: 19 March 2010
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.

Moderator: Hans Bouman, de Volkskrant

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Aula - Universiteit van Amsterdam
Singel 411 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

Holland Festival 1 - 23 June 2010 www.hollandfestival.nl


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

Kathryn Stockett

16 April 2010 - 8PM

The Help
has sat atop the New York Times bestseller list for a full year.  Its popularity is due to its richly rendered story and setting, but also its daring.

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E. Benjamin Skinner

21 April 2010 - 8PM

There are more slaves in the world now than at any other time in history. E. Benjamin Skinner’s A Crime So Monstrous is an in-depth, ground-level account of slavery today.


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Past Events

10 Mar. Ron Rash
05 Feb. Jesse Jackson
24 Jan. James Ellroy
14 Jan. J. Safran Foer

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The Institute



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