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The Island 2009

A digital-historical adventure about the relationship between New York and Amsterdam.

Organized by the John Adams Institute & the Waag Society.

New York City, September 12, 2009
Start at 60 Pine street at the same time in Amsterdam

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Upcoming lectures:
17 Sep. 2010  Bret Easton Ellis
27 Sep. 2010  Richard Russo
21 Oct. 2010  Jonathan Franzen
02 Nov. 2010  Michael Cunningham
18 Nov. 2010  Lang Lang

Richard Russo

27 September 2010
That Old Cape Magic

Where Richard Russo’s recent novels Empire Falls and Bridge of Sighs were epic in scale, his eighth book, That Old Cape Magic is smaller: a warmly comic portrait of a man in midlife crisis.

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Literature Course

Crossing Boundaries: TV, Movies and Books in the 21st Century taught in English by:
Dan Hassler-Forest of the Universiteit van Amsterdam

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Our Mission


The mission of the John Adams Institute is to provide a window onto the United States for Dutch audiences.

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