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Venues


We hold our events at venues especially chosen for their atmosphere and accessibility.

Singelkerk
Singel 452
AMSTERDAM

Mennonite Church. The church is a wonderful example of a "hidden church": a church not recognizable as such from the street.

Tram: 1, 2, 5, stop Koningsplein.

West Indisch Huis
Herenmarkt 99
AMSTERDAM

Former headquarters of the Dutch West India Company (West-Indische Compagnie, WIC) in Amsterdam. In this building, the WIC's governors in 1625 ordered the construction of a fort on the island of Manhattan, laying the foundations for New York City.

Tram 1, 2, 5, 13, 17 stop at the Martelaarsgracht


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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Our Past Events VIDEOS on VPRO's weblogs


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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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