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JAI Quincy Club 2008

Over the last years the JAI Quincy Club has set up several series of lectures to inspire and enlighten young Dutch students about American affairs in a non partisan and informative fashion.

The US Presidential Elections
Lectures by Frans Verhagen at Dutch highschools in 2008:

22 Sept. Calvijn Groene Hart, Barendrecht
22 Sept. Coenecoop College, Waddinxveen
24 Sept. Sint-Oelbert Gymnasium, Oosterhout
24 Sept. Mgr. Frencken College, Oosterhout
25 Sept. Theresialyceum, Tilburg
26 Sept. Murmellius Gymnasium, Alkmaar
29 Sept. Goese Lyceum, Goes
29 Sept. Calvijn College, Goes
30 Sept. Rythovius College, Eersel
01 Oct. Bernardinus College, Heerlen
01 Oct. Strabrecht College, Geldrop
03 Oct. Groene Hart Lyceum, Alphen a/d Rijn
03 Oct.  Scala College, Alphen a/d Rijn
07 Oct.  Citycollege St Franciscus, Rotterdam
08 Oct.  Elde College, Schijndel
08 Oct.  Mondriaan College, Oss
09 Oct.  St. Janslyceum, Den Bosch
10 Oct.  Werkplaats Kindergemeenschap, Bilthoven
14 Oct.  Herman Wesselink College, Amstelveen
17 Oct.  4e Gymnasium, Amsterdam

Lecture

With less than two months to go until Election Day, we're overwhelmed with news and scandals about the candidates Barrack Obama and John McCain. It looks like the 2008 Presidential Elections will become the most exciting and surprising elections ever.
But what do we know about the system of American presidential elections? How does American politics work?
America expert, publicist en author Frans Verhagen can answer these and many other questions. In 2007 he published an essential guidebook for the upcoming elections: De beste Wint Nooit. Het ABC van de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen (The best never wins: the ABC of the American Presidential elections). At the lectures Frans Verhagen will give an overview of the history and workings of the presidential elections and gives us his view on the current elections. He will answer questions like: Who are the candidates? And what are their most important subjects?


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27 Sep. 2010  Richard Russo
21 Oct. 2010  Jonathan Franzen
02 Nov. 2010  Michael Cunningham
18 Nov. 2010  Lang Lang

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