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JAI Quincy Club 2004 - 2007

The United States of America as Immigration land
Lectures by Frans Verhagen at Dutch Highschools:
2007

30 Oct. Carboon College St.Jan, Hoensbroek
01 Nov. Roncalli SG, Bergen op Zoom
01 Nov. Gynasium Juvenaat, Bergen op Zoom
06 Nov. Over Betuwe College, Bemmel
07 Nov. Stedelijk Dalton Lyceum, Dordrecht
08 Nov. Aloysius College, Den Haag
09 Nov. Van der Capellen SG, Zwolle
09 Nov. Revius, Doorn
13 Nov. Elde College, Schijndel
13 Nov. Jacob Roelands Lyceum, Boxtel
20 Nov. Accent College, Vlaardingen
21 Nov. Kandinsky College, Nijmegen
23 Nov. Openscholengemeenschap, Amsterdam
23 Nov. Hermann Wesselink College, Amstelveen
28 Nov. Raayland College, Venray
28 Nov. St. Jans Lyceum, Den Bosch
03 Dec. College Hageveld, Heemstede
2006
19 Jan. Laar & Berg, Laren
23 Jan. OSG Piter Jelles Gymnasium, Leeuwarden
24 Jan. Van Lodenstein College, Amersfoort
24 Jan. 't Atrium, Amersfoort
26 Jan. Gymnasium Bernrode, Heeswijk
26 Jan. Christiaan Huijgens College, Eindhoven
27 Jan. Sophianum, Gulpen
30 Jan. St. Willibrord College, Goes
31 Jan. Gymnasium Felisenum, Velzen-zuid 21 Nov. Over Betuwe College, Bemmel
2005
21 Nov. ORS Lek en Ligne Multatullilaan, Culemborg
25 Nov. OSG WillemBlaeu, Alkmaar
28 Nov. Stedelijk College Zoetermeer
28 Nov. Oranje Nassau College, Zoetermeer
01 Dec. Citycollege St Franciscus, Rotterdam
05 Dec. ISG ARCUS, Lelystad
05 Dec. RSG Slingerbos / Levant, Harderwijk
14 Dec. Het Stedelijk Lyceum Zuid, Enschede
14 Dec. Chr. College Schaersvoorde, Aalten
20 Dec. Montessori Lyceum
2004 
Presidential Elections in the USA

The Quincy Club held an interactive lecture series on the US presidential elections for Dutch secondary school students. We visited 19 schools in 7 provinces, as far apart as Groningen and Eersel! Frans Verhagen, journalist, editor of www.amerika.nl and author , helped over a thousand high school students to make sense of the coming elections.

National Poetry Day

An interactive discussion of fables with five poets, including American Neal Pollack, a John Adams Institute guest.

Martin Luther King and the American Civil Rights Movement

A lecture and discussion with U.S. historian Harvard Sitkoff.

Meet the Artists Day

A discussion with photographers Barbara Dijkhuis and Auke Vleer about their exhibition, All American.


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

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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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