The John Adams Institute
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Curtis Chin: For Here or To Go?
Everything I learned, I learned in a Chinese restaurant
Land of the free?
Four Talks on Freedom in collaboration with the KNAW
Get acquainted with the John Adams by watching recordings of our lectures or listening to our podcast ‘Bright Minds’.
About The John Adams Institute
The John Adams Institute provides an independent podium for American culture in the Netherlands. For three decades, we have brought the best and the brightest of American thinking from the fields of literature, politics, history, and technology.
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American culture in the Netherlands
Choreographer Trajal Harrell at Holland Festival
American choreographer Trajal Harrell will be the associate artist for the 78th edition of the Holland Festival in June 2025. Harrell is one of the major contemporary choreographers internationally. His unique style combines elements from various dance traditions, fashion, music and visual arts. With universal human emotions and themes like interconnection, tragedy, tenderness and vulnerability, Harrell’s pieces often move audiences on a deeply personal level. Click here for more info.
The story of the 'stroopwafel' in the New York Times
Dutch-based illustrator, artist, and writer Rachelle Meyer from Texas published a comic in the New York Times that tells the story of the ‘stroopwafel’, the Dutch sweet that has found a global audience of loyal fans. In 2019, she created Faces on the Ferry, a blog series for the John Adams Institute that sketched her fellow commuters on the Amsterdam ferry.