The John Adams Institute
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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
TV Adaption of Hallberg's 'City of Fire'
A new TV adaptation of the celebrated novel City of Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg moves the story from the 1970s to the post-9/11 era. Available on Apple+ from May 12th. Hallberg visited the John Adams in 2016.
Exhibition 'Luther and the World'
The ‘Luther and the World’ exhibition at The Lutheran Museum in Amsterdam tells the stories of Dutch Lutherans and their international relations. About the struggle for a private minister in New Amsterdam in the 17th century, for example. On view from 11 May-24 September 2023.