The Quincy Club is the educational branch of the John Adams Institute. Its events strive to enlighten Dutch high school students about American affairs in a non-partisan and informative fashion. Started in 2002, the Quincy Club is part of our ongoing effort to help young audiences better understand American culture. The club’s activities take students into an interactive new learning environment through American history, literature and art.
This year’s lecture is about the U.S. presidential elections. Will Joe Biden become the 46th president of the United States or will Donald Trump win a second term in November?
Albertine Bloemendal, assistant professor of North American & Transatlantic Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, will discuss the American political system in general, such as the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances, and explain how the presidential elections themselves work, like the electoral college and the role of swing states and safe states. Who are the candidates, how do they campaign and how do they relate to their political party? What are the topics that are central to these elections?
For more information and to get involved, please contact us at quincyclub@john-adams.nl.
Past Topics
California and Silicon Valley (click here for the video)
2018: U.S. Midterm Elections
2017: Marshall Plan
2016: US Presidential Election
2015: Abolition of Slavery
2013: Dutch-American relations over the past 400 years
2012: US Presidential Election
2011: Immigration
2010: History of American Integration and Immigration
2009: Henry Hudson and the establishment of the new Netherlands
2008: US Presidential Election and the functioning of the American system
2007: History of American Integration and Immigration
2006: America as a land of immigrants
2005: America as a land of immigrants
2004: US Presidential Election – Kerry vs. Bush
2003: National Poetry Day Amsterdam
2002: Martin Luther King and the American Civil Rights Movement
The Quincy Club program is supported financially by the American Embassy.