Our evenings combine a lecture or reading by the invited guest and a discussion on stage with our specially selected moderator. Add in questions from the audience and we can promise a fascinating and lively discussion! Our events are hosted at various locations in Amsterdam or online. Check each event announcement for more information.
Francis Fukuyama (SOLD OUT)
| Liberalism and its Discontents
Oct 03, 2022, 8:00 pm -
10:00 pm,
Aula Universiteit van Amsterdam, Singel 411, Amsterdam
History has not ended. In fact, it is entering yet another phase, where old forms and ideas clash with present realities. The John Adams Institute is excited to welcome Francis Fukuyama back to 
Amsterdam to discuss his findings in his newest book, Liberalism and Its Discontents.
In this rigorous and trim volume, Fukuyama returns to Liberalism, arguing that it cannot grow complacent. Liberalism—despite its flaws—appears to be the only system adaptable enough to accommodate the myriad challenges the future holds.
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Amsterdam to discuss his findings in his newest book, Liberalism and Its Discontents.
In this rigorous and trim volume, Fukuyama returns to Liberalism, arguing that it cannot grow complacent. Liberalism—despite its flaws—appears to be the only system adaptable enough to accommodate the myriad challenges the future holds.
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Andrea Elliott
| Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Oct 11, 2022, 8:00 pm -
10:00 pm,
Vondelkerk, Vondelstraat 120, Amsterdam
Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter grew up in the shadows of New York’s second “Gilded Age.” Dasani’s story has become emblematic of one of America’s most wicked problems: homelessness. 
The John Adams Institute is delighted to welcome Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott, investigative reporter for the New York Times whose work documents the lives of people on the margins of power.
Based on nearly a ...
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The John Adams Institute is delighted to welcome Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott, investigative reporter for the New York Times whose work documents the lives of people on the margins of power.
Based on nearly a ... Read more
America’s Last Chance?
| 2022 US Midterm Election Town Hall
Nov 10, 2022, 8:00 pm -
10:00 pm,
Rode Hoed, Keizersgracht 102, Amsterdam
2024 is a year that looms large on any American calendar. But given the political system in the United States, spectators know that November 2022, will be as important for determining the future
fate of America as the next presidential election.
Join us on November 10th for a town hall in collaboration with the Rode Hoed and De Groene Amsterdammer to analyze the 2022 Midterm elections with a rolling panel of experts. Journalist and America correspondent Casper Thomas will begin ...
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fate of America as the next presidential election.
Join us on November 10th for a town hall in collaboration with the Rode Hoed and De Groene Amsterdammer to analyze the 2022 Midterm elections with a rolling panel of experts. Journalist and America correspondent Casper Thomas will begin ... Read more