Tag: John Adams Institute
Wat een eer! Bij mijn afscheid als directeur van het John Adams Institute op 4 september kwam ineens locoburgemeester en wethouder cultuur Touria Meliani uit de coulissen lopen met de ambtsketing om. Toen pas vermoedde ik het: ik werd onderscheiden met de Andreaspenning van de stad Amsterdam voor mijn bijdrage aan het culturele leven van de stad. Voor Stadsleven, StadsSalon, het John Adams, mijn podcasts, mijn journalistieke werk – alles bij elkaar opgeteld bracht de stad ertoe mij zo te eren. Ik was verbluft en ontroerd. Dank, Amsterdam, mijn zo dierbare thuis!
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Future 400: From the Streets to the Heart
This second episode of my Future 400 podcast looks at work by Dutch and American photographers who are part of the annual international photo festival Photoville in Lower Manhattan. “Even though they are an Atlantic apart, there is a shared sensibility here.”
John Adams’ Quincy Club: California
This was FUN! Every year the John Adams Institute organizes a lecture series for high school kids. This year Gabe Marino gave a great talk, both in schools and online, about California, ranging from the 19th century Gold Rush through its gorgeous landscapes, its culture of surf sun & sex, movies and music and of course Silicon Valley. Ever wondered what all those garages looked like where Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and the Google boys invented our modern-day tech culture? Check it out in this video!
Esther Safran Foer online at the John Adams
In times of corona, the John Adams Institute is doing its utmost to bring the best and the brightest of American thinking to the Netherlands – online. On May 26th, the day that she was supposed to speak live at the John Adams, I interviewed Esther Safran Foer about her post-Holocaust memoire ‘I Want You to Know We’re Still Here’.
John Adams online: in gesprek met Francis Fukuyama
The John Adams Institute and De Balie joined forces to collaborate on an interview with the renowned American political scientist Francis Fukuyama about the geo-political consequences of the corona pandemic. The title was ‘In Government We Trust’: but do we?
John Adams online: gesprek met Roger Ross Williams
Under corona lockdown, the entire cultural world has pivoted to producing online content. The first online event of the John Adams Institute was an interview I held with the American filmmaker Roger Ross Williams and the Dutch lawyer and judge Bart Stapert. Roger – who has spoken at the John Adams twice before – made the first three episodes of a new Netflix Originals series called ‘The Innocence Files’.




