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The John Adams Institute (Dutch: Stichting John Adams Instituut), [1] which aims to further cultural exchange between The Netherlands and the U.S., is housed in the building. Founded in April 1987, it survives without Dutch government subsidy, relying on contributions, [ 2 ] entrance fees, private donations, [ 3 ] and Dutch and American ...
Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on February 8, 1959, Shorto is a 1981 graduate of George Washington University.He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and was from 2008 to 2013 the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam, where he lived from 2007 to 2013.
John Adams Institute for American Culture in the Netherlands, located in the West-Indisch Huis in Amsterdam Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title John Adams Institute .
Amsterdam Stories USA is a 2012 documentary film and road movie directed by Dutch filmmakers ... Special presentation at the John Adams Institute (Netherlands) [21 ...
In 1782, John Adams was appointed America's first Minister Plenipotentiary to Holland. According to the United States Department of State , the same year came formal recognition by the Netherlands of the United States as a separate and independent nation, along with badly needed financial help that indicated faith in its future.
William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu, 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
In 2017, she performed the role of Josefa Segovia in the premiere of John Adams's Girls of the Golden West at San Francisco Opera., [9] and in the 2019 European debut of the opera at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. [10] In June 2019, she returned to San Francisco for the title role in Bizet's Carmen. [11]
According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) he was the son of Martin Holtzhey, master of the mint in Gelderland and Middelburg. [2] He took over his father's workshop in Amsterdam in 1749 when his father accepted his duties as "muntmeester" (mint master). [2]