The Quincy Club is the John Adams Institute’s educational outreach branch and has been active for over 20 years. Each year, the Quincy Club visits high schools across the Netherlands to present a topic of American importance. In a world where we’re more closely knit than ever, the Quincy Club encourages students to investigate big topics that have an affect not only on life in the United States, but also in the Netherlands and around the world.
About the Quincy Club
John Quincy Adams was the 6th President of the United States, and the son of John Adams. When John Adams came to the Netherlands on his diplomatic mission to help secure a loan to finance American independence, John Quincy Adams accompanied, spending those years studying law and language in Leiden. John Quincy Adams fostered a love for learning and education, taking his principled and worldly upbringing all the way to the White House.
Our goal is to help grow students’ understanding of the complex and unmissable role the United States occupies within the fabric of our world. We do so by analyzing important topics—from US elections to technological innovation, and from Civil Rights to the history of the US dollar—to help broaden public understanding of American affairs and culture in a non-partisan and engaging fashion.
Looking Forward to the 2024 Lecture Series: US Presidential Elections
The 2024 American presidential elections are widely considered to be the most important in contemporary history. And while it is impossible to know what the future will hold for the United States and the rest of the world, the Quincy Club will delve into the American political and electoral system. From Primaries and Caucuses and from the Electoral College to election day itself, our American political experts will guide you through the American political landscape in an interactive lecture session. Lectures for upper year students will take place in October. More information will be distributed in the spring.
Interested in organizing a Quincy Club lecture in your school? Email us at quincyclub@john-adams.nl.
Looking back on the 2023 lecture series: The Environmental History of the United States
Climate change is the most serious issue facing future generations. Regardless of where in the world we live, the effects of climate change are real and already being felt. In order to understand how the current crisis unfolded, we need to look to the past: there we can find not only the traces of what went wrong, but also best practices for how to plan for an equitable and sustainable future. The 2023 Quincy Club took a broad look at the environmental history of the United States, including its earliest peoples’ relationship with the environment, the creation of the national parks system and the EPA, and climate action taken both by governments and civil society. When the future is at stake, it is essential to look not only at the worst-case scenarios, but also to highlight possible pathways forward, engage with best-practices, and jumpstart positive change
The Quincy Club program is supported financially by the American Embassy
