Upcoming Event Fall 2009
! Vingboons’ seascape of New Amsterdam, approx. 1664, National Archives
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CIE Lecture Series ‘Dutch Manhattan 1609 – 2009’ Time
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In 1609, Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Dutch, arrived in New York Bay.
His ‘discovery’ was the start of a special relationship between The Netherlands and the city of
New York that continues to this day.
This Fall the Centre for International Heritage Activities organizes in cooperation with the
Amsterdam Centre for the Study of the Golden Age (University of Amsterdam) a lecture series
in Amsterdam. This Lecture Series celebrates the fourth centenary of Hudson’s arrival in New
York. With a clear focus on Dutch Manhattan in the seventeenth century, specialists from
various academic and cultural fields will provide fresh insights into different aspects of the shortlived Dutch colony in the New World.
The lecture series - accompanied with musical intermezzos - will take place in the restaurant of
the beautiful Lloyd Hotel as part of their Monday Night program. Lloyd Time on Mondays is partly
an ad hoc program. This means that the lectures can be complemented with international guest
speakers, which will give the evenings a dynamic character.
Program
• Monday, October 26: Michiel van Groesen (University of Amsterdam), ‘The Dutch encounter
with the New World: textual and visual representations of North America at the time of
Henry Hudson.’ And Jaap Jacobs (independent scholar and writer) ‘Tracing Dutch New York.’
(Book sell: ‘Nederlands New York’, Jaap Jacobs - Boom Publishers, 2009)
• Monday, November 2: Janne Nijman (University of Amsterdam), ‘Hugo Grotius, the Law of
Nations, and the American Indians.’
Music: White Sands (band)
• Monday, November 9: Martine Gosselink (Rijksmuseum), ‘The Dutch origins of Manhattan’.
(Book sell: ‘New York - Nieuw Amsterdam’ - Nieuw Amsterdam Publishers, 2009)
• Monday, November 16: Frans Blom (University of Amsterdam), ‘Selling Manhattan: Dutch
Anglo picturing of New Netherland and New York.’
Music: Karin Giphart (singer-songwriter)
Location: Lloyd Hotel - Oostelijke Handelskade 34, Amsterdam
Register
We would kindly request you to register for the lectures at: [email protected] or by
phone +31 (0)71 5168890 and select the lectures and dates which you would like to attend.
Lectures, music, food and drinks in Lloyd Hotel
You can enjoy a drink or a meal before the lectures in the restaurant. We recommend you
reserve well in advance by phone +31 20 561 3677. Open: everyday from 7:00 - 22:00.
In cooperation with: Nieuw Amsterdam Publishers & Boom Publishers
www.heritage-activities.org
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