Issue 20 (Spring 2011)

Issue 20 (Spring 2011)

Issue Date: Friday, May 06, 2011

Overview: Remembering Richard C. Holbrooke, founder of the American Academy in Berlin

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Remembering Richard Holbrooke

A collection of essays commemorating the life and work of Richard C. Holbrooke with contributions from John C. Kornblum, Richard von Weizsäcker, Volker Schlöndorff, Derek Chollet, Geoffrey Wolff, Gahl Hodges Burt, Josef Joffe, Karl M. von der Heyden ...

On the Waterfront

The American Academy’s Newsletter, with the latest on fellows, alumni, and trustees, as well as recent events at the Hans Arnhold Center.

Doors Open, Doors Closed

Tamar Jacoby deliberates the details of immigration in America and Germany.

Crossing Over

Hal Foster steadies the precarious art of Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn.

No Man’s Landscapes

Astrid M. Eckert traipses the environments of the inter-German border.

The Dead Letters Dept.

Peter Wortsman sends up a short story on sorting mail and overdue revenge.

Cairo’s Spring Cleaning

Roger Cohen pits Egypt’s 2/11 as the counter to America’s 9/11.

The Insurgency Within

Kirk W. Johnson narrates the harrowing story of his Iraq War-triggered PTSD.