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Published Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Humanities
Published Thursday, April 26, 2007
Economics

Christopher Cox

Chairman of the SEC, Christopher Cox, discusses international trade and finance.
Published Friday, September 8, 2006
Politics

Nicholas Burns

US under secretary for political affairs, Nicholas Burns, talks about going to the UN with a sanctions regime against Iran, among other topics confronting the international security environment
Published Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Politics
Published Monday, May 14, 2007
Politics

Stephen Biddle

Have the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq been helped or hindered by American technological supremacy?
Published Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Politics

Vali Nasr

Vali Nasr speaks about the regional implications of the Shia revival in the Middle East.
Published Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Humanities

Elizabeth Goodstein

Georg Simmel introduced a new kind of writing about the phenomenology of everday life; Elizabeth Goodstein examines how the German sociologist influenced not only contemporary philosophy, but also how we conceive of the modern essay.
Published Sunday, April 1, 2007
Politics

Sunil Khilnani and Pratap Bhanu Mehta, and Yogendra Yadav

Three experts discuss India's future, introduced by Meera Shankar, Ambassador of the Republic of India.
Published Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Politics

Ann Marie Slaughter

The dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on keeping faith with American values: a foreign policy that works
Published Monday, February 18, 2008
Politics

Tim Weiner

The US Central Intelligence Agency and the office of the President have most often had a contentious relationship since the agency was founded, says New York Times reporter Tim Weiner. And that to the country's peril.
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Fall 2010 Program

Highlights of the American Academy’s fall 2010 program include lectures by noted academics Stanley Corngold, Catherine Gallagher, Martin Jay, and Laura Engelstein; Central Asia expert Ahmed Rashid discussing his new book with former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer; readings by New-York based authors John Wray and Han Ong; an inquiry into atheism and the modern novel by James Wood; a lecture-recital by composer/vocalist Ken Ueno; and clusters of events devoted to public policy as well as to the music of Richard Wagner. The fall semester’s visitors and fellows include Robert D. Hormats, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Pulitzer-Prize winning journalists Anne Hull and Dana Priest; Columbia University’s president emeritus Michael Sovern; climate policy expert Rosina Bierbaum; and writer and Iraq advocate Kirk Johnson.

Please download the Fall 2010 Program for further details. We look forward to welcoming you to the American Academy’s Hans Arnhold Center. Kindly remember to register in advance at program(at)americanacademy.de.

Unless otherwise noted, all events begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.