Distinguished Visitors are invited to the American Academy throughout the academic year and typically stay at the Hans Arnhold Center for one to four weeks. Drawn from the worlds of academia, politics, journalism, the arts, foreign policy, and the media, past Distinguished Visitors have included Justice Stephen Breyer, Chuck Close, Thomas Daschle, Maya Lin, Arthur Miller, William Styron, and Helen Vendler, among many other luminaries.

To learn more about past Distinguished Visitors at the American Academy in Berlin, you may use the People Finder to the right, or simply click here for the Distinguished Visitor Directory.