Since the American Academy in Berlin opened its doors in 1998, its Fellows have been the central focus of its activities. Fellows are in residence at the Hans Arnhold Center for one academic semester or, occasionally, for a full academic year. Bosch Fellows in Public Policy tend to come for six to eight weeks. Past Fellows have included Kendall Thomas, Stephen Hartke, Julie Mehretu, C.K. Williams, Alex Ross, Jeffrey Eugenides, Caroline Walker Bynum, Katherine Boo, and Jonathan Safran Foer. For more information on the current class of Fellows, please click here.

Distinguished Visitors are also invited to the Academy and typically stay at the Hans Arnhold Center for one to four weeks. Past Distinguished Visitors include Samuel R. Berger, Maya Lin, Helen Vendler, Chuck Close, and William Styron.

While in residence, Academy Fellows engage in a wide range of intellectual and cultural projects, some of them with links to Germany. Moreover, they establish close working affiliations with institutions related to their fields, from university departments, to museums, scientific institutions, and other public and private organizations.

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Fellowship Program

After more than a decade, the American Academy’s residential fellowship program remains at the core of its institutional activities and events. Each semester about a dozen fellows from a wide variety of fields arrive at the Hans Arnhold Center for semester-long residencies. If you are interested in applying for a fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin, please consult the “Applications” section of our website. The digital application and guidelines for the 2011–2012 competition are available here. Details on the selection cycle for the following year will be available in June 2011.