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I, Me, Mine: Self-Consciousness and the First Person
Béatrice Longuenesse's October 23 lecture dove headlong into some aspects of self-consciousness and self-reference. When we use the pronoun "I," she notes, we are using a word that does not just refer to ourselves -- because all English-speaking people use that same word to their own selves. Our given name refers others to what we should be called (after all, they don't call us...
read more >>The Fall 2012 Berlin Journal
The fall 2012 Berlin Journal ist da! Featuring a new Chekhov translation by Peter Constantine; the New Yorker's Joan Acocella on the Dracula legend; Hans R. Vaget describes the relationship between the exiled Thomas Mann and his American hero, FDR; John Burnside scrutinizes German environmental policy; Kelly Gallagher examines the globalization of clearn energy technologies...
read more >>Marginalized Stakeholders and Performative Politics
Public forums often exclude certain groups (e.g. the elderly, women, youth, critical political voices) in various ways, and conscribe pre-set roles for politicians, experts, and different constituent groups. In order to present their arguments, such marginalized stakeholders must develop political analytical lenses, viable strategic plans, and creative ways to “perform” and grab...
read more >>Integration or Emancipation? European Muslims between Mosque and State
Can state–mosque relations nurture a pragmatic relationship between community organizations and public authorities? What is the role of foreign governments in the building of mosques, training of imams and other requirements of Muslim religious life in Europe? Jonathan Laurence's timely lecture investigates...
read more >>The Legacy of Andrew Carnegie and the Foundations of American Philanthropy
The evening of October 1st saw the annual Stephen M. Kellen lecture at the American Academy, this year presented by Academy trustee and Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian. Gregorian served as president of The New York Public Library from 1981 to 1989 and as president of Brown University from 1989 to 1997, and prior had taught European and Middle Eastern history at San...
read more >>The Arab Spring and the Israeli Spring
Avishai Margalit is highly regarded worldwide for his novel and cogent observations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Arab Spring, and the ongoing difficulties between Islam and the West. In his lecture on September 24, Margalit provided a fresh perspective on the societal upheavals in parts of the Middle East and...
read more >>Welcoming the Fall 2012 Class of Fellows
The American Academy in Berlin is thrilled to welcome the fall 2012 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows to the Hans Arnhold Center in its traditional Fellows Presentation, introduced this evening by Ines Pohl, Editor-in-Chief of taz. die tageszeitung. Tonight, twelve distinguished American scholars, writers, an artist and a composer officially take up their residencies at the Hans...
read more >>Fall 2012 Academy Supplement in Der Tagesspiegel
Today, the American Academy published its traditional newspaper supplement in Der Tagesspiegel presenting the the fall 2012 - 2013 class of fellows and guests of the Academy to the larger German public and also features articles on issues important to the transatlantic community. The supplement is published in German and English.
This year's edition features articles by Academy...
read more >>A Conversation with Nathan Englander
American Academy alumnus Nathan Englander returns to Berlin to read from his story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, just published in German. In eight masterful stories, Englander grapples with the weight of the past, the relationship between history and the present, and the place of the Holocaust in modern life. With humor, pathos, and astonishing...
read more >>A Conversation with Frank Stella
It goes without saying that Frank Stella is one of the last living heroes of American painting from the 1950s and 1960s, one of the most unique artists of the latter twentieth century, and one of the most influential figures in American culture; he was the National Medal of Arts in 2009 by President Obama. After graduating from Princeton, Stella surprised the late 1950s New York art world with...
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