Thursday, February 11, 2010, 6:30 pm

Social Sciences
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
Jeremy Rifkin
Founder and President, The Foundation on Economic Trends; Founder, Third Industrial Revolution; author and policy advisor,
In Discussion with Frank Walter Steinmeier, Chairman of the SPD
Location: Deutsche Telekom, Berlin Representative Office, Französische Strasse 33 a-c.
In cooperation with Campus Verlag
The Kurt Viermetz Distinguished Visitorship honors one of the Academy’s founding trustees by inviting eminent American economic and finance figures to Berlin on an annual basis. Jeremy Rifkin’s visitorship will include discussions with politicians and corporate leaders, expert roundtables, and a number of private meetings, in addition to his public lectures.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 8:00 pm

Humanities
Albrecht Dürer as Collector
Jeffrey Chipps Smith
Kay Fortson Chair in European Art, University of Texas at Austin, Texas
Thursday, February 18, 2010, 8:00 pm

Social Sciences
The Slum Behind the Beautiful Forevers: An Intimate Look at Poverty and Opportunity in Mumbai
Katherine Boo
Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, New York
Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:00 pm

Arts and Culture
A Conversation with David Runnicles
Donald Runnicles, General Music Director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; moderated by Pamela Rosenberg, General Manager, Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker
Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 8:00 pm

Social Sciences
The Great Power Game: India in the New World
Sunil Khilnani
Starr Foundation Professor and Director of the South Asia Studies Program, The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 8:00 pm

Arts and Culture
The Submission
Amy Waldman
Writer and Journalist, New York
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 8:00 pm

Humanities
From the Phraseological to the Real: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and America, 1930-1931
Charles Marsh
Professor of Religious Studies, Virginia
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 8:00 pm

Social Sciences
Knowing Hearts and Minds: American Social Science and the Quest to Understand and Influence Foreign Publics
Alexander Star
Deputy Editor, New York Times Magazine, New York
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 8:00 pm

Politics
A Hungarian Navigates the Terrible Century - From Fascism through Communism, a Conversation with Kati Marton about Her Books, The Great Escape and Enemies of the People
Kati Marton, Journalist and Author
Generously supported by the Daimler-Fonds