forthcoming: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 8:00 pm
Social Sciences
Berlin Prize Lecture
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
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 8:00 pm
Politics
Foreign Policy Forum
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

Thursday, March 25, 2010, 8:00 pm
Arts and Culture
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Reading
Say Her Name
Francisco Goldman
Allen K. Smith Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 8:00 pm
Humanities
Siemens Lecture
Nabokov's Late Style
Janet Gezari
Lucy Marsch '19 Professor of English, Connecticut College, Connecticut
Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 8:00 pm
Arts and Culture
American Academy Talk
The Unique Voice of Joan La Barbara: A Life in Experimental Music and Beyond

Joan La Barbara, Composer and Performer

Thursday, April 22, 2010, 8:00 pm
Arts and Culture
American Academy Talk
The Music-Technology "Big Bang": A Personal History
Morton Subotnick
Composer, New York

Morton Subotnick was commissioned to orchestrate the opera Jacob’s Room for premier in 2010 at the Austrian Bregenzer Festspiele on August 5 & 7. The first German performance will be on October 2, in Dresden, at the Hellerau -- Europaesches Zentrum Der Kuenste, in conjunction with the Festivals Tonlagen. Jacob's Room will also be performed on October 16 & 17 at Radialsystem V. These concerts were commissioned by Kunst aus der Zeit, Bregenzer Festspiele, and soniq performing arts, Berlin, in cooperation with the American Academy in Berlin and financed via the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Berlin.

 

Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 8:00 pm
Humanities
Berthold Leibinger Lecture
Nahum N. Glatzer and the Transmission of German-Jewish Culture
Judith Wechsler
National Endowment for the Humanities Professor, Tufts University, Massachusetts
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 8:00 pm
Arts and Culture
Berlin Prize Lecture
Photographs: Harlem 1970-2009
Camilo Jose Vergara
Photographer, New York
Thursday, May 6, 2010, 8:00 pm
Social Sciences
Bosch Public Policy Lecture
Was ist mit dem 'Zusammengehörigkeitsgefühl' geschehen? Problems of Immigration and Social Solidarity in Contemporary Societies
David Abraham
Professor, University of Miami School of Law, Florida
Sunday, May 30, 2010, 8:00 pm
Arts and Culture
American Academy Concert
A Musical Portrait of Andrew Norman
Andrew J. Norman
Composer, New Haven, Connecticut

Performed by the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker

Location: Radialsystem V, Holzmarktstr. 33, 10243 Berlin

Tickets: (030) 288 788 588

In cooperation with Radialsystem V

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