The 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
The 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize has been awarded to General James N. Mattis, twenty-sixth U.S. Secretary of Defense.
The 2021-22 Berlin Journal
The 2021-22 Berlin Journal features a range of essays, stories, and artwork by this year's class of fellows. Happy reading!
The Fall 2021 Program
Download the fall 2021 program, featuring topics from the future of money to Merkel's legacy to America's first drag queen.
Recent Videos & Podcasts
Alec MacGillis discusses what we should do about the local communities that have grown reliant on coal mining and coal-fired energy production.
In diesem Vortrag bietet Prof. Shira Brisman eine alternative Erzählung der künstlerischen Vererbung.
Shira Brisman argues that sixteenth-century German goldsmith-engravers played a unique role in advancing intellectual property rights.
Juana María Rodríguez examines biographical materials depicting the life of Latina transgender activist Adela Vázquez.
On November 18, the American Academy in Berlin awarded the 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize to General James N. Mattis, former United States Secretary of Defense (2017-2019).
In this lecture, Joy Milligan illuminates the constitutional constraints, possibilities, and obligations for the United States government to redress its historical role in racial subordination.
Juana María Rodríguez traces the figure of the Latina sex worker across a range of texts that combine biography with visual forms of representation.
Lan Samantha Chang discusses her forthcoming novel, "The Family Chao"
Howard Koh discusses how public health systems have to be rebuilt and revitalized in order for the world to move past this pandemic.
Suzanne McConnell explains how Kurt Vonnegut’s suffering informed the writer’s sense of ambiguity and irony, hatred of dogma, and quick, dark humor.