Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)
The trustees and staff of the American Academy in Berlin mourn the passing of our friend and colleague Vartan Gregorian.
The 2020-21 Berlin Journal
The 2020-21 Berlin Journal features articles, essays, fiction, and drawings by Academy fellows and guests, with a focus section on race, power, and empire.
Next Generation
What was like to be the first black person at an all-white private school in the American South? In this episode of Beyond the Lecture, we explore this question through the work of Mosi Secret.
Recent Lecture Videos & Podcasts
In this podcast episode, Nandini Pandey brings to light a more detailed picture of the heterogenous makeup of the ancient Roman world -- and what that means for our own.
The chief US negotiator for the Paris Climate Agreement discusses the Biden Administrations environmental policy.
Martin Puchner on the "secret language" of Rotwelsch, which his own grandfather -- whom he later learned was a committed Nazi -- despised as a "language of thieves."
Alice Goff is exploring the idea that a work of art can create modern liberal society.
Nora M. Alter on the late filmmaker Harun Farocki.
Nicholas Schmidle takes a closer look at the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic’s campaign to build a space tourism company.
Elizabeth Economy evaluates the current status of the U.S.-China relationship and the overall strategic direction and policy priorities under a Biden administration.
A transatlantic roundtable to launch the "Oxford Handbook of Gender, War, and the Western World since 1600."