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.
The Spring 2021 Program
Join us this spring for a new series of engaging lectures by our residential (and virtual) fellows and Distinguished Visitors. Download the spring 2021 program.
Recent Lecture Videos & Podcasts
Nathalie Peutz is a cultural anthropologist who has conducted wide-ranging, ethnographic research in Yemen, Djibouti, and Somaliland.
Nandini Pandey says that Rome recognized the pragmatic political and economic benefits of including and advancing constituent people regardless of race.
Allison Blakely observes that while recent decades have witnessed visible achievements by individual black Europeans, the black population as a whole continues to experience a sense of invisibility.
Robert B. Zoellick discusses his latest book, "America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy."
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.