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Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)
Remembering Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Helmut Kohl, a longstanding friend and…
Singing to Glaciers
The Fall 2023 Program
Panel Discussion: US-German Relations One Year Later
Nina von Maltzahn (1941-2022)
The Fall 2019 Berlin Journal
Remembering Senator John McCain (1936-2018)
C. Boyden Gray (1943-2023)
The 2022-23 Berlin Journal
Welcoming the Spring 2018 Class of Fellows
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Receives the 2022 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
Announcing the Carol Kahn Strauss Fellowship in Jewish Studies
Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement
The Fall 2019 Program
Gayatri Spivak at the American Academy
The Spring 2022 Program
The Holbrooke Forum in Estonia
The Fall 2022 Program
The 2017 Gala at The Met
Remembering Richard K. Goeltz (1942-2020)
The 2021-22 Berlin Journal
The Spring 2021 Program
Remembering Wolfgang Mayrhuber (1947-2018)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Wolfgang Mayrhuber (seen in the above…
The 2022-23 Berlin Prize Fellows
The Spring 2018 Program
This spring offers a range of timely lecture topics at the American Academy in Berlin,…
Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)
Kerry James Marshall at the American Academy
From April 21 to May 1, the American Academy in Berlin hosted Chicago-based artist Kerry…
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gala
Remembering Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1923-2023)
Reception for “Our Man”
The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows
The Spring 2019 Program
Katholisches Schulzentrum Edith Stein
On the afternoon of Friday, April 13, 2018, American Academy president Michael P. Steinberg visited…
New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin
The 2023-24 Berlin Prize Fellows
Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”
Celebrating Twenty Years of Fellowships
This fall, the American Academy in Berlin is proud to celebrate twenty years of Berlin…
The 2017 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
On the evening of June 20, 2017, the trustees of the American Academy in Berlin awarded…