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Remembering Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1923-2023)

The Fall 2023 Program

Remembering Richard K. Goeltz (1942-2020)

Remembering Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Helmut Kohl, a longstanding friend and…

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

The Fall 2020 Program

Reception for “Our Man”

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

William Drozdiak on Emmanuel Macron and the Future of Europe

The Winter 2019 Program

A Centennial Birthday

The Fall 2021 Program

Remembering Senator John McCain (1936-2018)

Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)

Nina von Maltzahn (1941-2022)

The Fall 2022 Program

C. Boyden Gray (1943-2023)

Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement

The Winter 2018 Program

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities

Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories

The 2017 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
On the evening of June 20, 2017, the trustees of the American Academy in Berlin awarded…

Remembering Wolfgang Mayrhuber (1947-2018)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Wolfgang Mayrhuber (seen in the above…

Katholisches Schulzentrum Edith Stein
On the afternoon of Friday, April 13, 2018, American Academy president Michael P. Steinberg visited…

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

The Spring 2021 Program

Next Generation
What was like to be the first black person at an all-white private school in…

The Spring 2022 Program

The 2017 Gala at The Met

James Comey Book Presentation
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, former director of the FBI James Comey joined DIE ZEIT’s…

Announcing the Carol Kahn Strauss Fellowship in Jewish Studies

Kerry James Marshall at the American Academy
From April 21 to May 1, the American Academy in Berlin hosted Chicago-based artist Kerry…

The Global Triangle Project
On May 5, 2017, the Richard C. Holbrooke Forum hosted a workshop entitled The Global…

Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time

Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows

President Steinmeier Delivers the 2019 Fritz Stern Lecture

The US Midterm Elections

Inaugurating the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship
In April 2017, the American Academy in Berlin inaugurates the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship honoring…

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows
