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

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)

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

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

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

Remembering George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)

The US Midterm Elections

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

The 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

The Spring 2022 Program

The 2021-22 Berlin Journal

Al Gore at the American Academy

John McCain Receives the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
BERLIN—May 3, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize…

The 2022-23 Berlin Prize Fellows

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

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

Welcoming the Spring 2018 Class of Fellows

The Fall 2019 Berlin Journal

Celebrating Twenty Years of Fellowships
This fall, the American Academy in Berlin is proud to celebrate twenty years of Berlin…

William Drozdiak on Emmanuel Macron and the Future of Europe

The Fall 2021 Program

The Deutsche Bank Fellowship in Music Composition

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities

The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows

New Stuttgart Head-to-Head Series Partnerships
The American Academy’s Head-to-Head Series was established in 2012 to strengthen German-American ties in the…

New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin

Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

Reception for “Our Man”

President Steinmeier Delivers the 2019 Fritz Stern Lecture

Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows

Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories

Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement

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

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

Remembering Anna-Maria Kellen (1918-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Anna-Maria Kellen, who died in New…

Remembering Senator John McCain (1936-2018)

Singing to Glaciers

Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)

The Spring 2018 Program
This spring offers a range of timely lecture topics at the American Academy in Berlin,…