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The Fall 2023 Program

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

Max Beckmann Talk with Arthur Jafa

The 2017 Gala at The Met

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Receives the 2022 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

The Fall 2021 Program

Cristina Rivera Garza Wins a Pulitzer

Jens Stoltenberg Receives the 2023 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows

James Kirchick on the End of Europe

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

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…

The 2018-19 Berlin Prize
BERLIN—April 25, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded Berlin Prizes—semester-long fellowships in Berlin—to 24…

Remembering Ed Koren (1935-2023)

The 2020-21 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…

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…

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows

The 2023-24 Berlin Journal

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

Nina von Maltzahn (1941-2022)

C. Boyden Gray (1943-2023)

Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

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

Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gala

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…

Remembering George P. Shultz (1920-2021)

The US Midterm Elections

The Spring 2024 Program

Anthony Vidler (1941-2023)

Panel Discussion: US-German Relations One Year Later

Singing to Glaciers

Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)

Al Gore at the American Academy

The Fall 2020 Program

The 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
