American Academy Alumni Seminar

Politics – Culture – Identity

Since the American Academy in Berlin’s fellowship program began, in fall 1998, over 450 scholars, writers, artists, and composers have come to the Hans Arnhold Center for a semester of independent research and creative work—from academic monographs and essays to new novels, paintings, and compositions. In the spirit of keeping this intellectual network alive, we have invited a group of distinguished scholars and artists to examine broader questions of identity politics. The first session will deal the relation of identity politics and democracy. The second session will address the interplay of social resistance, the arts, and identity politics.

Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Moderated by Gerhard Casper

Panel Discussion: Culture and the Politics of Movement

Josh Kun, Director, Professor, and Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication, USC Annenberg School of Communication

Daniel Joseph Martinez, Artist; and Donald Bren Professor of Art, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine

Ana Raquel Minian, Assistant Professor of History and of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University

Tricia Rose, Chancellor’s Professor of Africana Studies and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University