Mary Ellen von der Heyden Reading
A Reading from a Novel-in-Progress
Angela Flournoy's novel-in-progress tracks the lives of a group of African-American women living in Los Angeles and New York....
American Academy Lecture
These Truths: A History of the United States
Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore offers a new account of the grand American experiment....
John P. Birkelund Lecture
The Exodus of German Culture to Turkey, 1933–45
Azade Seyhan examines German academic exile to Turkey during the Second World War....
Foreign Policy Forum
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Nicholas Christakis discusses his most recent book, "Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society."...
American Academy Concert and Discussion
Peace, Culture, and Remembrance
Pittsburgh's Clarion Quartet and a discussion with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra director Manfred Honeck...
US Embassy Literature Series
A Reading from Stimme und Atem. Out of Breath, Out of Mind
Academy alumnus Peter Wortsman reads from his new book, "Stimme und Atem. Out of Breath, Out of Mind."...
American Academy Lecture in Freiburg
The State of American Democracy: The Origins of the Current Crisis
Daniel Ziblatt discusses the origins of the radicalization of the American Right....
Daimler Lecture
Can Democracy Tame Twenty-First Century Capitalism?
Steven Klein argues that recent economic crises are propelled by the long-term erosion of institutions built after the Second World War....
Richard C. Holbrooke Lecture
The Effects of Automation on Employment, Inequality and Livelihoods in Germany
How are Germany's government and businesses responding to the effects of automation on the quality and quantity of jobs in the country?...
John W. Kluge Lecture
The Racialized Space of the Conversation
A lecture by poet Claudia Rankine, founder of The Racial Imaginary Institute....