Feb
17
2026
Holtzbrinck Lecture
A Brief Portrait of Small Deaths: A Novel in Search of the Other Berlin
Maaza Mengiste
Reimagining the lives of some of Berlin's marginalized populations as the Nazis came to power....
Feb
19
2026
A Lecture by Catherine Opie
Catherine Opie
Catherine Opie reflects on her long-standing artistic practice....
Feb
19
2026
Anna-Maria Kellen Lecture
Facing Mortality in Gardens along the Seine
Rachel Cohen
The remarkable reverberations of three artists at work....
Feb
24
2026
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Lecture
Landscape and Memory
Dawoud Bey
The visual weight of the lives that once shaped the landscape...
Feb
26
2026
Charles Haimoff Lecture in German Studies
Beethoven’s Ninth at the Berlin Philharmonic, 1963
Stephen Hinton
How architecture and music converged at the Berlin Philharmonic in 1963...
Mar
03
2026
Stephen M. Kellen Lecture
The Crisis of the Liberal World Order
Martin Wolf
What -- once again -- ails the West?...
Mar
10
2026
Berthold Beitz Lecture
The Future of United Nations Peacekeeping
Sabrina Karim
How will peacekeeping meet geopolitical realities?...
Mar
11
2026
Lloyd Cutler Lecture
Is This America? Requiem for a Nation Lost, Vision for an America Refounded
Sherrilyn Ifill
Can America develop a curriculum to “re-found” the nation?...
Apr
13
2026
Marcus Bierich Lecture
Genocide Prevention: The Troubled Fate of a Post-War Ideal
Scott Straus
This session investigates whether the moral arc of international politics has fundamentally bent backward....
Apr
16
2026
Axel Springer Lecture
Is Culture Worth Saving? Art, Monuments, and Modern Warfare
Hugh Eakin
Protecting culture can be a potent form of preventing conflict and brokering peace....