Ellen Maria Gorrissen Lecture
New Work
Filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson discusses his work....
Airbus Lecture
The Worldly Engagement of Maritime South China: A Strategic Cultural Mapping
Helen F. Siu discusses the historical layers of economic and cultural resources along China's Maritime Silk Road....
American Academy Lecture
Hong Kong: Ground Zero and a Global Awakening
Helen F. Siu discusses the political and social valences animating the unrest in Hong Kong....
Holtzbrinck Reading
A Reading from The Night Ocean
Writer Paul La Farge reads from his novel "The Night Ocean."...
Head-to-Head: A Meeting of Inspired Minds
Diving into the Night Ocean: Making Fiction from Fact
Paul La Farge and translator Simone Schröder will discuss the art of making fiction from fact....
Axel Springer Lecture
Citizenship and Climate Change: Flooding, Recovery, and the Politics of Water
How Hurricane Harvey impacted the sense of citizenship in Houston....
Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Lecture
Schreiben von Unterwegs: Postkarten von Walter Benjamin
Liliane Weissberg zeichnet Benjamins Beziehung zur Postkarte nach – sowohl zum materiellen Produkt selbst als auch zu ihrer Funktion als Korrespondenzobjekt....
American Academy Lecture at ESMT
The Marshall Plan, the Cold War, and the Birth of the Liberal World Order
Benn Steil talks about the Marshall Plan and the beginning of the Cold War....
Fritz Stern Lecture
The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
In his new book, Benn Steil argues that the true beginnings of the Cold War began with the Marshall Plan....
Kurt Viermetz Lecture
George H.W. Bush and the American Century: A Biographer’s Reflections
Presidential historian Jon Meacham talks about writing his bestselling 2015 biography of President George H.W. Bush....