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Feb 11 2025

John P. Birkelund Lecture

Inhabiting Error: From “Last Christmas” to “Senior’s Last Hour”

Sianne Ngai

When contradiction is a real part of the world, error must be lived out to be fully understood....

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Feb 12 2025

American Academy Private Reception and Exhibition Viewing in New York

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

Joseph Koerner

A private tour of the Caspar David Friedrich exhibit at The Met with Joseph Koerner...

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Axel Springer Lecture

The Future of European Security

Gideon Rose

Gideon Rose, the former longtime editor of Foreign Affairs, surveys impending challenges to European security and explores how they can be addressed....

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Feb 24 2025

Airbus Lecture

The Future of Cybersecurity

Chris Inglis

Former White House National Cyber Director on the threats ahead...

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Feb 25 2025

Carol Kahn Strauss Lecture

Holocaust Migration: The Future of Memory

Agnes Mueller

Vanishing direct testimony of the Holocaust affects how we think about migration, the environment, race, and class....

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Mar 03 2025

American Academy Lecture

The Future of Democracy in America: A Conversation with The Atlantic

Jeffrey Goldberg

The Atlantic and the American Academy in Berlin join forces for a discussion on the future of democracy...

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Mar 04 2025
Mar 06 2025

The American Academy in Berlin at the Berliner Festspiele

Reflexes & Reflections: On the Future of Debate Culture

Jeffrey Goldberg

The polarized public, debate culture, and democratic self-governance...

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Mar 13 2025

Mercedes-Benz Lecture

Why Graphic Narratives (Comics) Are No Joke

Ken Krimstein

Ken Krimstein explains graphic narrative by drawing on ideas about the function of story and form...

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