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....
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...
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....
Airbus Lecture
The Future of Cybersecurity
Chris Inglis
Former White House National Cyber Director on the threats ahead...
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....
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...
Kurz Viermetz Lecture
Art, AI, and the Stories We Tell: A Conversation with Ayad Akhtar & Daniel Kehlmann
How will AI affect the future of narrative storytelling?...
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...
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...