Attending American Academy Events: Special COVID-19 Policies and Requirements
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The Fall 2020 Berlin Prize
Presentation of the Fall 2020 Fellows
The American Academy in Berlin is proud to present its fall 2020 class of fellows. This year's Fellows Presentation will take place online....
Knowing Each Other? Mutual Perceptions Across the Atlantic
Road to Election Night & Beyond
Ambassadors Emily Haber and John B. Emerson will share their assessment of how Americans currently perceive their German partners across the Atlantic....
John W. Kluge Discussion
Washington Disrupted: Trump, the Election, and What Comes Next
Susan Glasser discusses the upcoming US presidential election and what it means for American international leadership....
American Academy Lecture
The U.S. 2020 Elections: Trump Redux or Change?
In this online talk, David Brady outlines the forces determining Trump’s chances in the upcoming presidential election, along with the factors working for and against his campaign....
Axel Springer Lecture
Travels Beyond the Margins: A Journey with Refugees from Afghanistan to Europe
Journalist Matthieu Aikins will discuss his forthcoming book and what the future holds for the world's refugees....
Foreign Policy Forum
American Diplomacy and the Post-Pandemic World
Ambassador William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, argues that the post-pandemic world poses a massive test for American statecraft....
Andrew W. Mellon Lecture in the Humanities
James Baldwin’s Ambivalent Encounters with Africa
In this talk, Laila Amine critically assesses American writer James Baldwin’s encounters with West Africans and North Africans to challenge longstanding presumptions....
Head-to-Head: A Meeting of Inspired Minds
Dreaming of Bigotry’s End
Mosi Secret and Ambassador Daniel Benjamin will discuss current race relations in the US, as citizens and communities grapple with ways to foster and teach tolerance....
Fifty-One Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law
Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton confronts misperceptions about constitutional law....