John P. Birkelund Lecture in the Humanities
Moral Thought in the Age of Psychology
Amanda Anderson explores the importance of literary and philosophical approaches to moral reflection....
Anna-Maria Kellen Lecture
The Magician’s Mother: A Story of Coffee, Race, and German Culture
Veronika Fuechtner unearths Thomas Mann's Brazilian roots....
Marina Kellen French Lecture
An Evening with Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano, music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, on his life and work in music....
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
Hydraulic Citizenship: Water Management and Political Agency after Hurricane Harvey
How Hurricane Harvey impacted the sense of citizenship in Houston....
Lisa and Heinrich Arnhold Lecture
Franz Kafka and Walter Benjamin Discover the Postcard
Liliane Weissberg on Walter Benjamin's fascination with the postcard form....