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19 Mar 24

Bayer Lecture in Health & Biotech

Why Are Epidemiologists So Bad at Epidemics?

Albert Hofman

Epidemiologists have missed both the recent onset of major epidemics and the declines in major chronic diseases. Why?...

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21 Mar 24

US Consulate Leipzig

Heidi Julavits: Directions to Myself

Heidi Julavits

Raising a child in a time of contradiction and moral complexity....

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27 Mar 24

American Academy Fellow at ICI

When Home is a Photograph: Kathleen Cleaver’s Albums of Exile

Leigh Raiford

How Kathleen Cleaver has used photography to make a "home" in the world...

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Dirk Ippen Lecture

Words Without Borders

Samantha Schnee

Words Without Borders founding editor discusses the organization's history and development...

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16 Apr 24

Ellen Maria Gorrissen Lecture

Islam and Politics in America Today

Mark Fathi Massoud

The historical exclusion of religious minorities in American law and society....

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Baden-Württemberg Seminar

The Rise and Fall of America’s Federal Theater

James Shapiro

James Shapiro discusses his book-in-progress, "The Playbook: Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War."...

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Nina Maria Gorrissen Lecture

Victims in the Shadow of Conflict

Noam Lupu

A novel argument about experiences of conflict and lasting intergenerational trauma....

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24 Apr 24

American Academy Lecture at SKD

A Brief History of the Whitney Biennial: Possibility and Protest

Adam D. Weinberg

A veteran director of the Whitney Museum on the history and dynamism of its famed Biennial....

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25 Apr 24

Axel Springer Lecture

Dollar Dominance and the Future of American Power

Mark Copelovitch

Mark Copelovitch argues that the dollar’s dominance will persist for many decades to come....

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06 May 24

Richard von Weizsäcker Lecture

Climate Change and Innovative Paths toward a More Sustainable Future

Steven Chu

Former US Secretary of Energy on developments in climate technology...

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