The Berlin Prize
Presentation of the Spring 2025 Class of Fellows
Welcoming the class of spring 2025 fellows to Berlin!...
Fritz Thyssen Visiting Speaker Series
European Security at a Crossroads: Preparing for Emerging Risks
Gideon Rose
Gideon Rose and Markus Kaim discuss the future of European security...
American Academy Lecture at Freie Universität Berlin
Freedom: The Troubled History of an American Ideal
Jefferson Cowie
Jefferson Cowie on how the freedom to oppress others has meant an enduring war against federal authority....
American Academy Patron & Alumni Event
Mixed Feelings
Liana Finck
A discussion with New Yorker cartoonists Liana Finck and Liza Donnelly...
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....
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....