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?...
US Consulate Leipzig
Heidi Julavits: Directions to Myself
Heidi Julavits
Raising a child in a time of contradiction and moral complexity....
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...
Dirk Ippen Lecture
Words Without Borders
Samantha Schnee
Words Without Borders founding editor discusses the organization's history and development...
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Lecture
Islam and Politics in America Today
Mark Fathi Massoud
The historical exclusion of religious minorities in American law and society....
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."...
Nina Maria Gorrissen Lecture
Victims in the Shadow of Conflict
Noam Lupu
A novel argument about experiences of conflict and lasting intergenerational trauma....
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....
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....
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...