Marcus Bierich Lecture
Genocide Prevention: The Troubled Fate of a Post-War Ideal
Scott Straus
This lecture asks whether the moral arc of international politics has bent backward....
Dirk Ippen Lecture
On Becoming a Writer: An Evening with Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead
A discussion with novelist Colson Whitehead...
Axel Springer Lecture
Is Culture Worth Saving? Art, Monuments, and Modern Warfare
Hugh Eakin
Protecting culture can be a potent form of preventing conflict and brokering peace....
John P. Birkelund Lecture
Making Visible: The Art of Ceija Stojka
Lynne Cooke
Stojka's works are testaments to oppression and warnings to future generations...
Richard von Weizsäcker Lecture
How Tech Firms Shape Geopolitics
Adam Segal
The relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington has been dramatically remade....
Berthold Beitz Lecture
Pockets of Restraint in Violent Security Forces
Sabrina Karim
Why resistance to following orders occurs at individual, unit, institutional levels...
American American Lecture at Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin
Did the Future Die of Old Age?
Stephen Holmes
How can societies sustain political commitment and institutional continuity over time?...
American Academy Lecture at DAI-Nürnberg
From the Archives and Fragments of History: A Novelist’s Journey from Fact to Fiction
Maaza Mengiste
The processes and archival research involved in writing....
American Academy Lecture at Einstein Forum
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War in the Eyes of the World
Derek Penslar
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War and its international attention...
Bayer Lecture in Health & Biotech
Public Health and Immunization in America: A Story of Success and Misunderstanding
Anne Schuchat
A long view of public health's advances, setbacks, and today’s anti-science backlash....