Lloyd Cutler Lecture
Illiberal Human Rights?
Gráinne de Búrca traces how two recent ideological developments aim to reconfigure the international human-rights order into an illiberal rights regime....
John W. Kluge Lecture
Gender, Genre, and Pathetic Literature
Eileen Myles’s anthology "Pathetic Literature" (2022) highlights the ways in which the “pathetic” has migrated to poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and theatrical writing....
Fritz Stern Lecture
Friends or Something Else? Alliances in War and Peace
Margaret MacMillan examines the nature and dynamics of political alliances -- and why they succeed or fail....
U.S. Embassy Literature Series
Lauren Groff and Lorrie Moore in Conversation
Writers and spring 2023 Academy fellows Lorrie Moore and Lauren Groff discuss their works and craft....
Bayer Lecture in Health & Biotech
Truth and Trust in Public Health
Harvey Fineberg considers five dilemmas confronting public-health messaging....
American Academy Lecturer
Gina McCarthy in Discussion
The former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and first National Climate Advisor discusses how to turn the climate crisis into an opportunity...
Richard C. Holbrooke Lecture
Europe in an Age of Economic Warfare
Abraham Newman details how the chokepoints of the global economy have become a battlefield....
American Academy Lecture
Sustaining Democracies: The Role Of Conversations Across Difference
Ronald Crutcher asks, "Why has it has become increasingly impossible for people to have authentic conversations across different political or ideological perspectives?"...