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Mar 18 2025

Axel Springer Lecture

Populist Rage and American Illiberalism

Jefferson Cowie

Jefferson Cowie argues that contemporary authoritarian politics in the United States flows from three currents in American history....

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Mar 20 2025

Bayer Lecture in Health & Biotech

Leadership Lessons from a Career in Public Health

Rochelle P. Walensky

The recent director of the CDC reflects upon her career in medicine....

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Mar 20 2025

Exhibition and Lecture at DAI

Einstein in Kafkaland: How Einstein and Kafka Created a New World

Ken Krimstein

Graphic novelist Ken Krimstein discusses his most recent publication...

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Mar 21 2025
Mar 24 2025

Deutsche Bank Lecture

Crossing Disciplines

Pamela Z

Composer/performer and interdisciplinary artist Pamela Z explains the blurred lines between her artistic and sonic practices....

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Mar 26 2025

Deutsche Bank Concert

Other Rooms

Pamela Z

Pamela Z's American Academy concerttakes place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele...

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Apr 01 2025

Mary Ellen von der Heyden Lecture

Handbook for a Future Revolution: A Novel in Progress

Brian Evenson

Two men struggle to make sense of schizophrenia in light of the culture of Mormon Utah....

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Apr 03 2025

Anna-Maria Kellen Lecture

This Rumbling Age: Locomotion in Early Modern Europe

Daniel Jütte

How the coach changed the way people traversed, experienced, and shared public space....

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Apr 29 2025

Holtzbrinck Lecture

In Search of Truth: A Journalist’s Journey

Mona El-Naggar

Veteran journalist Mona El-Naggar offers a close look at her career as a reporter and storyteller....

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