The Fall 2017 Program

The Fall 2017 Program

The Fall 2017 Program

From an assessment of President Donald Trump’s world to the rise of populism across the globe, from race and music in Jim Crow America to the enigma of Angela Merkel, the American Academy’s fall 2017 public program offers a wide range of lecture topics both contemporary and historical. Download the PDF, and register for events online.

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Al Gore at the American Academy

On August 7, former US Vice President Al Gore visited the American Academy, on the occasion of his new film, An Inconvenient Sequel.

Reception for “Our Man”

Academy trustee Leah Joy Zell hosted a reception for George Packer for his new book, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century,

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

The American Academy in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz hosted a panel discussion “Beyond ‘Willkommenskultur’: Artistic and Academic Approaches to Integration from a Transatlantic Perspective.”

The Fall 2019 Berlin Journal

The thirty-third issue of the Berlin Journal features a suite of related essays on the fragility and composition of democracy, essays on literary history, work from the June 2019 Mellon workshop, and new fiction by Academy fellows.

The 2018-19 Berlin Prize

BERLIN—April 25, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded Berlin Prizes—semester-long fellowships in Berlin—to 24…

The US Midterm Elections

National security expert Julie Smith, an Academy alumna and former adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, on the results of the midterm elections.

The Spring 2017 Program

The spring 2017 public program includes lectures on the self-contained nuclear "plutopias" of the Cold War,…

Next Generation

What was like to be the first black person at an all-white private school in…

Singing to Glaciers

In this podcast, cultural anthropologists Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe discuss their research into Icelandic traditions, melting glaciers, and a global sense of precariousness.

Remembering Erivan Haub (1932-2018)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the loss of businessman Erivan Haub. Our thoughts are with his extended family, particularly his wife, Helga Haub, a dedicated former Academy trustee and donor, and an abiding supporter of the transatlantic relationship.

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal features articles, essays, fiction, and drawings by Academy fellows and guests, with a focus section on race, power, and empire.

The Fall 2019 Program

The fall 2019 program begins in mid-September and features a wide array of engaging topics. Download the PDF.

The Fall 2020 Program

The fall 2020 program features talks on the presidential election, US diplomacy, and an array of topics in the arts and humanities.

The Spring 2021 Program

Join us this spring for a new series of engaging lectures by our residential (and virtual) fellows and Distinguished Visitors. Download the spring 2021 program.

Gayatri Spivak at the American Academy

Columbia University professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was the 2017 Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitor at the Academy, where she delivered an October 17 talk on the great African American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois.

The Holbrooke Forum in Estonia

From November 5-7, 2017, in cooperation with the Tallinn-based International Centre for Security and Defence (ICDS), the Richard C. Holbrooke Forum held a seminar in Tallinn, Estonia, as part of its Digital Diplomacy Project.
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