Fellows

Each semester, the Academy welcomes a new class of Berlin Prize fellows to the Hans Arnhold Center—scholars, writers, artists, composers, and journalists from the United States, pursuing independent work in Berlin. Since 1998, more than 600 fellows have made the Academy their home for advanced study and community.

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Current Fellows

The scholars, writers, artists, and journalists in residence at the Hans Arnhold Center this semester, and the projects they are pursuing while in Berlin.

Past Fellows

Browse the Academy’s fellows since 1998—a community that now spans more than six hundred scholars, writers, artists, composers, and journalists.

Pamela Z

Composer, Performer, and Media Artist,

Tara Zahra

Professor of East European History, University of Chicago

Saul Noam Zaritt

Assistant Professor of Yiddish Language and Ashkenazic Culture, The Ohio State University

Philip Zelikow

Former Counselor, US Department of State; White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia

Ying Zhang

Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University

Daniel Ziblatt

Eaton Professor of the Science of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University, Director of the Transformations of Democracy group at the WZB Berlin and American Academy alumnus,

Apply for a Fellowship

Each year, the Academy awards roughly two dozen Berlin Prize fellowships to scholars, writers, artists, composers, and journalists based in the United States. Fellows receive a monthly stipend, round-trip airfare, and accommodation at the Hans Arnhold Center for a semester of independent work in Berlin.

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