Guest Speakers
Alongside its resident fellows, the Academy welcomes distinguished guest speakers to the Hans Arnhold Center—writers, artists, scholars, diplomats, and public figures who join us for lectures, conversations, and debates on the questions shaping the transatlantic world.
Current Guest Speakers
The writers, scholars, artists, and public figures joining the Academy’s program this semester.
James Bennet
Senior Editor, The Economist
Michael Kimmage
Director, Kennan Institute and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program
, The Brookings Institution
Ben Lerner
Writer, New York
Patrick Radden Keefe
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Charles Ray
Artist, Los Angeles
Annabelle Selldorf
Architect, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Principal Selldorf Architects
Past Guest Speakers
Since 1998, more than 600 distinguished visitors and guest speakers have come to Berlin. Browse the full archive.
Jill Abramson
Former Executive Editor, The New York Times; Senior Lecturer, Harvard University
Mahnaz Afkhami
Founder and President, Women’s Learning Partnership
Liaquat Ahamed
Author and Investment Manager, Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
Doug Aitken
Artist, California
Ayad Akhtar
Novelist and Playwright,
Dmitri Alperovitch
Co-Founder and Chairman, Silverado Policy Accelerator
Karen J. Alter
Professor of Political Science and Law, Northwestern University
Lisa Anderson
President, The American University in Cairo
Explore our Program
More than a hundred times a year, the Academy opens its doors for lectures, readings, concerts, and debates with its fellows and guests. Most events are free and open to all.
