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.
Past Guest Speakers
Since 1998, more than 600 distinguished visitors and guest speakers have come to Berlin. Browse the full archive.
James D. Wolfensohn
Former President, World Bank Group; Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company
Joshua Yaffa
Contributing Writer,, The New Yorker
Kulapat Yantrasast
Founder, Managing Principal, and Creative Director, WHY Architecture
Keren Yarhi-Milo
Dean and Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs
Philip Zelikow
Botha-Chan Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; and 2009 Fellow, American Academy in Berlin,
Robert B. Zoellick
Senior Counselor, Brunswick Geopolitical
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.
