
Katholisches Schulzentrum Edith Stein
On the afternoon of Friday, April 13, 2018, American Academy president Michael P. Steinberg visited the Katholisches Schulzentrum Edith Stein, a Catholic school run by the Erzbistum Berlin. Steinberg spoke to high-school students about race and race relations in the United States, including the history of US slavery and segregation, pitched to German students presently studying the topic and who are preparing to take their Abitur exams. The subsequent discussion led to questions of contemporary importance: What are the most pressing topics in race relations in America today? Why are these issues so present in American discourse now? How have the spate of recent police shootings of black Americans—resulting in the Black Lives Matter movement—affected discussions of race in the US? The event was organized by English teacher Francine Jobatey and attended, too, by headmaster Matthias Rösch.

The US Midterm Elections

Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”

New Stuttgart Head-to-Head Series Partnerships
The American Academy’s Head-to-Head Series was established in 2012 to strengthen German-American ties in the…

John McCain Receives the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
BERLIN—May 3, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize…

Remembering Erivan Haub (1932-2018)

Remembering Anna-Maria Kellen (1918-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Anna-Maria Kellen, who died in New…

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

James Comey Book Presentation
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, former director of the FBI James Comey joined DIE ZEIT’s…

The Winter 2019 Program

The 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellows

The Holbrooke Forum in Estonia

The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows

Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time

Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement

Gayatri Spivak at the American Academy

The Spring 2018 Program
This spring offers a range of timely lecture topics at the American Academy in Berlin,…

Al Gore at the American Academy

Welcoming the Spring 2018 Class of Fellows

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities

The Spring 2021 Program

Berlin Journal 32

William Drozdiak on Emmanuel Macron and the Future of Europe

The Fall 2019 Program

James Kirchick on the End of Europe

The Fall 2020 Program

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

Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories

The Winter 2018 Program

Remembering Madeleine Albright (1937−2022)

The Spring 2022 Program

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

Alumni Seminar in New York
On the afternoon of April 5, 2018, the American Academy in Berlin held an alumni…

The 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

The Spring 2019 Program

Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows

Singing to Glaciers

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…

Remembering George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)

Reception for “Our Man”
