
Panel Discussion: US-German Relations One Year Later
On the evening of Thursday, February 15, 2018, the Academy hosted a Richard C. Holbrooke Discussion, “US-German Relations One Year Later: Transatlantic Security and President Trump,” moderated by Thomas Bagger, Director-General for Foreign Affairs at the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. On the expert panel were Academy alumnus Derek Chollet, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor for Security and Defense Policy, German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the Academy’s Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Visitor; Jörg Lau, Foreign Editor, DIE ZEIT; Daniela Schwarzer, Director, German Council on Foreign Relations; and Angela Stent, Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian & East European Studies, Georgetown University, and an alumna of the American Academy. (Photo: Ralph K. Penno)
Beyond the Lecture: An Interview with Derek Chollet

Remembering Senator John McCain (1936-2018)

The Fall 2020 Program

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

William Drozdiak on Emmanuel Macron and the Future of Europe

Remembering Richard K. Goeltz (1942-2020)

Kerry James Marshall at the American Academy
From April 21 to May 1, the American Academy in Berlin hosted Chicago-based artist Kerry…

Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

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

Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)

The Global Triangle Project
On May 5, 2017, the Richard C. Holbrooke Forum hosted a workshop entitled The Global…

Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”

Remembering Erivan Haub (1932-2018)

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

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

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…

Inaugurating the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship
In April 2017, the American Academy in Berlin inaugurates the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship honoring…

The Spring 2017 Class of Fellows
On the evening of Tuesday, January 24, 2017, the American Academy welcomed its thirty-eighth class…

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…

Gayatri Spivak at the American Academy

The Spring 2020 Program

Singing to Glaciers

Remembering Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Helmut Kohl, a longstanding friend and…

Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories

President Steinmeier Delivers the 2019 Fritz Stern Lecture

The Fall 2017 Program
From an assessment of President Donald Trump's world to the rise of populism across the globe,…

New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin

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

Announcing the 2017-18 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows
BERLIN—May 10, 2017—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded Berlin Prizes—semester-long fellowships in Berlin—to 21…

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

Reception for “Our Man”

Max Beckmann Talk with Arthur Jafa

The US Midterm Elections

Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement

The 2017 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
On the evening of June 20, 2017, the trustees of the American Academy in Berlin awarded…

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities

Katholisches Schulzentrum Edith Stein
On the afternoon of Friday, April 13, 2018, American Academy president Michael P. Steinberg visited…

The Fall 2019 Program

The Fall 2017 Class of Fellows
On the evening of Thursday, September 21, 2017, the American Academy welcomed its thirty-ninth class of…
