People

The people who make up the Academy: our current class of Berlin Prize fellows, the distinguished guest speakers who join them, and the hundreds of fellows and visitors who have come before.

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Writers, scholars, artists, and public figures who join the Academy for lectures, conversations, and debates on the questions shaping the transatlantic world.

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Karen J. Alter

Professor of Political Science and Law, Northwestern University

John B. Bellinger III

Partner, Arnold & Porter, LLP, and Adjunct Senior Fellow in International and National Security Law, Council on Foreign Relations

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Professor of History and Italian Studies, New York University

Anthony Doerr

Writer,

Current Class of Fellows

Each semester, the Academy welcomes a new class of Berlin Prize fellows—scholars, writers, artists, composers, and journalists pursuing independent projects during their residency at the Hans Arnhold Center.

Andrea Bernstein

Journalist, Author, Visiting Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University

William Burke-White

Professor of Law, Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania

Aaron Cohen

Director of Broadcast Operations, New York Public Radio

Sara Cwynar

Artist, New York

Dagmar Herzog

Distinguished Professor of History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Alice Hill

David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations

Ethan Kapstein

Executive Director, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Katie Kitamura

Writer and Clinical Professor of Creative Writing, New York University

Ya-Wen Lei

Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

Stephanie Leitch

Professor of Art History, Florida State University

Carmen Maria Machado

Writer and Assistant Professor, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, University of Iowa

Allison Stanger

Middlebury Distinguished Endowed Professor, Middlebury College

James van Dyke

Associate Professor of Art History, School of Visual Studies, University of Missouri

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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Past Fellows and Speakers

Since 1998, more than 600 fellows and an equal number of distinguished visitors have come to Berlin. Browse the full archive by category.

    Hakim Abderrezak

    Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Minnesota

    Marco Abel

    Professor and Chair, Department of English, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

    David Abraham

    Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law, University of Miami

    Michael J. Abramowitz

    President, Freedom House

    Bruce Ackerman

    Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

    Joan Acocella (1945-2024)

    Author and Journalist; Critic and Staff Writer, The New Yorker

    Samuel Adler

    Composer, Julliard School of Music

    Joel Agee

    Writer and Translator,
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