A conversation with Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the Academy’s spring 2026 Dirk Ippen writer-in-residence.

Percival Everett reflects on the interplay between his literary work and visual art with curator Naomi Beckwith.

Jeffrey Eugenides and Daniel Kehlmann discuss the craft, challenges, and joys of novel writing.

Literary scholar and spring 2025 Carol Kahn Strauss Fellow in Jewish Studies Agnes Mueller speaks to three prominent authors about the evolution of German-Jewish identity.

Lawrence Douglas talks about the origin of the term “Verbrecherstaat,” considers Russia’s actions in light of the categories of aggressive war and atrocity, and explains the options and limitations of international law.

“Beyond the Lecture” podcast: Ladee Hubbard talks about her novel-in-progress

In this episode of “Beyond the Lecture”, Lan Samantha Chang discusses her novel “The Family Chao.”

In this podcast episode, Nandini Pandey brings to light a more detailed picture of the heterogenous makeup of the ancient Roman world — and what that means for our own.

What was like to be the first black person at an all-white private school in the American South? The very first, that is.

On this episode of Beyond the Lecture: Susan Bernofsky and Veronika Fuechtner in conversation.

On this episode of Beyond the Lecture: novelist Paul LaFarge’s fictive play “Ninth Beast.”

Scholars at the American Academy reflect on the pandemic and its meanings