Program
More than a hundred times a year, the Academy opens its doors for lectures, readings, concerts, panel discussions, and debates with its fellows, guest speakers, and the interested public.
Explore Upcoming events
Discover what’s coming up in the Academy’s public program this semester.
Welcome the new class of Berlin Prize Fellows to the German capital
The 5th Performance Art Festival at Neue Nationalgalerie
A discussion with Daniel Benjamin and Emily Haber on the tragedy of 9/11, twenty-five years on
Christian Kracht and Katie Kitamura discuss the art of writing.
From Coins to Crypto: How the Evolution of Money Challenges the Evolution of Governance
Allison Stanger on institutional trust and our current crypto crossroads
Panel discussion with John R. Bolton, Norbert Röttgen, Ethan Kapstein, and Majid Sattar.
Image reproduction and the Early Modern mental universe
New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe on his latest book.
In the Spotlight
Explore Past events
Look back on past lectures, readings, and conversations from the Hans Arnhold Center.
What have shaped Ray’s work from the enduring traditions of sculpture?
Hugh Eakin and Anja Wehler-Schöck on the challenges of journalism now
What happens when inconsistency and ambiguity are not byproducts of policy, but deliberate features of it?
Hamza Walker discusses the exhibition MONUMENTS
Taking stock of the profound stress shaping the transatlantic economic relationship
Is the United States on the brink of a constitutional breakup?
Retired US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster examines today’s major conflicts
The crisis of futurity within contemporary democratic politics