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.
Family, Labor, and the Global Race for Semiconductor Dominance
The future of global technology is being shaped by the intimate struggles of families
Explore upcoming events
Discover what’s coming up in the Academy’s public program this semester.
The future of global technology is being shaped by the intimate struggles of families
The Tony Award-winning play “Stereophonic” comes to Berlin
The host discusses his award-winning podcast about Mahler
Powering the Future, Paying the Price: Data Centers, Democracy, and the 2026 Midterm Elections
Data centers as a lightening rod in American democracy, with midterms on the horizon
Contextualizing the Nazi “euthanasia” murders
Public discussion with Kennan Institute Director Michael Kimmage to conclude a two-day deterrance workshop
Writer Carmen Maria Machado on literary eroticism and the “heiliger Schauer”
Journalist Andrea Bernstein turns to her intellectual inheritance as a roadmap to politics in 2026
Journalist Andrea Bernstein on Donald Trump’s high profile trials in a post-truth world
In the Spotlight
Explore past events
Look back on past lectures, readings, and conversations from the Hans Arnhold Center.
The lasting impact of Nazi ideologies on the German psyche
New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe on his latest book
Image reproduction and the Early Modern mental universe
The nature of money, institutional trust, and the current crypto crossroads
Panel discussion with John R. Bolton, Norbert Röttgen, Ethan Kapstein, and Majid Sattar.
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.
Welcome the new class of Berlin Prize Fellows to the German capital