
Remembering Richard K. Goeltz (1942-2020)

Gayatri Spivak at the American Academy

Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)

James Comey Book Presentation
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, former director of the FBI James Comey joined DIE ZEIT’s…

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

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

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

The Spring 2021 Program

The Spring 2020 Program

Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)

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

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

The Fall 2019 Berlin Journal

Panel Discussion: US-German Relations One Year Later

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

Al Gore at the American Academy

Max Beckmann Talk with Arthur Jafa

Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”

The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

The 2017 Gala at The Met

Remembering Wolfgang Mayrhuber (1947-2018)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Wolfgang Mayrhuber (seen in the above…

President Steinmeier Delivers the 2019 Fritz Stern Lecture

Celebrating Twenty Years of Fellowships
This fall, the American Academy in Berlin is proud to celebrate twenty years of Berlin…

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

The Winter 2018 Program

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

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

The Fall 2019 Program

Welcoming the Spring 2018 Class of Fellows

The Winter 2019 Program

Remembering George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows

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

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

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

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 Holbrooke Forum in Estonia

Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin

Remembering Anna-Maria Kellen (1918-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Anna-Maria Kellen, who died in New…