The 2025-26 Berlin Journal

The new Berlin Journal has arrived, featuring work by the 2025-26 class of Berlin Prize fellows, including a Focus section on “Conflicts and Culture,” with articles by Hugh Eakin, Oona Hathaway, Derek Penslar, and Ross Perlin. Fiction by Jamaica Kincaid, Maaza Mengiste, and Justin Torres. Artist portfolios by Nora Krug and Dawoud Bey. Feature articles by Rachel Cohen on Rilke and Cézanne, Saul Noam Zaritt on Yiddish pulp fiction, Karen Feldman on Arendt’s critique of Brecht, Chloe Thurston on the rise of US stock investing, and Elizabeth Kolbert on Greenland’s melting ice sheet. Book reviews by Academy alumni W.J.T. Mitchell, Lorrie Moore, and Timothy Scott Brown, as well as news from the Hans Arnhold Center. (Cover image detail: Nora Krug, “Ovinnik,” from Shadow Atlas (StranEdizioni, 2012)).

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Remembering Madeleine Albright (1937−2022)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Gayatri Spivak at the American Academy

Columbia University professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was the 2017 Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitor at the Academy, where she delivered an October 17 talk on the great African American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois.

James Kirchick on the End of Europe

At an Academy Breakfast Discussion, Brookings Institution fellow James Kirchick discussed his less-than-cheery views of Europe's future.

The Winter 2019 Program

Download the winter 2019 program of lectures and discussions by resident fellows and Distinguished Visitors.

The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows

Berlin Prize fellowships have been awarded to 21 US-based scholars, writers, and artists.

The 2017 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

On the evening of June 20, 2017, the trustees of the American Academy in Berlin awarded…

The Holbrooke Forum in Estonia

From November 5-7, 2017, in cooperation with the Tallinn-based International Centre for Security and Defence (ICDS), the Richard C. Holbrooke Forum held a seminar in Tallinn, Estonia, as part of its Digital Diplomacy Project.

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal features articles, essays, fiction, and drawings by Academy fellows and guests, with a focus section on race, power, and empire.

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gala

The American Academy celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in New York City on April 9, 2024.

Three Baltic Leaders Awarded the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

For contributions to the transatlantic relationship and upholding the values of democracy, sovereignty, and the rule of law.

Berlin Journal 32

The Berlin Journal offers an eclectic range of essays by the American Academy in Berlin's residential fellows and Distinguished Visitors.

The Spring 2025 Program

From intellectual life in pre-modern India to Europe's current foreign policy challenges. The spring 2025 program.

Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement

Daniel Weiss of The Met and Sir David Chipperfield on the role of museums and architecture in the service of the greater social good.

Max Beckmann Talk with Arthur Jafa

On December 17, 2018, the American Academy in Berlin hosted Arthur Jafa as the 2018 Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitor.

Announcing the 2025-26 Class of Fellows

Learn more about the incoming class of Berlin Prize Fellows and their projects.

The Spring 2022 Program

Download the spring 2022 program, featuring topics from the future of lithium to EU-China relations to the forever pandemic of global tobacco.

The Fall 2019 Program

The fall 2019 program begins in mid-September and features a wide array of engaging topics. Download the PDF.

John McCain Receives the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

BERLIN—May 3, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize…

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine talks about conversations that feature in her forthcoming book—about race, privilege, and whiteness.

Inaugurating the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship

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

The Winter 2018 Program

The winter 2018 program, featuring lectures, artist talks, and discussions on topics of transatlantic importance by Academy fellows and Distinguished Visitors of the spring 2018 class.

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities

The American Academy in Berlin has been awarded a $1.4 million grant to establish the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship in the Humanities.

The Spring 2021 Program

Join us this spring for a new series of engaging lectures by our residential (and virtual) fellows and Distinguished Visitors. Download the spring 2021 program.

Welcoming the Spring 2018 Class of Fellows

Presenting the spring 2018 class of fellows and their projects, with welcoming remarks by the editor-in-chief of Der Tagesspigel.

Remembering Erivan Haub (1932-2018)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the loss of businessman Erivan Haub. Our thoughts are with his extended family, particularly his wife, Helga Haub, a dedicated former Academy trustee and donor, and an abiding supporter of the transatlantic relationship.

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