
The Fall 2019 Berlin Journal
The thirty-third issue of the Berlin Journal features a suite of related essays on the fragility and composition of democracy: Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky on How Democracies Die; Steven Klein on the role of debt in post-WWII democracies; and Laura D’Andrea Tyson on how Germany is successfully navigating the automation of its industrial sector. Plus, fiction by Adam Ehrlich Sachs, Angela Flournoy, and Paul La Farge; Suki Kim on her reporting from North Korea; artwork by Renée Green; and essays on literary history by Azade Seyhan, Tatyana Gershkovich, and Liliane Weissberg, along with several essays from the June 2019 Andrew W. Mellon workshop.

Max Beckmann Talk with Arthur Jafa

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

Al Gore at the American Academy

James Kirchick on the End of Europe

The 2021-22 Berlin Journal

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

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

Remembering Senator John McCain (1936-2018)

The Fall 2019 Program

Remembering Erivan Haub (1932-2018)

Singing to Glaciers

The 2018-19 Berlin Prize
BERLIN—April 25, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded Berlin Prizes—semester-long fellowships in Berlin—to 24…

Remembering Madeleine Albright (1937−2022)

Welcoming the Spring 2018 Class of Fellows

The Spring 2022 Program

Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

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

The Winter 2019 Program

Reception for “Our Man”

Berlin Journal 32

The US Midterm Elections

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

The 2022-23 Berlin Prize Fellows

Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”

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

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

The Winter 2018 Program

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

Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

The Fall 2021 Program

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

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows

The Spring 2019 Program

The Fall 2018 Program
As the fellowship program of the American Academy in Berlin celebrates its twentieth anniversary, our…

New Stuttgart Head-to-Head Series Partnerships
The American Academy’s Head-to-Head Series was established in 2012 to strengthen German-American ties in the…

Remembering George P. Shultz (1920-2021)

President Steinmeier Delivers the 2019 Fritz Stern Lecture

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

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