Remembering Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1923-2023)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of founding chairman Henry A. Kissinger.

The Spring 2024 Program

Hot off the presses! The spring 2024 program has arrived. Download here.

Remembering Senator John McCain (1936-2018)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Senator John McCain.

Al Gore at the American Academy

On August 7, former US Vice President Al Gore visited the American Academy, on the occasion of his new film, An Inconvenient Sequel.

Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows

Academy supporters, friends, and colleagues gathered at the lakeside Hans Arnhold Center to welcome the fall 2019 class of fellows.

Remembering Ed Koren (1935-2023)

Cartoonist Ed Koren was a Distinguished Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin in fall 2003. We will dearly miss him, his drawings, and his offbeat humor.

The 2021-22 Berlin Prize Fellows

The American Academy has granted fellowships for fall 2021 and spring 2022 to twenty-two outstanding American scholars, writers, composers, and artists.

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 Fall 2018 Program

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

Apply for a 2023-24 Berlin Prize

The Academy is now accepting applications for 2023-24 Berlin Prize Fellowships.

Announcing the Carol Kahn Strauss Fellowship in Jewish Studies

The American Academy in Berlin is pleased to announce a gift of $2.4 million from Carol Kahn Strauss to establish an endowed fellowship in Jewish Studies.

The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows

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

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows

BERLIN—May 7, 2019—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded Berlin Prizes—semester-long fellowships in Berlin—to twenty scholars, writers, and artists for fall 2019 and spring 2020.

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

The American Academy in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz hosted a panel discussion “Beyond ‘Willkommenskultur’: Artistic and Academic Approaches to Integration from a Transatlantic Perspective.”

Timothy Snyder on Language and “Not-Even Fascism”

Historian Timothy Snyder spoke about language and fascism at an event hosted with Intelligence Squared Germany.

Inaugurating the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship

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

Anthony Vidler (1941-2023)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Anthony Vidler, renowned architect, architectural theorist, historian, and longtime Academy trustee.

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.

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…

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

The American Academy mourns the passing of longtime friend George H.W. Bush.

The 2022-23 Berlin Prize Fellows

The American Academy has granted fellowships for fall 2022 and spring 2023 to twenty outstanding American scholars, writers, composers, and artists.

The Fall 2022 Program

Download the fall 2022 program, featuring topics from American electoral politics to eco-musicology to a cultural history of American violence.

The Spring 2018 Program

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

Celebrating Twenty Years of Fellowships

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

The Fall 2024 Program

Hot off the press! Download the fall 2024 program here...

Next Generation

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

Remembering Madeleine Albright (1937−2022)

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

Remembering Vartan Gregorian (1934-2021)

The trustees and staff of the American Academy in Berlin mourn the passing of our friend and colleague Vartan Gregorian.

The 2024-25 Berlin Prize Fellows

The American Academy in Berlin is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-25 Berlin Prize.

Singing to Glaciers

In this podcast, cultural anthropologists Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe discuss their research into Icelandic traditions, melting glaciers, and a global sense of precariousness.

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Gala

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

Remembering Ambassador Martin Indyk (1951-2024)

The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of longtime friend Ambassador Martin Indyk.

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Party

Academy supporters, donors, and friends commemorated a quarter-century of fostering transatlantic bonds in the arts, scholarship, and public policy.

The 2017 Henry A. Kissinger Prize

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

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.

The 2023-24 Berlin Journal

The new issue of the Berlin Journal features essays, articles, and artwork by the 2023-24 class of Berlin Prize Fellows.

The Spring 2019 Program

From the written world to monuments of nature to the language of sexual safety. The spring 2019 program.

Nina von Maltzahn (1941-2022)

The American Academy mourns the passing of Nina von Maltzahn -- longtime trustee, friend, advisor, and one of its most generous supporters.

Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories

Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor and speechwriter for President Obama, was at the Academy to discuss his new book.

The 2021-22 Berlin Journal

The 2021-22 Berlin Journal features a range of essays, stories, and artwork by this year's class of fellows. Happy reading!