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The Spring 2020 Program

The Spring 2020 Program

From the moral importance of rumination and the Brazilian heritage of Thomas Mann to the history of the postcard, Chinese-U.S. relations, and the pride and fall of the American digital empire, the spring 2020 program offers a wide-ranging selection of free public lectures and readings at the Hans Arnhold Center as well as in Berlin and several other German cities. Download the spring 2020 program, and be sure to register for events online.

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The thirty-third issue of the Berlin Journal features a suite of related essays on the fragility and composition of democracy, essays on literary history, work from the June 2019 Mellon workshop, and new fiction by Academy fellows.

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