
The Spring 2021 Program
Did the Iranian Revolution prohibit intimacy? How diverse was the Roman Empire? Is the US electoral system in need of reform? Why did Virgin Galactic decide to go to space — and how did they get there? And how did Germany regain its pilfered artworks after the Napoleonic Wars? Join us for these and other engaging lecture topics by our spring 2021 fellows and Distinguished Visitors. Download the spring 2021 program here, and be sure to register for events online.
Cover image: Jakob Mattner: Der ferne Klang / The Distant Sound, 2018; Schellack und Acryl auf Siam Papier (Maulbeerbaumrinde) /
shellac and acrylic on Siamese paper (Mulberry bark), 50 x 50 cm. Copyright Lea Gryze. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Michael Haas.

Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows

Berlin Journal 32

Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)

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

The Fall 2019 Program

Remembering Erivan Haub (1932-2018)

The US Midterm Elections

Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories

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

The 2020-21 Berlin Journal

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

James Kirchick on the End of Europe

The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows

The Holbrooke Forum in Estonia

Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”

Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows

President Steinmeier Delivers the 2019 Fritz Stern Lecture

The Fall 2020 Program

Museums, Architecture, and Social Engagement

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

The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities

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

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

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…

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

Reception for “Our Man”

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

William Drozdiak on Emmanuel Macron and the Future of Europe

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…

Remembering Richard K. Goeltz (1942-2020)

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

“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine

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

Remembering George P. Shultz (1920-2021)

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

Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize

New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin

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

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

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…