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The Winter 2019 Program
The winter 2019 program at the American Academy in Berlin sees topics ranging from the material history of Islam to North Korea’s nuclear threat, from the Russian origins of laws of war to writing about disability in Berlin, plus lectures by Federal German president Frank Walter-Steinmeier, architect David Chipperfield, Metropolitan Museum of Art president Daniel Weiss, and former deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes. Download the full program, and check event listings to register online.
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The 2020-21 Berlin Journal
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William Drozdiak on Emmanuel Macron and the Future of Europe
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A Centennial Birthday
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Ben Rhodes on the Two American Stories
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The 2020-21 Berlin Prize Fellows
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The 2022-23 Berlin Journal
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