Fellow Spotlight: Andrew Hicks
Historian Andrew Hicks seeks to reframe the history of medieval Persian musical culture by focusing on poetic imagery, artistic visualizations, and metaphors of music.
Democratic Competition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Yale political scientist Ian Shapiro on how some forms of democratic political competition can fragment voters into blocs, impeding the adoption of long-term, overarching policies.
The 2008 Global Crisis: Approaches to a Future History
Business historian Adam Tooze says it is not too early to write the broader history of the 2008 global crisis, which many have identified as an epochal break in the post-Cold War era.
Artist Talk: An Intoxicating Insistence
Artist Ran Ortner discusses his personal history of racing motorcycles and surfing, and how they inform his artistic practice.
Beyond “Wilkommenskultur”: Academy and Artistic Approaches to Integration from a Transatlantic Perspective
The arts and sciences have provided important platforms for integration, both in Germany and the United States. This discussion, hosted in cooperation with the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, examines two catalysts of integration in two panels: the arts and academia.
Suffering, Compassion, and Responsible Scholarship about the Middle East
In this lecture, historian Keith David Watenpaugh connects his historical and humanitarian work as well as reflects upon the professional responsibilities facing scholars confronted by recent events in the Middle East.
Fellow Spotlight: Barbara Nagel
Barbara Nagel aims to combine American affect theory with German realism to understand the interaction of language and violence.
Fellow Spotlight: Carole Maso
Carole Maso's latest work incorporates myriad forms: fiction, essay, memoir, poetry, and graphics—including drawings, photographs, maps—representing 15 years of writing.
Beyond the Lecture: David Miliband
David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, discusses the challenges facing the 65 million worldwide refugees, the nations that are taking them in, and the state of the international liberal order.
Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time
David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, discusses the topic of his new book, Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time.