Displacement in the Horn of Africa: Racialization, Migration, and the United Nations
Nathalie Peutz examines contemporary encounters between Yemeni “refugees” and Ethiopian “migrants” in a port town of Djibouti.
Gender, War, and Citizenship: A Transatlantic Roundtable
A transatlantic roundtable to launch the "Oxford Handbook of Gender, War, and the Western World since 1600."
James Baldwin: The Making of an American Icon
Robert F. Reid-Pharr demonstrates how James Baldwin’s literary genius propelled him into the worldwide spotlight..
When Love was Forbidden: Sex and Intimacy in Iran’s Revolutionary Generation
Naghmeh Sohrabi reconstructs a story of love, death, and revolution to shed light on notions of heterosexual love and intimacy in 1970s Iran.
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
Neil Shubin examines the great transitions in the history of life.
Roman Diversity: Modern Lessons from an Ancient Empire
Nandini Pandey explores the literary and material remnants of Roman diversity.
Presentation of the Spring 2021 Fellows
The American Academy in Berlin is proud to present its spring 2021 class of fellows.
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Benjamin M. Friedman examines how what we now call economics was decisively shaped by religious thought.
A Superpower Laid Low: America and the World After January 6
This panel addressed the implications of the events on January 6, as well as likely international security ramifications more broadly.
Next Generation
What was like to be the first black person at an all-white private school in the American South? The very first, that is.