Presentation of the Spring 2020 Fellows
On the evening of January 28, 2020, fellows of the class of 2020, the Academy’s forty-fourth, presented their projects to an invited audience at the Hans Arnhold Center. Welcoming remarks — about Berlin’s wealth of cultural offerings and its many quirks — were delivered by musicologist Mena Mark Hanna, dean of the Barenboim-Said Akademie.
Chancellor Angela Merkel Receives the Henry A. Kissinger Prize
On January 21, 2020, the American Academy in Berlin awarded the Henry A. Kissinger Prize to Chancellor Angela Merkel. Remarks were delivered by former Secretaries of State Henry A. Kissinger and John F. Kerry, and, by video message, former US President George W. Bush. Th prize recognizes Chancellor Merkel for her outstanding moral and political…
Beyond the Lecture: Claudia Rankine
Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine discusses whiteness, privilege, and the politics of racialized conversation.
Shaping the Effects of Automation on Employment and Livelihoods in Germany: Policy Perspectives
The effects of automation on employment, incomes, and livelihoods in Germany.
Are Democracies Dying?
Daniel Ziblatt discusses the state of liberal democracy in the world.
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
George Packer's new biography, OUR MAN, draws from Richard Holbrooke’s private diaries and papers to create a nonfiction narrative both intimate and epic.
Political Cinema and the German Left
Marco Abel on German cinema of the political Left after 1968.
The Effects of Automation on Employment, Inequality, and Livelihoods in Germany
How are Germany's government and businesses responding to the effects of automation on the quality and quantity of jobs in the country?
Fellow Spotlight: Suki Kim
Writer Suki Kim is working on a book about the consequences of war and the future of the divided Koreas.
Can Democracy Tame Twentieth-Century Capitalism?
Steven Klein on the thought of Karl Polanyi and the democratic transformation of the capitalist economy.