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Jan 28 2020

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.

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Jan 21 2020

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…

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Dec 09 2019

Beyond the Lecture: Claudia Rankine

Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine discusses whiteness, privilege, and the politics of racialized conversation.

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Dec 09 2019

Shaping the Effects of Automation on Employment and Livelihoods in Germany: Policy Perspectives

The effects of automation on employment, incomes, and livelihoods in Germany.

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Dec 05 2019

Are Democracies Dying?

Daniel Ziblatt discusses the state of liberal democracy in the world.

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Nov 22 2019

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.

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Nov 12 2019

Political Cinema and the German Left

Marco Abel on German cinema of the political Left after 1968.

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Nov 07 2019

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?

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Nov 06 2019

Fellow Spotlight: Suki Kim

Writer Suki Kim is working on a book about the consequences of war and the future of the divided Koreas.

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Nov 05 2019

Can Democracy Tame Twentieth-Century Capitalism?

Steven Klein on the thought of Karl Polanyi and the democratic transformation of the capitalist economy.

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