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.
Beyond the Lecture: Derek Chollet
An interview with Airbus Distinguished Visitor Derek Chollet, the executive vice president of the German Marshall Fund, on the Trump administration, issues facing US security, and the state of the transatlantic relationship.
US-German Relations One Year Later
A discussion about the state of US-German relations, moderated by German director general of foreign affairs, Thomas Bagger, with Derek Chollet (German Marshall Fund); Jörg Lau (DIE ZEIT); Daniela Schwarzer (German Council on Foreign Relations); and Angela Stent (Georgetown University)
A Brief History of Anti-Sectarianism in the Arab World
Ussama Makdisi discusses the now-obscured Arab tradition of anti-sectarianism, an ethical stance that promotes a cohesive and emancipated political community that transcends religious difference.