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The 2021-22 Berlin Journal
The 2021-22 Berlin Journal features a range of essays, stories, and artwork by this year’s class of fellows: Channing Joseph on America’s first drag queen; Yanni Kotsonis on the Greek Revolution; fiction by Lan Samantha Chang and Ladee Hubbard; reporter Alec MacGillis on the rise of Amazon; Tess Lewis on her translation of Lutz Seiler’s Stern III; an artist portfolio by Eric Wesley, and essays on the future of the global supply chain, lithium economy, and teaching Schubert’s An die Musik, among much more, including book reviews, alumni books, and news from the Academy. (Cover image by Academy alumnus Mitch Epstein, from Property Rights, just published by Steidl.)
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The 2017 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
On the evening of June 20, 2017, the trustees of the American Academy in Berlin awarded…
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Cristina Rivera Garza Wins a Pulitzer
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The TIME 100
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John McCain Receives the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
BERLIN—May 3, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded the 2018 Henry A. Kissinger Prize…
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The 2017 Gala at The Met
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The 2021 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
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“Beyond the Lecture” Podcast with Claudia Rankine
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Alumni Seminar in New York
On the afternoon of April 5, 2018, the American Academy in Berlin held an alumni…
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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Party
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The 2018-19 Berlin Prize
BERLIN—April 25, 2018—The American Academy in Berlin has awarded Berlin Prizes—semester-long fellowships in Berlin—to 24…
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Anthony Vidler (1941-2023)
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New Stuttgart Head-to-Head Series Partnerships
The American Academy’s Head-to-Head Series was established in 2012 to strengthen German-American ties in the…
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The Fall 2018 Program
As the fellowship program of the American Academy in Berlin celebrates its twentieth anniversary, our…
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The Deutsche Bank Fellowship in Music Composition
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Inaugurating the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship
In April 2017, the American Academy in Berlin inaugurates the Max Beckmann Distinguished Visitorship honoring…
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The Spring 2020 Program
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Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time
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Remembering Ed Koren (1935-2023)
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The US Midterm Elections
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The Fall 2020 Program
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The Fall 2021 Program
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Celebrating Twenty Years of Fellowships
This fall, the American Academy in Berlin is proud to celebrate twenty years of Berlin…
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Remembering Madeleine Albright (1937−2022)
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The 2020-21 Berlin Journal
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Singing to Glaciers
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Announcing the Carol Kahn Strauss Fellowship in Jewish Studies
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New Academy President: Ambassador Daniel Benjamin
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Al Gore at the American Academy
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The Fall 2022 Program
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Welcoming the Fall 2019 Fellows
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Remembering Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)
The American Academy in Berlin mourns the passing of Helmut Kohl, a longstanding friend and…
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Remembering Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1923-2023)
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Jens Stoltenberg Receives the 2023 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
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Katholisches Schulzentrum Edith Stein
On the afternoon of Friday, April 13, 2018, American Academy president Michael P. Steinberg visited…
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The Spring 2023 Program
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The Winter 2019 Program
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Remembering George H.W. Bush (1924-2018)
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Announcing the 2019-20 Class of Berlin Prize Fellows
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Remembering Berthold Leibinger (1930-2018)
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