American Academy in Berlin
Fostering close transatlantic bonds in the arts, humanities, and public affairs.
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- Reposted by American Academy in Berlin»Die Republikaner haben sich der extremen Rechten angepasst und so den Trumpismus ermöglicht.« In der @americanacademy.bsky.social habe ich die Historikerin Lisa McGirr aus @harvard.edu zu Trumps Vorbildern befragt – und welche Rolle die Nazis dabei spielen. www.spiegel.de/geschichte/u...
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- Reposted by American Academy in BerlinCongratulations to Stephen Holmes — our faculty co-director at the Reiss Center on Law & Security & professor at @nyulaw.bsky.social — on being awarded the Berlin Prize by @americanacademy.bsky.social! His project examines "Demography, Identity, & Putin’s War" www.americanacademy.de/announcing-t...
- Looking back at last Friday's Henry A. Kissinger Prize honoring @kajakallas.bsky.social, @evikasilina.bsky.social, & Ingrida Šimonytė—an evening of moving speeches, wide-ranging conversations, & a confident reaffirmation of our shared transatlantic values. Recap: buff.ly/43Uad0M
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- Tonight we proudly awarded the Henry A. Kissinger Prize to @kajakallas.bsky.social, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy & @ec.europa.eu Vice-President, Former 🇪🇪 Prime Minister; @evikasilina.bsky.social, 🇱🇻 Prime Minister; & Ingrida Šimonytė, Former 🇱🇹 Prime Minister.
- Giedrius Puodžiūnas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the Federal Republic of Germany, accepted the award on Ingrida Šimonytė's behalf. 📸 1 Annette Hornischer / 2,3 Chris Marxen
- Ahead of his talk tomorrow night, head to our website and check out this year's Berlin Journal for an excerpt of spring fellow and New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's graphic novel "Einstein in Kafkaland:" buff.ly/O3NnZgt 📸 #2 Annette Hornischer
- "It is far too soon to predict how this strange new world will play out. But the psychological barriers that have long kept [nuclear] proliferation at bay may already have fallen away," writes spring fellow Gideon Rose in his latest @foreignaffairs.com article: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
- Academy trustee and @theatlantic.com editor Jeffrey Goldberg on 3sat's Kulturzeit last night to discuss that state of US media. 📺 Watch the interview here (starting at 4:35): buff.ly/cSgBRfe
- Fascinating panel discussion about artificial intelligence and its role in the arts this week with playwright Ayad Akhtar, writer Daniel Kehlmann, and @theatlantic.com editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, who moderated the event. In cooperation with Deutsches Theater. 📸 Annette Hornischer
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- Thanks to @theatlantic.com staff writers George Packer & @anneapplebaum.bsky.social & the magazine's editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg—leading voices in journalism & former Academy fellows—for a probing, scary, & inspiring panel discussion on the future of democracy in America. 📺: buff.ly/rGzEOqH
- Reposted by American Academy in BerlinNotes from a panel talk 10/10 "The Future of Democracy in America: A Conversation with The Atlantic", with @theatlantic.com writers @anneapplebaum.bsky.social George Packer & editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Mod. by Daniel Benjamin, President of @americanacademy.bsky.social, Berlin March 3, 2025.
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- "Literature makes visible what mainstream discourses conceal," said spring 2025 fellow & German literature professor Agnes Mueller at her Academy talk about contemporary German–Jewish fiction by young post-Holocaust writers. 📺 Watch here: buff.ly/3F0rLWv 📸 Annette Hornischer
- "The choices we make to invest in the resilience and robustness of [cyberspace] to then defend this space…is what will determine whether we go down the good path or the not good path," said Chris Inglis, Fmr National Cyber Director at the White House, at his talk about the future of cyber security.
- Drawing on insights from his career, he examined the nature of cyberspace, the threats it poses, their far-reaching implications for societies on both sides of the Atlantic, and the most effective ways to protect it.
- Welcome remarks by Claudia Oeking, Head of public affairs at Airbus, and Daniel Benjamin, president at the American Academy in Berlin, who also moderated the Q&A. 📸 Annette Hornischer
- "Of the 100 official acts that the new Trump administration has launched in recent weeks, perhaps 5 or 10 are really important. We journalists have to find out which ones we should pay attention to—& which ones we should not," Jeffrey Goldberg tells @dirkpeitz.bsky.social: buff.ly/41x6KeQ
- 🎟 Join us next week for events with Academy trustee & @theatlantic.com's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, here at the Academy, Deutsches Theater, & Berliner Festspiele: www.americanacademy.de/events/upcom...
- Academy president Daniel Benjamin was on 3sat's Kulturzeit last night to talk about shifts in US politics, how to maintain transatlantic ties and the Academy's enduring mission. 📺 Watch the interview here (starting at 5:15): buff.ly/4bk9QWA
- "Germany’s memory culture may be flawed & insufficient in many ways. But young migrants have set their migratory experiences in Germany against the forever-present backdrop of Holocaust to create works of fiction that address the current moment," ✍️ spring fellow Agnes Mueller in the Berlin Journal.
- Mueller's article looks at contemporary German fiction that aims to redefine Jewish-Muslin identities & Holocaust memory. Read here: buff.ly/41s4ky1 Join her talk "Holocaust Migration: The Future of Memory" tonight in person or online: buff.ly/43h3Rjk 📸 #2: Annette Hornischer
- "We really could be at a critical juncture in history right now." Given Russia's invasion of Ukraine, China's predatory mercantilism, & a second Trump presidential term, spring fellow & fmr "Foreign Affairs" editor Gideon Rose examined what might be necessary to protect Europe in decades to come.
- What needs to be done to tackle military weakness vis-à-vis Russia, energy dependence on Russia, economic dependence on China, US abandonment, economic stagnation & long-term relative decline? "There are good responses to all these problems," Rose argues & asks: "Why aren't they being taken?"
- 📺 Watch Rose's Academy lecture, in which he discusses various structural obstacles in addressing these issues, online: buff.ly/4182VLx Introduction & moderation by Academy president Daniel Benjamin. 📸 Annette Hornischer
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