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Spring Program
2015
The American Academy in Berlin
4/16
Please register for programs online at www.americanacademy.de,
by email at [email protected], or by fax: +49 30 80483-444.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
German Transatlantic Program Lecture
Gender, War, and Memory:
Women and the Military during and after World War II
4/22
Karen Hagemann, James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Stephen M. Kellen Lecture
Thank You for Being Late: A Strategy for Surviving in a Fast World
4/25
Thomas L. Friedman, Author, Journalist, and Columnist, The New York Times
Saturday, April 25, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin
Inga Maren Otto Concert
Port Bou
An opera by Elliott Sharp about the last moments of philosopher Walter Benjamin’s life,­
featuring Nicholas Isherwood, William Schimmel, and Jenny Lin
Tickets (€ 15): www.konzerthaus.de/programm or + 49 30 20 30 9-2101
4/30
Generously supported by Inga Maren Otto
Thursday, April 30, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Axel Springer Lecture
Towards a Comparison of Vilnius and Tallinn “City Texts”
Tomas Venclova, Writer and Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University
April – May
5/5
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Stephen M. Kellen Lecture
Whither the World Economy? The Promises and Perils of Monetary Policy
5/12
Mervyn A. King, Former Governor and Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England;
and Member, House of Lords
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Siemens Lecture
The Politics of American Antislavery
5/18
Sean Wilentz, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History, Princeton University
Monday, May 18, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Location: Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Breitscheidstraße 4, 70174 Stuttgart
Head to Head: A Meeting of Inspired Minds
Strategies for the New Dramatic Opera
A discussion with composer Elliott Sharp
Moderated by Pamela Rosenberg, Former Dean of Fellows, American Academy in Berlin
Tickets (€ 9): [email protected] or +49 1805-70 07 33
5/19
In cooperation with the Literaturhaus Stuttgart
Generously supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, and the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH
Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Stephen M. Kellen Lecture
Online Education – Current Realities and Promise for the Future
5/20
C. L. Max Nikias, President, University of Southern California
Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
John P. Birkelund Lecture
Sexuality and Empire: Female Chastity and
Frontier Societies in Ming China (1368–1644)
5/26
Siyen Fei, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Reading
Close Calls and Sold Souls
Tom Drury, Writer
May
5/28
Thursday, May 28, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Kurt Viermetz Lecture
European Economy & Financial Future: An American View
6/4
Lawrence H. Summers, 71st US Secretary of the Treasury;
and Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University
Thursday, June 4, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Location: American Academy in Berlin
Foreign Policy Forum
American Elections in an Uncertain Context
David W. Brady, Bowen H. and Janice Arthur McCoy Professor of Political Science
and Leadership Values, Stanford Graduate School of Business
6/17
Generously supported by Daimler-Fonds
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Henry A. Kissinger Prize
Honoring Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Giorgio Napolitano
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1974–1992)
Giorgio Napolitano, Senator-for-Life and Former President of the Republic of Italy (2006–2015)
Generously supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Robert Bosch GmbH
6/22–23
Invitation only
Monday, June 22 and Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Location: American Academy in Berlin
International Conference
Hans Arp in America
Please visit www.americanacademy.de for the conference program. Register at [email protected]
6/23
Hosted by the Stiftung Arp e. V., in cooperation with the American Academy in Berlin and the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 6:00 p.m.
Location: John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien, Lansstraße 7–9, 14195 Berlin
Richard von Weizsäcker Lecture
Poverty, the Pope, and Mr. Piketty
Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia University
Date and Location Forthcoming
Richard von Weizsäcker Lecture
Russia and Putin in Historical Perspective
Padma Desai, Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems, Columbia University
May – June
Berlin Prize Fellows and Distinguished Visitors in Residence, Spring 2015
John P. Birkelund Fellow in the Humanities
Siyen Fei, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Bosch Fellow in Public Policy
Evgeny Morozov, Author and Essayist
Daimler Fellow
Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow
Mary Jo Bang, Poet and Professor of English, Washington University in St. Louis
Nina Maria Gorrissen Fellow of History
Christopher D. Johnson, Research Associate, Bilderfahrzeuge:
Aby Warburg and the Future of Iconology, The Warburg Institute
Mary Ellen von der Heyden Fellow in Fiction
Tom Drury, Writer
Holtzbrinck Fellow
William Uricchio, Professor of Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dirk Ippen Fellow
Jeffrey Goldberg, Journalist, Author, and Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow
Nathaniel Levtow, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Montana
Guna S. Mundheim Fellow in the Visual Arts
Sanford Biggers, Artist and Assistant Professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University
Inga Maren Otto Fellow in Music Composition
Elliott Sharp, Composer
Siemens Fellow
Sean Wilentz, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History, Princeton University
Axel Springer Fellow
Tomas Venclova, Writer and Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University
German Transatlantic Program Fellow
Karen Hagemann, James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen M. Kellen Distinguished Visitors
Thomas L. Friedman, Author, Journalist, and Columnist, The New York Times (April)
Mervyn A. King, Former Governor and Chairman of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England;
and Member, House of Lords (May)
Kurt Viermetz Distinguished Visitor
Lawrence H. Summers, 71st US Secretary of the Treasury;
and Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University (May)
Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitors
Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia University ( June)
Padma Desai, Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems,
Columbia University ( June)
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Cover image: Sanford Biggers in the
Ghetto Bird Tunic, 2006
Photograph by Barron Claiborne
Design: Edenspiekermann