On this episode of the Berlin Journal, writer Adam Haslett talks about his 2010 novel, Union Atlantic, documentary filmmaker James Der Derian discusses his involvement in the controversial Ronald Reagan Platz, and producer Jeff Rosenberg explores the history of Berlin's lakeside suburb, Wannsee.
June 23, 2011 The 25th anniversary "PowWow" of the German Fulbright Alumni Association took place last month in Berlin. In a key panel, SPD politician Karsten Voigt and American diplomat John C. Kornblum discussed the relationship between Germany and the US from both from national and global perspectives.
May 10, 2011 On this episode of the Berlin Journal, Vogue magazine literary critic Meghan O'Grady speaks with American Academy fellow and author Rivka Galchen. Other guests include art critic Hal Foster and political scientist Ellen Kennedy.
April 28, 2011 Writer and translator Thomas Pletzinger recently read from his novel Funeral for a Dog at the Goethe Institut in Washington, D.C. His book tells the parallel stories of two writers struggling with the burden of the past and the uncertainties of the future.
March 22, 2011 A special discussion was held at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin on March 16th to discuss the human rights situation in the Middle East and North Africa.
March 4, 2011 A panel of guests met at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin Wednesday, February 15th to discuss the revolution in Egypt and the wave of violence that has threatened the status of human rights in the country.
February 25, 2011 The Goethe Institut in Washington, D.C. recently held a discussion between German and American authors comparing political consumerism.
January 5, 2011 On this episode of the Berlin Journal, guest host Jeff Rosenberg takes a look back at the American Academy—how it came into being and the people and programs that make up it's mission.
November 23, 2010 In a recent lecture at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, a panel of guests examined how the Global Network Initiative can help defend free speech on the internet.
