Presentation of the Spring 2023 Fellows
Welcoming the fiftieth class of Berlin Prize Fellows; opening remarks by Tobias Lindner, Federal Foreign Office.
US-China Relations in Light of the Ukraine War
What will the effects of the war be on relations between the United States and China, a relationship deemed by many to be key to future peace and stability?
Fellow Spotlight: David Treuer
David Treuer's Academy project is a book-length personal essay about understanding America's most durable crisis – violence in its schools, policies, and streets.
The Savage Mind: Understanding Violence in America
David Treuer describes America’s “savage mind” in its past and present incarnations and aims to reframe its causes and effects.
In the Mean-Time
Claudia Rankine presents her adaptation of a recorded conversation between James Baldwin and Audre Lorde at Hampshire College in 1984.
Fellow Spotlight: Claudia Rankine
Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine is adapting into a play the transcript of two recorded conversations between James Baldwin and poet Audre Lorde.
Sweetmeats: A Novel
Alexandra Chreiteh’s reads from her magical novel-in-progress "Sweetmeats," set in a border town between Lebanon and Syria, on the cusp of the Syrian revolution.
The 2022 Henry A. Kissinger Prize
The 2022 Henry A. Kissinger Prize was presented to German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in New York City.
The Idea and Image of Slavery in Plato’s “Phaedo”
Jackie Murray focuses on the significance of Phaedo's role as she explores the function of the slavery analogy in Plato's famed dialogue.
China and the Uyghurs: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Assessment of Mass Atrocities in Xinjiang
Naomi Kikoler, of the Simon Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, on the plight of the Uyghurs.