"Whatever their intentions, the fact is that American giving saved lives." In his Berlin Journal piece, fall fellow Zachary Shore recounts the origins and journey of the 1947 Friendship Train, where Americans gathered food for war-torn Europe. Read here: buff.ly/4fd6yWz

Join Academy fall fellow & Northwestern Political Science Iza Ding for the Global History Colloquium at Freie Universität on "Liberalism, Nationalism, & Paths Out of Reform: A Comparison of Late-Qing China & Nineteenth-Century Germany." Monday, Nov. 11, 16:15 CET Details: buff.ly/3YTdlPd

"Europe…is becoming a theater for the projection of non-European power," write fall fellow Michael Kimmage & Hanna Notte in their Foreign Affairs piece on how the growing involvement of powers outside Europe is shaping the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. buff.ly/48Deb5W

Academy president Daniel Benjamin reflects on the upcoming second Trump presidency and political developments in Germany, where the governing coalition has recently collapsed on mdrde's "artour." 📺 Watch here: buff.ly/3YXZCa3 Petra Boehm

Fall fellow and historian Michael Kimmage spoke to SWR Kultur about Trump's re-election, whether Germany is prepared for his second term, and what lies ahead for transatlantic relations and support for Ukraine. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/3YGbADL

Join fall fellow and writer Ayana Mathis at Marga Schoeller book store for a reading of her novel "The Unsettled," which is now available in German. Tickets and Details: buff.ly/40HWyQD The event will be held in English and German.

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Ahead of his talk tonight at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, learn more about fall fellow and historian Michael Kimmage, who is in Germany to explore a number of topics, including how the US presidential election and European decisions on Ukraine will intersect. buff.ly/40MkG4z

Here's a link to a video about my lecture this coming Monday at the The American Academy in Berlin in Berlin: vimeo.com/1012712100

"Wisdom does need a free flow of information and is never likely to emerge in a climate of fear," said fall fellow and historian Zachary Shore at his talk on the on the traits and conditions that influence wise decision-making. 📺 Watch here: buff.ly/3zKKXoN

Centering on youth politics and the decline of the Brazilian military dictatorship, this lecture focuses on topics like resistance against dictatorship and LGBTQ rights. Feat. James N. Green at The American Academy in Berlin buff.ly/3VeSFPN

The The American Academy in Berlin is an outpost of American thought in Berlin that I have been lucky enough to visit many times. Tonight, I was pleased to host the Academy in DC to celebrate our shared commitment to strong transatlantic ties. 🇺🇸🇩🇪

Nothing but gratitude to the The American Academy in Berlin, my hilarious interlocutor Jan St. Werner, and everyone who came out last night to the talk "Sound in Multidisciplinary Collaboration," writing that has kept me occupied here for the past several months. (Photos by Annette Hornischer)

A pleasure to do this interview with Emilia Swietochoeska of ⁦Dziennik Gazeta Prawna⁩ - on possible scenarios for the war, as a new administration takes shape in Washington. gazetaprawna.pl/magazyn-na-wee…