American Academy in Berlin

The american academy in berlin fosters transatlantic dialogue and relationships by sponsoring a residential fellowship program for advanced independent study in the arts & humanities, and public affairs & policy; through public programming and publications that promote the work of fellows and german-american intellectual exchange; and through a distinguished visitor and short-term visitor program, which brings esteemed americans from a variety of professional fields to berlin for a robust exchange of views with their german counterparts and for public lecturesthe richard c. Holbrooke forum is an ongoing series of international workshops, periodically convened by the academy with varying experts, who address pressing global issues. Forum participants come together to apply the tools of diplomacy and statecraft for solving protracted challenges to the well-being of humanity, centered on four core themes: statecraft and values, the enduring crisis of governance, the dynamics of transformation, and securing the peace: post-conflict coexistence and reconciliation.