Roundtable Luncheon with Professor Dieter Kempf
The American-German Institute and the Representative for German Industry and Trade hosted a small, private luncheon on Wednesday, April 6th with Professor Dieter Kempf, the new President of the Federation …
Roundtable Discussion with Andreas Kluth
Andreas Kluth, Editor-in-Chief of Handelsblatt Global, provided a Berlin insider’s view of the key transatlantic and European economic issues at stake in the German elections – from a Franco-German meeting …
Reconciliation in East Asia
Reconciliation processes in Asia face a number of challenges at the official level. However, at the level of civil society some progress is being made. The seminar will look at …
A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation
AGI is pleased to announce a new project entitled “A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation: Global Responsibility, Joint Engagement,” which engages young Americans and Germans in discussions of global …
Germany’s New Coalition Government
Following the German elections on September 24, Chancellor Merkel has faced a challenging task in forging a coalition made up of four political parties which did not anticipate becoming partners …
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Support Our WorkDocumenting German and Japanese War Crimes prior to 1945
Dan Plesch’s new book, Human Rights after Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, sheds light on the existence of a little-known agency founded amid the atrocities of …
Transatlantic Dynamics in Ongoing Postcolonial Negotiations
The genocide of the Herero and Nama, committed between 1904 and 1908 under German colonial rule in today’s Namibia, is considered the first genocide of the 20th century. Over the …
Elections
In anticipation of the German elections on September 24, AGI hosted a group of experts from the NRW School of Governance at the University of Duisburg-Essen to discuss the issues …
Anti-Gentrification Housing Struggles in Los Angeles and Berlin
Communities around the world are mobilizing urban social movements against rising inequality and economic hardship in order to transform local neighborhoods, urban planning practices, and city policies. Minority and immigrant …
Privatization of Immigrant Detention in the United States and Germany
Migration has become a hot-button issue on both sides of the Atlantic. Immigration without proper documentation in the United States and the deportation of those denied asylum in Germany have …
Democracy and Its Discontents
Panel Discussion at the German Historical Institute. Speakers: Kathleen Canning (University of Michigan), Rüdiger Graf (Center for Contemporary History Potsdam), Donna Harsch (Carnegie Mellon University), and Dirk Schumann (University of …
Privatization of Security Services
On April 25, 2017, Dr. Johannes Rieckmann, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in March and April 2017, presented his findings on his project “Privatization of Security Services: Comparing Approaches to Policing and …
