One weekend last June, in an auditorium in the German city of Karlsruhe, the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk celebrated his seventieth birthday by listening to twenty lectures about himself. A cluster of Europe’s leading intellectuals, academics, and artists, along with a smattering of billionaires, were paying tribute to Germany’s most controversial thinker, in the town where...
Ambassador John B. Emerson was elected as Chairman of the American Council on Germany on January 17, 2018. Q: What first made you become interested in Germany? A: My grandmother was born in the U.S. to German immigrants. German was her first language, and she often spoke it with my dad. I mentioned in my confirmation hearing that I studied...
Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Named as Chairman of the American Council on Germany Ambassador John B. Emerson, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, was elected Chairman of the American Council on Germany (ACG) on January 17, 2018. He is the ACG’s sixth Chairman since its founding in 1952,...
On December 14, the ACG hosted a Hot Topics Call with Jacob Poushter, Senior Researcher from Pew Research Center, on how Germans and Americans view their countries relationship. Listen here
On November 30, the ACG, Deutsches Haus at NYU, and NYU's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies hosted a panel discussion on the end of "Jamaica" coalition talks. The discussion was recorded. Listen here
