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AFB Welcomes New President at Bucerius Law School

Law Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Katharina Boele-Woelki began her tenure as President of Bucerius Law School on October 1st, 2015. Boele-Woelki had already joined Bucerius Law School as the Claussen Simon Foundation Professor of Comparative Law, effective September 1st, 2015. Prior to her arrival at Bucerius Law School, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Katharina Read More

From Poussin to Monet. The Colors of France

In the seventeenth century, French painting began to set the standards for all of Europe. Values in France during the Enlightenment began to shift toward a bourgeois society where painters were exposed to new themes and new artistic experiments. The French Revolution, the prototype of all struggles for liberation, marked a new era that became Read More

ZEIT-Stiftung President and CEO Michael Göring joins German President’s Delegation to the US

German President Joachim Gauck visited Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. last week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of German re-unification. President and CEO of ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Michael Göring, was selected to be a member of the high-level delegation which accompanied President Gauck as he visited and spoke at several locations leading up to Read More

AFB is coming to Texas!

AFB is pleased to again be partnering with the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations for an October 27th event at the Houston Country Club. The event, “Investing in Change: The Global Growth of Impact Investing,” will include experts from the fields of finance and philanthropy talking about the world of impact investing, which aims to Read More

Bucerius at the ABA International’s 2015 Fall Meeting in Montreal

American Friends of Bucerius board member Friedrich Blase and Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession’s Jakob Weberstaedt will be speaking at the ABA International’s 2015 Fall Meeting in Montreal!  They are participating in the plenary session titled “Vive la Evolution – Or How the World of Legal Practice Will Never Be the Same Again, From Canada Read More

AFB President Participates in the BMW-Foundation Inseldialog (Island Dialogue)

The close German-American relations have been lost over the past few years. According to a study by the Transatlantic Task Force of the German Marshall Fund US, only 35% of Germans saw the US as a trustworthy partner in 2014. The NSA wiretapping scandal is only the preliminary point of alienation over the past years. Read More

AFB Sponsors the Young Leaders Alumni Conference in Berlin

AFB was a proud sponsor of the Young Leaders Alumni Conference, held by Atlantik-Brücke and the American Council on Germany, in connection with the German-American Conference in Berlin, Germany. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble opened the German-American Conference of Atlantik-Brücke and the American Council on Germany on September 11th. In his speech, the Minister noted Read More

Announcing the launch of the new Energy Law+ Policy Initiative

Since 2011, American Friends of Bucerius (Bucerius USA) has been offering programs on energy law and policy in the United States, in partnerships with Linklaters LLP, the German Consulate General – New York, and others. Past programs have included “International Energy Security” with Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs at the US Department Read More

Call for Research Proposals: Germany and the United States in the 21st Century

WASHINGTON – The Transatlantic Academy has announced that its ninth fellowship year, running from September 2016 to June 2017, will focus on the topic of ‘Germany and the United States in the 21st Century.’ Resident fellows will examine how the roles of Germany and the United States in Europe and the world are evolving and Read More

The Irony of the Post-Cold War Generation and Transatlantic Relations

Read Emily Sieg’s treatise on the state of transatlantic relations amongst the generation that will rise to leadership positions in the next 10-15 years. This latest research paper from the collaboration between AFB and BMW Foundation focuses on the rise of the Post-Cold War generation with its increased mobility and diversity. What will the policymakers Read More