Welcome!
Promoting Understanding through International Exchange
We welcome all members of the DAAD Alumni Association USA and those who want to become one.
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In our increasingly complex global environment, international study offers life-long benefits of improving communication between people and deepening cultural awareness. Strong individual connections contribute to world peace and stability.
The DAAD Alumni Association USA is a nonprofit organization that fosters such relationships. Since 1998 we have been building a strong network of enthusiastic members across the United States.
DAAD Alumni Association USA
Otto Paul Pflanze Scholarship 2025
The DAAD Alumni Association USA welcomes applications for the 2025 Otto Paul Pflanze Scholarship. The Pflanze Scholarship provides financial support for students in History and/or related fields (including interdisciplinary programs and projects in German Studies) at universities in the USA who will be conducting research and/or studying in Germany in 2025. The Scholarship is open to advanced undergraduates (junior standing or higher) and graduate students (pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D. degree) currently enrolled at a US university.
The total support will be $4,000 - $6,000 based on qualifications and the quality of the application.
The application deadline is March 1, 2025.
Otto Paul Pflanze (1918-2007) was an eminent historian
specializing in 19th Century Germany.
Pflanze held professorships at the University of Minnesota, Indiana University
(where he served as editor-in-chief of the American Historical Review), and Bard
College in Annandale-on-Hudson as Stevenson Professor of History.
He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,
New Jersey, and a founding member of the Historisches Kolleg in Munich.
Past Events
"DAAD Holiday Reception" at the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC
Date: Tuesday, December 12th, 2024
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"The Uses of Comparison in Social Science" a hybrid lecture by Prof. John Torpey
Date: Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
Hybrid lecture by Prof. John Torpey
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Einstein's Wife by David C. Cassidy, a documentary directed by Teri Black
Date: Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
Documentary with Post-Performance Talk by David C. Cassidy, a documentary directed by Teri Black
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Milan Suknovic Large Scale Paintings at Friederich Spontone in New York City
Date: Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Large Scale Painting Exhibition presented by Gallery Friederich Pontone, the DAHK and DAAD AA USA
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Sound Understanding Concert 2024 at Carnegie Hall in New York City
Date: Thursday, April 18th, 2024
21st Annual Sound Understanding Concert presented by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the DAAD AA USA
See Links for Concert Program and Photos​​​
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