Vladimir Balzer - German journalist public lecture

Award-winning German radio journalist Vladimir Balzer will speak on German-American relations in a time of disruption. His work focuses on cultural politics and the politics of culture.

Vladimir Balzer grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin, Venice, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter, reporter, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR, a regional public radio network serving the eastern German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. Mr. Balzer currently hosts, among other programs, the highly-regarded daily program on culture and politics “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023 he started as a correspondent at the Capital Studios of Deutschlandfunk in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the U.S.

Balzer will offer pithy observations and analysis of the current state of the US-German relations; there will be ample time for a rich discussion.

Free and open to the public.