Thomas Mann House Events Archive

2024

January 20, 2024 (Saturday)

Los Angeles: Opera and Democracy: Concert & Panel Discussion with Daniela Smolov Levy, Kira Thurman, Alex Ross, Jan Vogler & Kai Hinrich Müller

January 24, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Sophie-Charlotte Opitz

January 25, 2024 (Thursday)

Los Angeles: Coalition in Distress? The Rise of the Far Right in Germany and its Potential Consequences for the State Elections in 2024 – Lecture & Conversation with Andrea Römmele & Bruce Bimber

February 1, 2024 (Thursday)

Los Angeles: "Trust in Museums" – Presentation & Workshop with Sunhild Kleingärtner & Guests

February 15, 2024 (Thursday)

Los Angeles: The Power of Protest: Nalleli Cobo & Friedemann Karig in Conversation

February 20, 2024 (Tuesday)

Thomas Mann House: East-German Artistic Networks of the 1980s: Lecture & Conversation with Stephanie Barron, Constanze Fritzsch, and Isotta Poggi

February 21, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Friedemann Karig

February 22, 2024 (Thursday)

Thomas Mann House: Czech Painters of California: Presentation with Consul General Jaroslav Olša, Jr.

March 3, 2024 (Sunday)

Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich: "Opera & Democracy: Den gewaltsam Verstummten zuhören …" : Music and conversations about composers murdered during the nazi era

March 26, 2024 (Tuesday)

Los Angeles: 100 years of "The Magic Mountain:" Conversation & Concert with Samantha Rose Hill, Paul Holdengräber & David Kaplan

Online: Rethinking Democracy – How Megatrends Shape Our Future: Talk by Andrea Römmele

March 27, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Triston Ezidore

April 9, 2024 (Tuesday)

Los Angeles: The Art of Living Together – Democracy & Solidarity: A Workshop Convened by Susanne Baer, Sabine_ Hark & Rahel Jaeggi with Karen Mack, David D. Kim, Jordan Wynne, and Stephen Gardbaum

April 11, 2024 (Thursday)

Cologne: Opera & Democracy: Demokratieförderung an der HfMT – Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik im Fokus

April 12, 2024 (Friday)

University of California, Los Angeles: Paradoxes of Solidarity: Lecture with Rahel Jaeggi

April 16, 2024 (Tuesday)

New York: Opera & Democracy: Listening to Exile | until April 20, 2024

April 24, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Allison Lee

May 12, 2024 (Sunday)

Dresden: Opera & Democracy: Musica Non Grata – Silent Voices in a Noisy World

May 29, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Catherine Opie

June 13, 2024 (Thursday)

Goethe-Institut Los Angeles: "Slime Molds and Seasteads": A Conversation with Claire L. Evans and Theresia Enzensberger, moderated by Sherryl Vint

June 21, 2024 (Friday)

Thomas Mann House: Music of Exile: Memory and Transformation in the Work of German and Iranian Composers

June 22, 2024 (Saturday)

Thomas Mann House: Nourishing Justice: Jamiah Hargins & Ciani-Sophia Hoeder on Confronting Ecological Racism through Urban Farming

June 26, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Ajuan Mance

June 27, 2024 (Thursday)

Thomas Mann House Los Angeles: Identity and Literature: A Conversation with the authors Julia Franck and Arnon Grunberg, moderated by poet Lynne Thompson

June 28, 2024 (Friday)

Thomas Mann House: Exile and Archives in Literature and Music: Evening Reception and Conversation

July 18, 2024 (Thursday)

Los Angeles: Special in-person Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" with “Radical Daughters”

July 20, 2024 (Saturday)

Los Angeles: Train Your Courage Muscles! Two-Day Workshop with “Radical Daughters" | until July 21, 2024

July 25, 2024 (Thursday)

San Francisco: Listening Session & Gespräch with journalists Aida Baghernejad and Pendarvis Harshaw

August 22, 2024 (Thursday)

Goethe-Institut Los Angeles: Foreign Correspondent Unplugged: "Pop and Protest" - Aida Baghernejad, August Brown & Annett Scheffel in Conversation

August 26, 2024 (Monday)

Lafayette College: Exhibition "Democracy Will Win!" at Lafayette College | until October 25, 2024

August 28, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with Irfan Nooruddin

September 5, 2024 (Thursday)

Thomas Mann House: Patty Jenkins in Conversation with Aida Baghernejad & Tom Zoellner: 55 Voices for Democracy Live at Thomas Mann House

Easton, Pennsylvania: Exhibition Opening: "Thomas Mann: Democracy Will Win!" – with Opening Remarks by Veronika Fuechtner

September 9, 2024 (Monday)

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.: "Denationalize & Kill. On the Expulsion of 'Enemies of the State' from the Democratic Legal Community after 1945“ – A Lecture and Research Tour with Thomas Mann Fellow Dieter Gosewinkel

September 11, 2024 (Wednesday)

New York University: "Denationalize & Kill. On the Expulsion of 'Enemies of the State' from the Democratic Legal Community after 1945“ – A Lecture and Research Tour with Thomas Mann Fellow Dieter Gosewinkel

Queens College, NY: "Denationalize & Kill. On the Expulsion of 'Enemies of the State' from the Democratic Legal Community after 1945“ – A Lecture and Research Tour with Thomas Mann Fellow Dieter Gosewinkel

September 16, 2024 (Monday)

Tulane University: Lecture by Johannes Gerschewski at Tulane University: Murphy Seminar in Political Science

September 18, 2024 (Wednesday)

Online: Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" – with John E. Echohawk

September 19, 2024 (Thursday)

dublab studios: Xiu Xiu in Conversation with Aida Baghernejad: A Listening Session at dublab studios

September 22, 2024 (Sunday)

Providence, Rhode Island: Darius Milhaud: All the Musics of the World – An event in collaboration with "Opera & Democracy"

October 2, 2024 (Wednesday)

UC Santa Barbara: Spatial Hour series with Ulrike Klinger: Generative AI, Social Media, and the Super Election Year of 2024

October 8, 2024 (Tuesday)

UCLA: Elections 2024: Freedoms and Flashpoints - Elections Around the Globe in 2024

October 16, 2024 (Wednesday)

Lafayette College & Online: Rethinking Democracy: Megatrends and Their Challenges in Germany and Beyond - A Lecture by Andrea Römmele

October 17, 2024 (Thursday)

Berlin: Opera & Democracy: bauhaus music 2024 | until October 19, 2024

October 22, 2024 (Tuesday)

UCLA School of Law: What Moves an Electorate? Political Narratives in a Polarized World

October 23, 2024 (Wednesday)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Threats to Democracies – Media and the 2024 Elections in Transatlantic Perspective | Workshop | until October 24, 2024

October 26, 2024 (Saturday)

Goethe-Institut Chicago: Solidarity and Compromise - A Talk in the series Double Exposure

Los Angeles: Special in-person Student Council on "Democracy and Vulnerability" with Jonathan Homola & Marla Stone

October 28, 2024 (Monday)

Los Angeles: "Citizenship As Political Membership: A Fundamental Strand of 20th and 21st Century European History" – Lecture with Thomas Mann Fellow Dieter Gosewinkel | 5:00 PM (PDT)

November 1, 2024 (Friday)

Los Angeles: "Citizenship As Political Membership: A Fundamental Strand of 20th and 21st Century European History" – A Lecture by Thomas Mann Fellow Dieter Gosewinkel

November 7, 2024 (Thursday)

Thomas Mann House Los Angeles: Media, Artificial Intelligence and the Vulnerabilities of Democracy - A Panel Discussion with Bruce Bimber, Claes de Vreese, Ulrike Klinger & Julien Labarre

November 8, 2024 (Friday)

Thomas Mann House Los Angeles: Artificial Intelligence, Epistemic Vulnerability, and Democracy - A Workshop