Now online: Our student council interviewed Allison Lee, Managing Director at PEN America Los Angeles! Watch the interview about protecting free speech, echo chambers, book bans, and more. Find the full conversation here: youtu.be/Mc5pnwHUjHo?si…

🎹 “Contrary to probably many other pianos in European stately homes, this grand piano was never intended as a prestige and show piece, but functioned as a family instrument.” Read Frido Mann’s account of our precious piano here (in German): thomasmanninternational.com/de/fundstueck_…  #thomasmann

👋  Welcome to our new Fellow, journalist & author Ciani! In LA, she explores issues of ecological racism from a transatlantic perspective: 'Not everyone in our democratic societies has free access to nature. How can we overcome this green divide?'  #thomasmannhouse

Danke Thomas Mann House für die wunderbare und produktive Zeit - im Herbst erscheint mein Buch, in dem ich der Frage nachgehe, welche Konsequenzen Megatrends auf unsere #Demokratie haben können und wie wir diese gestalten! Danke, Campus Verlag Hertie School

🆕 Now online: Find out about our Fellow, legal scholar and former federal judge Susanne Baer's project in LA, her impressions of the city, and how staying at Thomas Mann House has influenced her thinking. Watch our new video here 👉 youtu.be/jL3ZMxVMl2A?si…

🎶Wir freuen uns, dass unsere transatlantische Konzert-und Gesprächsreihe am 12. Mai an den Dresdner Musikfestspielen teilnimmt! Die Veranstaltung findet in Kooperation mit Musica non grata und Dresdner Musikfestspiele statt. Sichern Sie sich jetzt Ihre Tickets 👉musikfestspiele.com/de/programm/ve…

About last month: Kai Hinrich Müller was in #NewYork where he joined 1014 - space for ideas, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin, & the Goethe-Institut NYC for the 4-day festival “Opera & Democracy: Listening to Exile.” Stay tuned for our upcoming events in Dresden, Providence & more!  
 
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You can now watch the full video of our wonderful conversation and concert on “100 years of ‘The Magic Mountain’” on the VATMH YouTube Channel! 
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Last month Thomas Mann House in LA Paul Holdengraber led us on a pilgrimage to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain at 100. We travelled from Virginia Woolf on illness, to Jan Morris in Trieste, to Weber on disenchantment. If it was 3 weeks or 7 years, I cannot say
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Our new Fellow, author & writer Theresia Enzensberger has arrived in LA! Theresia will examine spaces outside of governmental structures, and how they relate to nation states and community building. Welcome Theresia 👋

Happy birthday Elisabeth Mann Borgese, the youngest daughter of Katia & Thomas Mann, renowned expert in maritime law, governance, & protection of the environment! Mann Borgese, who helped establish the International Ocean Institute (@ioihq), would have turned 106 today. 🌊🎉

📢 Join us online for our 4th student council interview on “Democracy & Vulnerability” with Allison Lee, Managing Director at PEN America Los Angeles! Register here to receive the login information: wendemuseum.org/program/democr…

Last night, LBI hosted Opera & Democracy: Songs from Exile- part of the Opera & Democracy: Listening to Exile series initiated by the Thomas Mann House. Thank you to our co-sponsors 1014 - space for ideas Austrian Cultural Forum New York Goethe-Institut New York The YIVO Institute ASJM and the attendees.

Today's Opera & Democracy event at Goethe-Institut New York 👇

LBI will host the 1st event of the Opera & Democracy series on April 17th featuring music from Paul Aron, Rosy Geiger-Kullmann, and Ernst Toch! Sign up: lbi.org/events/opera-a…

What kind of solidarity does a functioning democracy need? Fellows Susanne Baer, Sabine_ Hark, and Rahel Jaeggi convened a lively discussion together with L.A.-based experts from law, community organizing, non-profit work, and activism. A few impressions from Wednesday 💬 🤝

🚨Join us this Friday, April 12 at 12.30PM at UCLA's Bunche Hall 4357 for a lecture by our Fellow Rahel Jaeggi with UCLA International Institute and Political Science! 👉Register here: eventbrite.com/e/paradoxes-of…

Join us for 4 days of conversations & concerts on “Opera & Democracy” in New York co-hosted by 1014 - space for ideas, Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Goethe-Institut New York, & Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin! #ThomasMann Fellow Kai Hinirch Müller will be joined by numerous renowned musicians, dancers & academics! Learn more 👉 vatmh.org/en/eventreader…

🚀 Tune in now to watch & listen to March’s student council interview with School Board Member Ezidore , member of the Culver City Unified School Board! Watch the full video on our YouTube channel or listen to the podcast on dublab radio 👉 youtu.be/4-DBWq2MAmM?si…

📢Jetzt anmelden: Die Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln veranstaltet am 11.04. einen Thementag mit Diskussionen und Musik in Zusammenarbeit mit unserer Reihe „Oper & Demokratie!” Seien Sie dabei und sichern Sie sich hier einen Platz 👉 terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/8507df86b…