Brief introductory lectures and a roundtable discussion with scholarship holders of the Thomas Mann House in California, who look back on the great writer’s political observations from nearly a hundred years ago – and from there, look to the future.
Fri. 5.9.
17:00, Kreuzkirche
Thomas Mann Fellows
- Discourse
- € 10
Contributors
- Aida Baghernejad culture journalist
- Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Marx literary scholar, University of Bamberg
- Dr. Nils C. Kumkar sociologist, University of Bremen
- Steven Walter Artistic Director Beethovenfest Bonn
- Moderation: Andreas Platthaus literature editor, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Programme
»Everything seems permissible against human decency« or »Hyper-irritability«
Thomas Mann Fellows question our present time
The event at a glance
Description
The Thomas Mann House in Pacific Palisades – the writer’s home in Californian exile – is now a think tank where Thomas Mann Fellows discuss political and cultural issues. Among them this year is Beethovenfest artistic director Steven Walter. In our panel discussion, current and former Fellows talk about the relevance of Thomas Mann’s political observations for our time.
In cooperation with Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V.
Event location
Kreuzkirche
An der Evangelischen Kirche
53113 Bonn
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