Veranstaltungsarchiv
2020
Happy Holidays! Ein Besuch im Brecht House in Santa Monica: Gespräch & Konzert
Unweit von Thomas Mann House und Villa Aurora liegt des ehemalige Domizil von Bertolt Brecht. Hier verbrachte er vier Jahre seines Exils und schuf bedeutende Werke wie Der kaukasische Kreidekreis oder das Leben des Galilei. Das Haus steht heute unter Denkmalschutz und wurde durch ein preisgekröntes modernes Gebäude ergänzt. Rina Welles, die heutige Besitzerin, hat Claudia Gordon, Direktorin der Villa Aurora und Nikolai Blaumer, Programmdirektor des Thomas Mann House, zu sich eingeladen. Sie kommen in ein Gespräch über das Erbe Brechts und europäische Spuren in Santa Monica.
Radical Diversity: Diskussionsreihe mit Mohamed Amjahid und Max Czollek (Boston)
Wie wird in Deutschland und Nordamerika mit Diversität umgegangen? Radikale Vielfalt steht im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit des Lyrikers und Publizisten Max Czollek (Desintegriert Euch!) und von Thomas Mann House Fellow und Journalist Mohamed Amjahid (Unter Weißen. Was es heißt, privilegiert zu sein). In der neuen Diskussionsreihe werden die beiden mit Aktivist*innen, Künstler*innen und Intellektuellen in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko die Herausforderungen diskutieren, vor denen zunehmend vielfältigen Gesellschaften stehen.
VATMH NACHT 2020
Feiern Sie mit uns 25 Jahre Villa Aurora! Wir laden Sie im Rahmen der VATMH NACHT 2020 herzlich zu einer exklusiven, digitalen Reise in die Hügel von Pacific Palisades ein!
"Moonshot Thinking in Silicon Valley" – Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht und Obi Felten im Gespräch mit Milena Merten | Live
October 3, 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of German unification. The period between the fall of the Wall in November 1989 and the signing of the Unification Treaty on October 3, 1990 stands for German political ingenuity in reclaiming a unified nation. At the same time, we need to acknowledge that Willy Brandt’s dictum “Now what belongs together will grow together” has been only partially realized. While formal unification took barely a year, it turns out that unity takes generations.
Continuing differences in living standards, pensions, political orientations or democratic values indicate that the process of unifying former East and West Germany is a multi-generational project. In what ways do perceived political, socio-economic, and cultural differences impact how Germans of the old and new Länder see and participate in their country? Have Germans dealt adequately with their separate pasts in order to craft a joint 21st-century political identity? While there is much to celebrate, what is at stake during the next decade of ‘unifying work’? These and other questions will be discussed with three distinguished experts on German politics, society, and culture.
Radical Diversity: Diskussionsreihe mit Mohamed Amjahid und Max Czollek (Montreal)
Wie wird in Deutschland und Nordamerika mit Diversität umgegangen? Radikale Vielfalt steht im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit des Lyrikers und Publizisten Max Czollek (Desintegriert Euch!) und von Thomas Mann House Fellow und Journalist Mohamed Amjahid (Unter Weißen. Was es heißt, privilegiert zu sein). In der neuen Diskussionsreihe werden die beiden mit Aktivist*innen, Künstler*innen und Intellektuellen in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko die Herausforderungen diskutieren, vor denen zunehmend vielfältigen Gesellschaften stehen.
Radical Diversity: Diskussionsreihe mit Mohamed Amjahid und Max Czollek (Mexiko Stadt)
Wie wird in Deutschland und Nordamerika mit Diversität umgegangen? Radikale Vielfalt steht im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit des Lyrikers und Publizisten Max Czollek (Desintegriert Euch!) und von Thomas Mann House Fellow und Journalist Mohamed Amjahid (Unter Weißen. Was es heißt, privilegiert zu sein). In der neuen Diskussionsreihe werden die beiden mit Aktivist*innen, Künstler*innen und Intellektuellen in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko die Herausforderungen diskutieren, vor denen zunehmend vielfältigen Gesellschaften stehen.
One Nation – Many Stories: 30 Years of German Unity. Eine virtuelle Podiumsdiskussion
October 3, 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of German unification. The period between the fall of the Wall in November 1989 and the signing of the Unification Treaty on October 3, 1990 stands for German political ingenuity in reclaiming a unified nation. At the same time, we need to acknowledge that Willy Brandt’s dictum “Now what belongs together will grow together” has been only partially realized. While formal unification took barely a year, it turns out that unity takes generations.
Continuing differences in living standards, pensions, political orientations or democratic values indicate that the process of unifying former East and West Germany is a multi-generational project. In what ways do perceived political, socio-economic, and cultural differences impact how Germans of the old and new Länder see and participate in their country? Have Germans dealt adequately with their separate pasts in order to craft a joint 21st-century political identity? While there is much to celebrate, what is at stake during the next decade of ‘unifying work’? These and other questions will be discussed with three distinguished experts on German politics, society, and culture.
Last Days of Summer
Genießen Sie bei "Last Days of Summer" die letzten lauen Sommerabende mit einem kühlen Getränk, mit Lesungen und Gesprächen von und mit den Villa Aurora-Stipendiat*innen Tanja Dückers, Dorothee Elmiger, Andreas Schäfer sowie dem Fotografen Andreas Rost.
Radical Diversity: Diskussionsreihe mit Mohamed Amjahid und Max Czollek (Houston)
Wie wird in Deutschland und Nordamerika mit Diversität umgegangen? Radikale Vielfalt steht im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit des Lyrikers und Publizisten Max Czollek (Desintegriert Euch!) und von Thomas Mann House Fellow und Journalist Mohamed Amjahid (Unter Weißen. Was es heißt, privilegiert zu sein). In der neuen Diskussionsreihe werden die beiden mit Aktivist*innen, Künstler*innen und Intellektuellen in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko die Herausforderungen diskutieren, vor denen zunehmend vielfältigen Gesellschaften stehen.
Radical Diversity: Diskussionsreihe mit Mohamed Amjahid und Max Czollek
Wie wird in Deutschland und Nordamerika mit Diversität umgegangen? Radikale Vielfalt steht im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit des Lyrikers und Publizisten Max Czollek (Desintegriert Euch!) und von Thomas Mann House Fellow und Journalist Mohamed Amjahid (Unter Weißen. Was es heißt, privilegiert zu sein). In der neuen Diskussionsreihe werden die beiden mit Aktivist*innen, Künstler*innen und Intellektuellen in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko die Herausforderungen diskutieren, vor denen zunehmend vielfältigen Gesellschaften stehen.
"Resilience and Adaptation: Social Inequity and the Corona Crisis." Diskussion mit Jutta Allmendinger
The combined public health and economic crises have exacerbated social inequity in our societies. Social injustice and police brutality have led to widespread protests and unrest. From essential workers risking their lives on minimum wage to poor living conditions to inadequate access to health care and the digital world, we must right many existing wrongs in the United States and in Europe. German sociologist Prof. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger and American community leader Bill Strickland will discuss how to heal and preserve the fabric of our communities. This event is being held with support from the Thomas Mann House.
“Confronting the Past Abroad:" Ein Gespräch mit Ayham Majid Agha, Mohamed Amjahid, Olga Grjasnowa und Josh Kun
Confronting the Past Abroad. Ein Gespräch mit Mohamed Amjahid, Olga Grjasnowa, Ayham Majid Agha und Josh Kun
A quarter of the population in Germany today has a migrant background. Many refugees and migrants seek protection from the violence and war atrocities they have experienced in their countries of origin. Their experiences of injustice have so far played only a minor role in the German political discourse.
In the western German city of Koblenz, a process is currently underway which could help change this. There, the former head of investigation of the Syrian State Security and another former official are accused of torture in several thousand cases and multiple murders. The trial is a sign that the world will not forget. Crimes against humanity can be prosecuted by the German justice system even if they were neither committed in Germany nor if Germans were among the perpetrators or victims.
Thomas Mann Fellow Mohamed Amjahid has reported on the groundbreaking trial for Die ZEIT. Together with the writer Olga Grjasnowa, the Syrian theater director and performer Ayham Majid Agha and the music scholar, author, and curator Josh Kun, he will speak about the examination of violent experiences of migrants in Germany and America and discuss how these are reflected in contemporary literature, theater and music.
Symposium mit Friederike Meyer: „Pandemic Urbanism“
Pandemic Urbanism: A virtual symposium on COVID-19 and cities | May 29, 2020
What does COVID-19 mean for city life? What are the implications of this pandemic for urban mobility, sociability, politics, and density? With more than 50 participants, the symposium offers a full day of presentations and discussion from academics, researchers, practitioners, and activists sharing new ideas about cities during COVID-19.
Symposion mit Heike Paul: „Disenchanted Democracy? Cultural Imaginaries of Order and Belonging in a Transatlantic Perspective“ [ABGESAGT]
Disenchanted Democracy?
Cultural Imaginaries of Order and Belonging in a Transatlantic Perspective
This symposium held on the campus of the Ohio State University brings together speakers from the U.S. and Germany to address aspects of democratic culture and its discontent in the present moment. The latter reveals itself in particular expressions of emotion and negative affect, such as anger, resentment, indignation, and rage, that often thrive on populist simplification and ‘othering’ of specific groups and/or individuals. This has prompted interventions by scholars, journalists, and activists to think about modes of dialogue and reconciliation across various kinds of divides and in different cultural registers. This event seeks to add to the ongoing debate by historicizing the role of affect and feeling in the history of Western democracies and to develop new perspectives on questions of inclusion and exclusion in social, political, and cultural imaginaries with a view to different media (music, television series, etc.) and forms of political communication. In times of strained ‘official’ transatlantic relations and right-wing populist successes on both sides of the Atlantic, this symposium seeks to identify common ground and shared concerns in working through the current moment of crisis. Participants include Noëlle McAfee, Nikolai Blaumer, Elisabeth Bronfen, Katharina Gerund, Nadine Hubbs, Benjamin McKean, Heike Paul, Marie Rotkopf, Barry Shank, and Michelle Sizemore.
Jan-Werner Müller: On the Future of Political Representation [ABGESAGT]
Der Philosoph und Historiker Jan-Werner Müller wird am 13. März 2020 um 19:00 Uhr als Sprecher der Serie „55 Voices for Democracy“ im Thomas Mann House sprechen.
Fair Pay Political Roundtable mit Birte Meier [ABGESAGT]
Fair Pay Political Roundtable
Side event during the 64th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The Fair Pay Political Roundtable will address how to deal with legislations enshrining fair pay principles as individuals. Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value has been high on the international agenda, as the UN Human Rights Council Resolution on equal pay and the engagement of the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC) demonstrates. There are a variety of countries who are rapidly progressing in fair pay legislations. But how can individuals use these laws to ensure fair pay for themselves, in their organizations or private environment.
In the Fair Pay Political Roundtable, experts from policy-making, NGOs, and academia will exchange on legislative approaches across the world and evaluate these approaches in how far they are practically supporting citizens in overcoming the wage gap.
The gender pay gap with its underlying causes is a global phenomenon: no country can report a wage gap of zero. There is strong support for equal pay, as an issue of fairness, and the readiness to act is immense. Irrespective of this consensus, however, women continue to be paid less for the same work or work of equal value.
Workshop mit Heike Paul: Gender and Reeducation in Japan, Germany, and the USA after World War II
This interdisciplinary project examines US-American reeducation politics in its various aspects in Germany and Japan after World War II in a transnational and comparative perspective. It takes into account entanglements in the cultural imaginary, the mass media, and civil society at large.
The project seeks to identify the multidirectional influences, ramifications, and interdependencies between the US and Japan, the US and Germany as well as Japan and Germany which work in each of those domestic as well as foreign settings as part of a foundational discourse of legitimation. For instance, the positive self-representation of the US as a democratic exemplum to Japanese and German audiences points to attempts to mitigate social tensions and conflicts ‘at home’. Individual projects address gender regimes (in reeducation and Hollywood films as well as in Japanese women’s magazines), discourses on race (in cultural representations of and by African American soldiers and in Japanese-Okinawan identity constructions), and public opinion (broadcasting and public opinion research in Japan and Germany); instead of looking primarily at national developments, the aim is to study transnational relations, intra-cultural differences, and subnational formations. The main focus is on the construction of imagined communities as well as the ways in which reeducation efforts unfold in specific contexts characterized by asymmetrical power relations. Ultimately, this project works towards establishing “comparative reeducation studies” as an interdisciplinary field of study.
Jan Philipp Reemtsma: Democracy and Emphasis
Der Germanist und Publizist Jan Philipp Reemtsma wird am 9. Januar 2020 um 19:00 Uhr als vierter Sprecher der Serie „55 Voices for Democracy“ im Thomas Mann House sprechen.