Exil und #Holocaust-Erfahrungen standen im Fokus der 🇺🇸-Reise von Claudia #Roth. Sie war u.a. auf den Spuren von Thomas Mann und Lion Feuchtwanger. „Das sind Stimmen unserer Demokratie", so Roth. Bei der USC Shoah Foundation ging es um die Aufbereitung von Zeitzeugeninterviews.

Are artistic freedoms endangered by too many political demands? We asked our 2023 Fellow, journalist (Frankfurter Allgemeine gesamt) & jurist Marlene Grunert about her fellowship at the Thomas Mann House. Watch here to learn more → tinyurl.com/2s3an764

Morgen in München: Am Dienstag, 28.3. um 19 Uhr stellen wir den spannenden und vielseitigen Sammelband "Thomas Mann's Los Angeles: Stories from Exile 1940-1952" im Literaturhaus München vor. Eine Veranstaltung mit LiteraturhausMünchen und @ThomasMannGes. bit.ly/3lyG3Ee

We look back at one of the highlights of Frieze Los Angeles' programming, an installation of Nicola L.'s sensual sculptures in the iconic Modernist home of German-Jewish émigré author Thomas Mann #FriezeLA #FriezeProjects fal.cn/3wWTg

We're delighted to welcome our new 2023 fellow, journalist Maria Exner (Maria Exner)! Maria is "particularly interested in meeting researchers that study the complex interplay between journalism, technology, & democracy". Learn more here → tinyurl.com/yr3t9e6p

We're excited to welcome our @VillaAuroraLA & Thomas Mann House Distinguished Visitor, filmmaker Dana Kavelina! Dana’s residency is part of a collaboration with “Kyiv to LA.” Learn more about her project & the collaborators who made the residency possible→tinyurl.com/4td2m7ew

🚗Carpool Community Engagement: How does community engagement shape LA’s neighborhoods? 2022 Thomas Mann Fellows Swenja Zaremba & Rubina Zern-Breuer (Rubina Zern-Breuer) interviewed various actors on this topic during their fellowship in LA. Watch part 1 of 2 👉youtube.com/watch?v=xJCmCv…

Together with German Embassy Washington, we invited researchers & scholars to discuss trust in science & the importance of acceptance of climate research findings for political & social action at the Thomas Mann House! Thanks to our keynote speakers & the German Embassy in Washington D.C.

"Among the polarities within Baldwin's life & work (…) is one that he shares with Thomas Mann (…) the polarity between artistic work and political intervention" said our new 2023 Thomas Mann Fellow, journalist René Aguigah when describing his work at the house. Welcome to L.A René!

Violinist Daniel Hope (Daniel Hope) visited the Thomas Mann House & @VillaAuroraLA for his ARTE documentary “In Search of the Hollywood Sound.” It examines the history and the origins of film music by many émigré composers. Watch the documentary here➡️ arte.tv/de/videos/1085…

Many thanks to the Holocaust Museum LA (Holocaust Museum LA) for welcoming the Thomas Mann House Fellows and staff for an insightful tour of their exhibition and archive! We can highly recommend a visit when you’re in LA!

"Das Thomas Mann House – Politischer Denkort am Pazifik" is now available via Wallstein Verlag! Edited by @NikolaiBlaumer & Benno Herz, the illustrated volume guides readers through the Manns' exile residence to reflect on the past & present of the house➡️vatmh.org/en/das-thomas-…

Thanks to FAZ Feuilleton for this rave review of our new publication “Das Thomas Mann House - Politischer Denkort am Pazifik” (Wallstein Verlag) in today’s paper! (in German). “Ein Prachtband widmet sich Geschichte und Gegenwart des Thomas-Mann-Hauses” ➡️zeitung.faz.net/faz/feuilleton…

Galka Scheyer, the "Blue Four" and California Modernism – Read my article about the Hollywood Hills home of legendary art dealer Galka Scheyer in FAZ Feuilleton (in German) 📰 ➡ faz.net/aktuell/feuill…

Coming soon ✨ James Baldwin. Der Zeuge. Ein Porträt Ab 11. Juli — bestellen geht schon hier: chbeck.de/aguigah-james-…

It was a pleasure to be on the "History of California" Podcast! Thanks to host Jordan Mattox for inviting me on to talk about our book, European émigrés in 1940s California, and much more. 🎙 Available on all streaming platforms. open.spotify.com/episode/5fa6Jq…

Thomas Mann in Los Angeles, die Jahre von 1942 bis 52 haben weder ihn noch LA unverändert gelassen; das gilt auch für die anderen deutschen Emigrant*innen, Flüchtlinge am Pazifik (Adorno, Brecht uva.). Alles kompakt in diesem Podcast mit Benno Herz 🎧👇🏾

Thursday, 08/22/24 @ 7:00 PM POP AND PROTEST Join us, Thomas Mann House Fellow Aida Baghernejad, Journalist August Brown and culture writer Annett Scheffel for a discussion around pop culture and the politics of protest. More info + RSVP: goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/…

„I must add, in honor, that I write to you because I love our country: And you, in my lifetime, are the only president to whom I would have written.“ — James Baldwin, 1977, An Open Letter to Mr. Carter

75 years ago, on December 29, 1949, Susan Sontag visited Thomas Mann at 1550 San Remo Drive. "I interrogated god that evening at six," noted the then 16 year old Sontag in her diary. Read more about this historic meeting here (in German): telepolis.de/features/Treff…