Thomas Mann's 150th birthday: female desire without taboo!

Thomas Mann's 150th birthday: female desire without taboo!

On the occasion of Thomas Mann's 150th birthday, who is celebrated on June 6, 2025, the Hanseatic City of Lübeck offers a comprehensive anniversary program. In cooperation with the Buddenbrookhaus, the University of Lübeck and the Musikhochschule Lübeck, the series of events "Four wins. Re-Read Thomas Mann" was launched, which is devoted to the literary legacy of the Nobel Prize winner. This was emphasized by the University of Lübeck in a current message ( uni-luebeck.de ).

A central highlight will be the opening event on June 19, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in Haus Eden, Königstraße 25. Under the topic "The betrayed - female desire between taboo and liberation", top -class panel participants discuss the multi -layered aspects of female sexuality. The event is free and open to everyone interested, but also promises to take up controversial social issues that range from the political women's movement of the late 19th century to the emancipation movements of the 60s and 1970s ( uni-heute.de ).

a program full of themed variety of topics

Overall, the series will record various topics that also deal with works by Thomas Mann, such as "Death in Venice", "Mario and the Wizard" and "Tonio Kröger". The aim of the events is to illuminate the complexity of female sexuality and to discuss challenges such as menopause and their effects on sexual life under patriarchal conditions. This can be understood as part of the gender studies that aim to counteract stereotypical representations of women and to analyze the culturally and historically related gender roles ( uni-heute.de ).

The gender studies have their historical roots in the politically motivated movements of the past century. The influence of Virginia Woolf's essay "A Room of One’s Own" from 1929 is a milestone that shows the need to make female experiences visible in literature and society. Such a context is essential to understand the discussion about female desires ( uni-heute.de ).

Thomas Mann's literary heir

Thomas Mann is considered one of the most important German -language narrators of the 20th century. His debut novel "Buddenbrooks. Decay of a family" from 1901 deals with the rise and fall of a North German merchant family over four generations and reflects economic marriage strategies and social norms of the 19th century. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929, which underlines its influence on literary history ( Goethe.de ).

Overall, Thomas Mann's 150th birthday will not only be an occasion for the celebration, but also an opportunity to focus on important social issues. The upcoming events offer a platform for discussions about gender roles, sexual identity and their presentation in the literature, which are also relevant today.