2024
New anniversary platform to mark 150 years of Thomas Mann
To mark the 150th anniversary of Thomas Mann's birthday on 6 June 2025, the Thomas Mann International network, which includes the Thomas Mann Archive of the ETH Library, is launching an anniversary platform.
New film: ‘Internal portraits’ in the past and present - X-ray technology on the “Magic Mountain” and ETH Zurich
“The Magic Mountain” is in more ways than one a testimony to the beginnings of X-ray diagnostics. What this means and how today’s research at ETH Zurich is advancing diagnostic technologies is the subject of a film by the Thomas Mann Archive.
Ist der ‘Zauberberg’ zu retten? – Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht speaks at ETH Zürich
The registry is open for the eighth Thomas Mann Lecture: Join us in celebrating the 100th anniversary of Thomas Mann’s ‘Der Zauberberg’ with a keynote speech by Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht.
Video: “The Magic Mountain” and the “dissection of the soul”, a translator’s challenges
Shortly after its publication, Thomas Mann’s “The Magic Mountain” was translated into several languages. How does a translator approach the novel 100 years later? A short video provides answers.
2023 annual report of the Thomas Mann Archive
In 2023, the Thomas Mann Archive opened its new permanent exhibition in the ETH main building. Find out more in the new annual report.