Participation of João Pedro Cachopo (CTC) in activities at El Corte Inglés and the Goethe Instituit in Lisbon

On 4 and 11 February, João Pedro Cachopo (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) will give two lectures at El Corte Inglés in Lisbon, where he will discuss the philosophical and musical aspects of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, taking as a starting point his most recent book, O Escândalo da Distância: uma leitura d’A Montanha Mágica para o século XXI (Tinta-da-China, 2024).

Later this month, on January 30, a conversation between João Pedro Cachopo and António Sousa Ribeiro on the current state of Mann’s novel will occur at the Goethe Institut in Lisbon. It is possible to read Cachopo’s article on this subject in Quatro Cinco Um: “Um romance para o nosso tempo”.