Airbrushed: The story of a family lost and found. A talk by Fanny Mills
Virtual Event
Playwright and author Fanny Mills will speak about the hidden story of her family which had always shadowed her life.
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Erna Pinner’s Graphic and Literary Production in London Exile: An Example of Cultural and Ideological Transference
Virtual EventThis seminar focuses on the analysis of Erna Pinner’s graphic and literary work, with particular emphasis on how the ideological discourse that influenced her work during the interwar period is transferred to her artistic production during her years of exile in London.
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Bunce Court: The School That Escaped the Nazis
The Wiener Holocaust Library London, United KingdomHybrid EventFeaturing moving first-hand testimony, and drawn from letters, diaries and present-day interviews, The School That Escaped the Nazis is a dramatic human tale that offers a unique child’s-eye perspective on Nazi persecution and the Holocaust.
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Émigré Voices: Conversations with Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria
Hybrid Book Launch – Émigré Voices: Conversations with Jewish Refugees from Germany and Austria
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Esther Freud: The Sea House
This event introduces a series of lunchtime lectures and museum visits that will run throughout October 2022 to mark the centenary of Lucian Freud and explore the complicated life and legacy of the Freud family.
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Lucian Freud (1922-2011) Lunchtime Lecture: Freuds’ War
Virtual EventAn online talk by historian Helen Fry, based on her fascinating book Freud’s War
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The Messels at War: German-Jewish Responses to Twentieth-Century Conflict
Virtual EventIn a special online talk to mark Remembrance Day, John Hilary will look back at the contrasting experiences of German-Jewish immigrants in Britain during the two world wars. Told through the lives of the celebrated Messel family of Nymans, of which John is a member, the presentation will examine the waves of violence directed towards […]
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Jewish Book Week 2023: Maurice Bilk
Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United KingdomJewish Book Week 2023 runs from 25 February to 5 March and as always, features a rich array of fascinating offerings. Of particular relevance to Insiders/Outsiders is the talk by Holocaust survivor and sculptor Maurice Blik on 26 February at 6.30pm and the session about Hungarian-born film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist Emeric Pressburger on […]
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The Fire and the Bonfire
Kings Place 90 York Way, London, United KingdomOn Sunday 5 March at 1.30pm, as part of Jewish Book Week at Kings Place, there will be a free event in which artist Ardyn Halter son of artist and Holocaust survivor Roman Halter, will be in conversation with Monica Bohm-Duchen, to mark the publication by Amsterdam Books of his The Fire and the Bonfire: […]
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Talk: Lore Segal’s short stories ‘Ladies’ Lunch’
Virtual EventOnline event organised by bookshop.org will celebrate the poetry of Pulitizer-nominated author Lore Segal
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The Cultural Impact on Britain of the Refugees from Nazism
Virtual EventOn Tuesday 18 April at 11am, Daniel Snowman, author of the pioneering The Hitler Emigrés and one of the trustees of the Insiders/Outsiders Arts Foundation, will give an online talk ‘The Cultural Impact on Britain of the Refugees from Nazism’, moderated by Paul Smith OBE, The British Council’s Director for Germany. The event is organised […]
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Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger: Imaginations and Images
Virtual EventOn Thursday 27 April at 8pm (nb later than usual), there will be a talk by Rebecca Moden to mark the publication by Palgrave Macmillan of her new book, Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger: Imaginations and Images, which examines the fruitful relationship, both personal and professional, between the eminent British writer Iris Murdoch and Berlin-born […]
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Becoming Kathrine Talbot: A Jewish Refugee and the Novelist She Invented
Virtual Eventn the just-published English translation of his book, Professor Dr. Christoph Ribbat of the University of Paderborn, Germany, traces the life of a once well-known but now nearly forgotten 20th century novelist from an Isle of Man internment camp to postwar Cornwall, New York, and California, and then to a green hill in Sussex.
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Karen Gershon (1923-1993) – Writing my mother’s story: a journey of redefinition
Virtual EventThe author and poet Karen Gershon, probably best known for her book We Came as Children (1966), arrived in England as the child Kate Loewenthal on a Kindertransport in December 1938.
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I Had to Be Present: Oto Bihalji-Merin, art historian, editor, publisher, art critic and activist
Virtual EventOto Bihalji-Merin (1904-1993) was a Yugoslav-Jewish art historian, editor, publisher, art critic and activist whose creative life fused multiple languages, identities and cultures in response to the historical and political contexts of the 20th century and whose legacy lies in his advocacy for art that transcends formal training, emphasizing human creativity and imagination.
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In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig
Virtual EventRüdiger Görner, Professor Emeritus of German with Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London, will be in conversation with writer and critic David Herman about his latest book, In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig.
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Of Penguins, Albatrosses, Pelicans and Kings: Refugees from Nazism at Penguin Books
Virtual EventTo mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Penguin Books, Dr. Anna Nyburg, author of Émigrés: The Transformation of Art Publishing in Britain (Phaidon, 2014), will pay tribute to the disproportionately large number of former refugees from Nazi Europe who contributed to the company’s extraordinary success.
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**POSTPONED**From Publishing Innovator to Corporate Dealmaker: Paul Hamlyn & the Transformation of UK Publishing
Virtual EventAn émigré who moved to the UK with his family at the age of seven from Nazi Germany, Paul Hamlyn (né Hamburger,1926-2001) was an innovative publisher who re-engineered the publishing model and systemised creativity.
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Rogues and Scholars Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000
Virtual EventTo mark the recent publication by Bloomsbury of his book Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000: James Stourton: Apollo, James Stourton will discuss his chosen topic.
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The Refugee and the Survivor – a Family Story
Virtual EventThis illustrated presentation by Michael Lewis weaves together the story of his parents, of his father, a refugee from Nazi persecution and his mother, a Holocaust survivor. It draws on her memoir, A Time to Speak (1992) and Michael’s own book, Flight from Prague – the Making of a Refugee (2025), which for the first time tells his father’s story.
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Creativity & Forced Migrations
Virtual EventBurcu Dogramaci & Owen Hatherley in Conversation with Monica Bohm-Duchen
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Paul Hamlyn: Outsider, Innovator, Dealmaker
Virtual EventThis talk examines the career of Paul Hamlyn (né Hamburger) (1926-2001), a story of personal ambition, publishing innovation, and industry change.
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Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect
To mark the recent publication by Princeton University Press of a book entitled Finding Ella Briggs: The Life and Work of an Unconventional Architect, its co-editors Despina Stratigakos and Elana Shapira and one of the other contributors to the volume Barbara Penner will introduce us to the life and work of this talented Austrian-born Jewish architect, designer and writer whose influence was felt on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Thames & Hudson or Danube & Spree?
To mark the publication of her book, The Art of the Book: 75 Years of Thames & Hudson, Dr.Anna Nyburg will give a talk about the history of the internationally famous London-based publishing house founded by refugees from Nazism.
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