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  • June 2022

  • Wed 8

    Marginalised Spaces and Émigré Artists

    8 June 2022 12:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    The second in a series of summer research seminars on The Arts of Postwar Britain 1945–1965 with Sheridan Palmer and Jane Eckett

  • Thu 9

    Remembering Ervin Bossányi, Stained Glass Artist

    9 June 2022 6:30 pm
    Liszt Institute London 17-19 Cockspur Street, London, United Kingdom

    Tribute to Hungarian-born stained glass artist Ervin Bossányi, best known for the windows he created for Canterbury Cathedral.

  • Mon 13

    Barbed Wire University – A talk by Dave Hannigan

    13 June 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    A talk about The Untold Story of the Interned Jewish Intellectuals Who Turned an Island Prison into the Most Remarkable School in the World

  • Tue 14

    Jussuf Abbo – re-constructing the life and work of a forgotten artist

    14 June 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    A talk by Dorothea Schöne about Jussuf, Abbo, a fascinating but still too little-known émigré artist, who died in London in 1953.

  • Mon 20

    Get the Children Out! Unsung Heroes of the Kindertransport

    20 June 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    Holocaust researcher and educator Mike Levy talking about his recent book, Get the Children Out! Unsung Heroes of the Kindertransport

  • Thu 23

    *POSTPONED* Rozsa’s Wish and The Angel of Chomutov: Two New Works by Marilyn Herman

    23 June 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    Composer Marilyn Herman introduces a video-recorded recital of two brand new works relating to her family’s tragic wartime history

  • Mon 27

    Airbrushed: The story of a family lost and found. A talk by Fanny Mills

    27 June 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    Playwright and author Fanny Mills will speak about the hidden story of her family which had always shadowed her life.

  • Tue 28

    Lunchtime Lecture: The Émigrés Who Transformed the British Art World

    28 June 2022 1:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    Get to know the émigrés who, having fled Nazi Europe, embraced the future and introduced avant-garde European and British artists to the public and press.

  • Wed 29

    Erna Pinner’s Graphic and Literary Production in London Exile: An Example of Cultural and Ideological Transference

    29 June 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    This 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.

  • July 2022

  • Thu 21

    Bunce Court: The School That Escaped the Nazis

    21 July 2022 6:30 pm
    The Wiener Holocaust Library London, United Kingdom
    Hybrid Event

    Featuring 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.

  • October 2022

  • Thu 6

    Lucian Freud (1922-2011) Lunchtime Lecture: Freuds’ War

    6 October 2022 1:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    An online talk by historian Helen Fry, based on her fascinating book Freud’s War

    Free
  • Thu 20

    Lucian Freud (1922-2011) Lunchtime Lecture: Freud’s Juvenilia

    20 October 2022 1:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    An online talk by Elizabeth Lamle about Freud’s very early work and correspondence

    Free
  • Thu 27

    Lecture and Gallery Visit: Lucian Freud – New Perspectives

    27 October 2022 2:30 pm
    St Martin-in-the-Fields London

    An in-person visit to the major Freud retrospective at the National Gallery, preceded by an introductory lecture by art historian Monica Bohm-Duchen.

    £25
  • November 2022

  • Wed 2

    Jewish Lithuania: Dorothy Bohm

    2 November 2022 7:30 pm
    Virtual Event

    On Wednesday 2 November at 7.30pm, Jewish Renaissance magazine is holding a special online event to mark the appearance of its latest issue

    Free
  • Mon 7

    100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution

    7 November 2022 7:30 pm 100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution
    Virtual Event

    Insiders/Outsiders is partnering with Jewish Renaissance magazine and the Lyons Learning Project in hosting a series of six weekly online events

    Free
  • Thu 10

    The Messels at War: German-Jewish Responses to Twentieth-Century Conflict

    10 November 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    In 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 […]

    Free
  • Mon 14

    100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution

    14 November 2022 7:30 pm 100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution
    Virtual Event

    Insiders/Outsiders is partnering with Jewish Renaissance magazine and the Lyons Learning Project in hosting a series of six weekly online events

    Free
  • Wed 16

    Ian McLaren: Stories of a Graphic Designer

    16 November 2022 6:00 pm

    Penguin Books, the Munich Olympic Games and Refugee Connections: Ian McLaren in conversation with Anna Nyburg about his life and work

  • Mon 21

    100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution

    21 November 2022 7:30 pm 100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution
    Virtual Event

    Insiders/Outsiders is partnering with Jewish Renaissance magazine and the Lyons Learning Project in hosting a series of six weekly online events

    Free
  • Wed 23

    The Art of Making Theatre: Pamela Howard in Conversation with Pavel Drábek

    23 November 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    Pamela Howard in conversation with Pavel Drábek about her new ‘graphic memoir’, The Art of Making Theatre: An Arsenal of Dreams in 12 Scenes

    Free
  • Mon 28

    100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution

    28 November 2022 7:30 pm 100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution
    Virtual Event

    Insiders/Outsiders is partnering with Jewish Renaissance magazine and the Lyons Learning Project in hosting a series of six weekly online events

    Free
  • December 2022

  • Mon 5

    100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution

    5 December 2022 7:30 pm 100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution
    Virtual Event

    Insiders/Outsiders is partnering with Jewish Renaissance magazine and the Lyons Learning Project in hosting a series of six weekly online events

    Free
  • Wed 7

    Schools on the Move: Bunce Court, Gordonstoun and Camphill

    7 December 2022 6:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    A talk by Marjorie Downward

    Free
  • Mon 12

    100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution

    12 December 2022 7:30 pm 100 Years of the BBC – The Jewish Contribution
    Virtual Event

    Insiders/Outsiders is partnering with Jewish Renaissance magazine and the Lyons Learning Project in hosting a series of six weekly online events

    Free
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