Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee Art and Culture
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Dr. Tessa Murdoch talking about her new book Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee Art and Culture, recently published by the V&A
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Making, Tracing: A Journey Back From England to the Polish Stetl
Virtual EventTalk by David Jones about his discovery that his creative work in clay & installation has become a medium for expressing his Jewish heritage
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Jussuf Prince of Thebes – Re-constructing the life and work of a forgotten talent from Safed
Berlin-based art historian and curator Dorothea Schöne will give a talk entitled ‘Jussuf Prince of Thebes – Re-constructing the life and work of a forgotten talent from Safed’.
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Charmian Brinson: Working for the War Effort
Virtual EventProf. Charmian Brinson talks about her fascinating new book, Working for the War Effort: German-Speaking Refugees in British Propaganda during the Second World War.
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Home Movie: Caroline Pick, Susie Orbach
Film screening & discussion with filmmaker Caroline Pick & psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and writer Susie Orbach.
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Tribute to Architect Peter Moro
Virtual EventAlistair Fair introduces the life and work of émigré architect Peter Moro, on the occasion of his new monograph on him.
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Edith and Kim: A Novel by Charlotte Philby
Virtual EventCharlotte Philby, granddaughter of Kim Philby, talks about her riveting new novel, Edith and Kim, published on 31 March by HarperCollins.
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Schools on the Move: Postponed
Virtual EventMarjorie Downward will give a talk entitled ‘Schools on the Move’, which will examine three pioneering educational projects – Gordonstoun and Camphill, both in Scotland, and Bunce Court in Kent
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Artists As Hybrids: A Talk by Stephen Duncan
Virtual EventStephen Duncan FRSS will be talking about his career as a sculptor in both the UK and Italy.
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Red Sea – Red Square – Red Thread. A Philosophical Detective Story
Virtual EventNew book by leading scholar Lydia Goehr, in conversation with Steven Gerrard and Daniel Herwitz.
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Charlotte Salomon: A Life Before Auschwitz Lecture
Virtual EventCharlotte Salomon (1917-1943):
A Life Before Auschwitz
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Marginalised Spaces and Émigré Artists
Virtual EventThe second in a series of summer research seminars on The Arts of Postwar Britain 1945–1965 with Sheridan Palmer and Jane Eckett
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Remembering Ervin Bossányi, Stained Glass Artist
Liszt Institute London 17-19 Cockspur Street, London, United KingdomTribute to Hungarian-born stained glass artist Ervin Bossányi, best known for the windows he created for Canterbury Cathedral.
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Barbed Wire University – A talk by Dave Hannigan
Virtual EventA talk about The Untold Story of the Interned Jewish Intellectuals Who Turned an Island Prison into the Most Remarkable School in the World
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Jussuf Abbo – re-constructing the life and work of a forgotten artist
Virtual EventA talk by Dorothea Schöne about Jussuf, Abbo, a fascinating but still too little-known émigré artist, who died in London in 1953.
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Get the Children Out! Unsung Heroes of the Kindertransport
Virtual EventHolocaust researcher and educator Mike Levy talking about his recent book, Get the Children Out! Unsung Heroes of the Kindertransport
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Gallery Tour: Postwar Modern
Virtual EventArt historian and Insiders/Outsiders founding director Monica Bohm-Duchen gives a tour of the Barbican Centre’s fascinating exhibition, Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965.
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*POSTPONED* Rozsa’s Wish and The Angel of Chomutov: Two New Works by Marilyn Herman
Virtual EventComposer Marilyn Herman introduces a video-recorded recital of two brand new works relating to her family’s tragic wartime history
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Film Event: Still Haunted by History
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square, London, United KingdomThe film-makers will be present to participate in a Q&A after each screening, and the evening will conclude with a panel discussion
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Airbrushed: The story of a family lost and found. A talk by Fanny Mills
Virtual EventPlaywright and author Fanny Mills will speak about the hidden story of her family which had always shadowed her life.
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Lunchtime Lecture: The Émigrés Who Transformed the British Art World
Virtual EventGet 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.
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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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Music, Migration and Mobility: The Legacy of Migrant Musicians from Nazi-Europe in Britain.
Virtual EventThe Royal College of Music will host the interdisciplinary international online conference.