The conference aims to reappraise and – where appropriate – to challenge the received narrative about the history of art history in Britain. It will seek to re-evaluate just how ‘German’ British art history became between 1920 and 1970, and to explore the interactions with neighboring disciplines, such as Medieval History and Classics.
These images convey the comfortable settled life of middle-class Jewry in Germany and the gradual feeling of unease, separation and persecution that overcame them.
For this concert, Ensemble ÉMIGRÉ will work with the community at the New North London Synagogue to celebrate the contribution of refugees from Nazi Europe to British culture through music.
Based on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
Lecture given by member of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, based at the Institute for Modern Languages Research, University of London
This talk by Dr Ines Schlenker will explore their days at the Slade and traces Cosman’s post-war career in London that led to a co-operation with Williams on an arts programme for ITV and the creation of each other’s portraits in the early 1960s.
Delving into a suitcase full of sketches, songs and letters, the theatre group brings to life the little-known story of the Laterndl Theatre in Hampstead, established by a group of exiled actors and writers from Nazi-occupied Austria during the Second World War. Rekindling the Viennese tradition of political cabaret, they reflect on their new surroundings and hopes for the future and bring a beacon of light to the 30,000-strong traumatised refugee community.
Discover some of Highgate’s twentieth century housing developments in this historic walk through Highgate.
An imagined immersive ‘singspiel’ recreating this much-loved café in Finchley Road, in St Peter’s Church Hall, Belsize Park. Based on selected memories and stories from the Cosmo research group and translated into lyrics by the Cosmo writers group.
An imagined immersive ‘singspiel’ recreating this much-loved café in Finchley Road, in St Peter’s Church Hall, Belsize Park. Based on selected memories and stories from the Cosmo research group and translated into lyrics by the Cosmo writers group.
Experts discuss the massive contribution to British photography by two Hungarians in the 1930s: Stefan Lorant and Andor Kraszna-Krausz.
Based on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
Edith Tudor-Hart was a documentary photographer who chronicled working class life in Britain in the 1930s. Based at her darkroom in Belsize Park she was also a KGB recruiter who talent spotted Kim Philby and other spies. Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt later confessed to MI5 that ’she was the grandmother of us all’.
The dramatic and fascinating story of two former Lawn Road Flats residents, brought to life by their biographer, Ursula Prokop.
Summit Dance Theatre and choreographer Alison Curtis‑Jones give two works by Rudolf Laban a contemporary twist and new lease of life. Curtis-Jones re-imagines Laban’s work to create a new living archive, reinvigorating Laban’s principles and archeo-choreological research.
Insiders/Outsiders: Do you have views and images you would like to express visually and/or verbally around this topic? Then come and join us!
Screening of a new film about artist and holocaust survivor Roman Halter, followed by a Q&A with Ardyn Halter (Roman’s son), Fred Scott and Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg.
Based on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
As the Bauhaus Centenary year comes to its close, what is left to say? The Bye Bye Bauhaus day symposium, offers new perspectives and stories that have not yet been told, concerning design in Germany and Britain during the past century.
Based on Murray Forbes’ story of the same title, the film follows John Muller (Paul Henreid) on his escape from mobsters out of the frying pan into the fire. The protagonist’s cynical view of human blindness provides for quite an ironic and surprising ending to this true noir.
Lecture: Fred Uhlman and Kurt Schwitters in Internment
Taking the form of a live radio presentation, this evening will highlight the fascinating life of Ernst Schoen (1884–1960), radio practitioner, writer, composer and lifelong anti-fascist, as presented by Dr Esther Leslie and Dr Sam Dolbear.
Janet Haig is a Hampstead-based ceramicist, whose unique hand-crafted vessels and stoneware torsos have been shown in many galleries and featured in boutiques and magazines. This talk provides an opportunity to understand the life of a maker, to ask questions and share your views.
Who were the real outsiders? with David Herman