On Monday 15 May at 6pm, children’s author, artist, illustrator and printmaker Kathy Henderson will be in conversation with Daniel Snowman about her new book, My Disappearing Uncle: Europe, War and the Stories of a Scattered Family. Memoir, detective work and political history come together in this vivid and moving family biography, told through the […]
On Thursday 18 May at 6pm, art historian and curator Alexandra Lazar will give an online talk about her recent researches into the life and work of German-born architect and urban planner Arthur Korn, who settled in the UK in 1937. To book, click here. Image: Arthur Korn teaching at the Architectural Association […]
Presentations from archivists, art historians, and artists, broadcast live from the Library and Archive Reading Rooms at Tate Britain
On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September, Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering, the 2023 Triennial Conference of the Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies will take place in person at the University of London Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU and online […]
On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 September, Refugees from Nazism in Trade, Industry and Engineering, the 2023 Triennial Conference of the Research Centre for German & Austrian Exile Studies at the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies will take place in person at the University of London Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU and online […]
Thomas Harding in conversation with David Herman about The Maverick, his new biography of iconic publisher George Weidenfeld
Cultural historian Janet Wolff will introduce a less well-known aspect of the career of eminent sociologist Zygmunt Bauman.
2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
2 day online symposium exploring little-known fact that Dartington Hall was an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe
Fashion City brings together places and spaces in London with fashion and textiles, oral histories, objects and photography to weave this fascinating history, where every stitch tells a truly unique story.
Valeria Carullo, Curator, The Robert Elwall Photographs Collection at RIBA British Architectural Library, will talk about her ongoing researches into the important role played by Bobby Carter and Godfrey Samuel of the RIBA Refugee Committee in rescuing their fellow architects from the clutches of the Nazi regime during the late 1930s. Following the rise of […]
Hosted at Warburg Haus, Hamburg this two-day event will present illustrated talks, narrative photography and film screenings. The conference takes place in-person but can also be accessed via Zoom.
In the centenary year of her birth, Jeremy Coopman will pay tribute to his mother, the remarkable Polish-born film maker and artist Mira Hamermesh, who spent most of her working life in England.
In this virtual tour discover the revolutionary Modernist homes and idealistic architecture built in Hampstead in the 1930s onwards.
This is a live virtual tour hosted via Zoom video conferencing where your guide will give an illustrated presentation of the tour route with an accompanying talk.
Walking across the City, we discover the stories behind the people and sculptures of public art by immigrants and refugees
Russian-born Berthold Lubetkin and Hungarian-born Ernö Goldfinger established themselves as two leading British architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation.
Discover the experimental 20th century architectural homes in a stroll through Highgate Village, Waterlow Park and the Holly Lodge Estate
Nick Warr and Simon Dell – the curators of a fascinating exhibition Norwich Works: The Industrial Photography of Walter and Rita Nurnberg currently on at Norwich Castle Museum until 14 April – will talk about the too little known German-born émigré photographers Walter and Rita Nurnberg.
Termed “the first woman editor of the Burlington”, Edith Hoffman wrote the first book in English about Oskar Kokoschka.
This lecture by Arie Hartog will present the results of recent research on Péri and represents a more holistic approach.
Over more than five decades, her work for the Academic Assistance Council and its successor, the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, ensured refuge for thousands of displaced academics worldwide and had a profound impact on twentieth-century science, philosophy, philology, architecture and art history.
London-based Caren Garfen is an award-winning artist specialising in textiles and meticulous hand stitching underpinned by extensive research.
Andrea Lehmann, senior researcher and associate director of restitution at Christie’s, Brussels, will talk about her ongoing researches into the tactfully named Mid-European Art Exhibition held at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery in 1944.