Jewish Refugees in the British Empire, 1933 – 1948 – workshop

In partnership with the Leo Baeck Institute London

Event Information and Booking

18th July, 2024
9:45 am - 6:00 pm
Birkbeck, University of London, Room 101, 30 Russell Square, London
Professor Atina Grossmann, The Cooper Union, and others

This workshop, which will be led by Atina Grossmann, aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange on the experiences of Jewish refugees in the British Empire before, during and after the Holocaust.

Speakers include: Hannah Ewence, University of Chester; Joseph Findlay, University of Southampton; Peter Gatrell, University of Manchester; Simone Gigliotti, Royal Holloway, University of London; Shirli Gilbert, University College London; Atina Grossmann, The Cooper Union; Eliana Hadjisavvas, Birkbeck, University of London; Christine Schmidt, The Wiener Holocaust Library

Please find full programme available for download here.

Workshop co-convenors: Joseph Cronin, Leo Baeck Institute London, and Eliana Hadjisavvas, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, University of London.

The Leo Baeck Institute London and the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism are grateful to the Alfred Landecker Foundation for its support of the workshop. 

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