Reconstituting a Traumatized Community:
The German-Speaking Refugees of the 1930s and their Legacy to Britain

Tuesday 24 June 2008

An afternoon workshop and evening discussion convened by Professor Edward Timms, OBE, FBA, University of Sussex
and organised in partnership with the Centre for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex

The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

ABOUT THESE EVENTS
NB: Registration is essential for the workshop

Programme

Workshop

1.30

Registration, tea and coffee

2.00

Introduction
Professor Edward Timms OBE, FBA (University of Sussex, Principal Investigator for the BARGE project)

2.15

Presentations

  • Refugee Archives: Theory and Practice, presented by Dr Andrea Hammel (Sussex)

  • The BARGE database: online presentation by Ms Samira Teuteberg (Sussex)

3.00

Reconstituting a Traumatized Community

A reassessment of the problems of acculturation by Dr Marion Berghahn, author of the recently republished study Continental Britons (followed by a discussion)

4.00

Tea

4.30

The Impact of Refugee Scientists

A paper by Professor Gustav Born FRS, Kings College London, author of The Born Family in Göttingen and Beyond

(followed by a discussion)

5.00

Doctors and Nurses: Contrasting Responses to the Refugee Crisis of the 1930s

A paper by Prof Paul Weindling (Oxford Brookes University) followed by a discussion

6.00

Finger buffet for workshop participants


Evening discussion

7.00

Immigration, Diversity and Integration: Past Experience and Present Trends
Chair: Professor Christian Wiese (Director of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex), with a panel of invited speakers, including Professor. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton), Dr Marc Verlot (Equality and Human Rights Commission), and Professor Stephen Castles (University of Oxford)

Followed by a drinks reception