Events
The 2008 Conference of the
Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies
17 - 19 September 2008
Venue: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies,
University of London
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Room ST 274/275
13.30 Registration
14.00 Welcome and Introduction by Naomi Segal (Director, IGRS), J.M. Ritchie (Chair, Exile Research Centre), and H.E. The Ambassador of the Czech Republic
14.30 Bill Williams (Manchester): Czech Refugees in Manchester, 1938-1945
15.00 Sylva Simsova (London): Who were the Pre-Second World War Refugees from Czechoslovakia?
15.30 Discussion
15.45 Tea
16.15 Martin D. Brown (London): Is 'Transfer' merely a Euphemism for 'Ethnic Cleansing'? From the Munich to the Potsdam Agreements: The Origins of a Concept and the Evolution of a Debate
16.45 Alice Teichova/Mikuláš Teich (Cambridge): Between the Little and the Big World: A Life Together in the Twentieth Century
17.15 Discussion
19.15 At the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8
Reception
Talk by Melanie Aspey (Rothschild Archives)
Czechoslovak Refugee Voices: A film by Bea Lewkowicz created using interviews given as part of the Association of Jewish Refugees's 'Refugee Voices Project'
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Room ST 274 - Parallel Session A
10.15 Anna Janištinova (Prague): Deutsche Künstler im Prager Exil, 1930-1940
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Susan Reynolds (London): 'Briefe und Telegramme aus Prag, welche wahre Notschreie darstellen ...': Thomas Mann's Efforts on Behalf of Refugees in Prague
12.00 Magali Nieradka (Nice): 'Aber Landsmann! Gibt es soviel menschliche Solidarität?': Die tschechische Einbürgerung der Familie Mann durch die Gemeinde Prosec
12.30 Discussion
12.45 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00 Jens Brüning (Berlin): Hans Jaeger in Prag
14.30 Jana Buresova (London): The Czech Refugee Trust Fund in Britain, 1939-1950
15.00 Discussion
15.15 Tea
15.45 Susan Cohen (Southampton): Eleanor Rathbone and the British Response to the Czech Plight of 1938
16.15 Marcela Požárek (Limerick): Der große Unbekannte: Eduard Goldstückers kompliziertes Schicksal und seine englischen Jahre
16.45 Ingrid Hudabiunigg (Chemnitz): Eduard Goldstücker's Twofold Emigration and Remigration from and to Prague
17.15 Discussion
19.15 Panel Discussion with 'Zeitzeugen': Claudia Rosoux, Marian Sling-Fagan, Hedy Fromings, Kate Thompson
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Room ST 275 - Parallel Session B
10.15 Andrea Hammel (Sussex): 'Why is your Czech so bad?': Czech Child Refugees, Language and Identity
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Jutta Raab Hansen (London): Czech Musicians in British Exile
12.00 Katharina Wessely (Brno): Emigranten und Emigrantinnen im Brünner Kulturleben
12.30 Discussion
12.45 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00 Christoph Haacker (Wuppertal): 'Die Engländer, die alles so gut eingerichtet haben': Stimmen deutsch-tschechischslowakischer Exilautoren über Großbritannien
14.30 Wilfried Weinke (Hamburg): 'Dieser rothaarige, immer erregte und Erregung hervorrufende Mann': Justin Steinfeld und Die Wahrheit
15.00 Discussion
15.15 Tea
15.45 Devana Pavlik (London): Czechoslovak Publications issued in Britain during World War II
16.15 Ursula Seeber (Vienna): Rudolf Fuchs und sein 'Deutscher Almanach aus der Tschechoslowakei'
16.45 Jennifer Taylor (London): Publication Prospects for German-Bohemian Writers in London
17.15 Discussion
19.15 Panel Discussion with 'Zeitzeugen': Claudia Rosoux, Marian Sling-Fagan, Hedy Fromings, Kate Thompson
Friday, 19 September 2008
Room ST 274/275
9.45 Milan Hauner (Wisconsin): The Beginnings of the Czechoslovak Exile Government in 1939/40
10.15 David Kraft (Prague): The Relationship between the Free Austrian Movement in Great Britain and the Czechoslovak Government in Exile
10.45 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Jan Lánicek (Southampton): Czechoslovak Jewish Political Exile in the UK during World War II
12.00 Martina Halamova (Budweis): Activities of the Czech Writer Viktor Fischl during World War II in English Exile
12.30 Discussion
12.45 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00 Paul Weindling (Oxford): Czechoslovak Medical Refugees in the UK, 1938-1945
14.30 Deborah Vietor-Engländer (Mainz): Lactobacillus, Fluoride Toothpaste, Blueberries and Birchermuesli: A Circle of Friends from Czechoslovakia in London from 1938
15.00 Discussion
15.15 Tea
15.45 Jörg Thunecke (Cologne): 'Quamvis sub aqua maledicere temptant'? Johannes Urzidils Stellung zur Frage der Deutschen in der Tschechoslowakei von 1940 bis in die Nachkriegszeit: Eine Stimme im 'grossen Froschteich der Emigration'
16.15 Irene Bruegel (London): Turn Around Again: The Return of Exiles to Czechoslovakia in the Post-War Period. Motives and Experiences
16.45 Concluding Discussion
The event is sponsored by the Embassy of the Czech Republic, the Association of Jewish Refugees, the Leo Baeck Institute, and German Life and Letters
To obtain further information and register for the conference, contact Jane Lewin (tel: 020 7862 8966). Please note the closing date for receipt of registrations is Friday, 5 September 2008.
Conference Fees
2 Days
£50.00
£45.00 Reduced Rate
£30.00 Student Rate
1 Day
£30.00
£25.00 Reduced Rate
£20.00 Student Rate
Reduced Rate: Fully paid-up Friends of Germanic Studies or paying members of the IGRS only
Student Rate: Students with proof of status only