Events
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Co-Ordinators: Andrea Hammel (Sussex) and Bea Lewkowicz (London)
Room ST 273, Stewart House
9.30 Registration
9.50 Naomi Segal (Director, IGRS) and Christian Wiese (Director, CGJS): Welcome
10.00 Anthony Grenville (AJR, London): Introduction
10.30 Hermann Hirschberger (Kindertransport Committee/AJR, London): The Creation of the 'Kindertransport Survey: Making New Lives in Britain' Project
10.45 Frances Williams (Edinburgh): The NEW Kindertransport Database: Exploring Child Refugee Experiences with Use of Statistical Information
11.15 Discussion
11.30 Coffee
12.00 Jana Buresova (London): Nicholas Winton, Man and Myth: a Czech Perspective
12.30 Bea Lewkowicz (London): Kindertransport Testimonies and the AJR Refugee Voices Archive
13.00 Discussion
13.30 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.45 Leslie Brent (London): Writing the Past for the Future: Autobiographical Reflections
15.15 Andrea Hammel (Sussex): The Future of Kindertransport Research
15.45 Discussion
16.15 Tea
16.45 Screening of Kindertransport Story, introduced by Director Lindsay Hill
17.30 Closing Discussion
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 Wednesday, 9 September 2009.
Conference Fee: £15.00
This is event is sponsored by the
Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of Sussex
