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Student Workshop 'Contested Memory: World War II and the Holocaust in current Polish, German and British debates'

Monday 19 April from 16:00 until 17:30

Online

Student workshop

Unfinished Business: Staging Feminist Public Culture

Tuesday 20 April from 16:00 until 17:30

Online

Margaretta Jolly (Sussex) and Polly Russell discuss the British Library’s landmark exhibition Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights.

Dr Colby Gordon: "Samson, The Transgender Craze: Milton and the Legal Histories of Transphobia"

Wednesday 21 April from 17:00 until 18:30

Online

Gordon will approach Samson Agonistes as an investigation into the gendered dimensions of criminal mayhem and the state’s seizure of bodily capacities

Virtual Holocaust Memorialisation – Online Discussion

Monday 26 April from 16:00 until 18:00

Online

An online discussion with producers and researchers working on projects which use virtual reality for Holocaust memory.

Life Stories in Research: A Q&A drop-in with the CLHLWR

Tuesday 11 May from 16:00 until 17:30

Online

A drop-in session about how life stories can be used in research, followed by Mass Observation curators on their Covid diaries and 12 May initiatives.

The Holocaust and Social Media – Online Discussion

Monday 17 May from 13:30 until 15:00

Online

An academic panel and online discussion exploring research related to how representations of the Holocaust circulate on social media.