Leo Baeck Institute Lecture Series 2017/18
This season’s topic intends to discuss the challenges which arise when writing a European-Jewish family history set in the historically and politically charged period of the late 19th to the mid-20th century. What scholarly problems does a writer encounter, what emotional difficulties does an author face – especially in terms of allowing the public access to one’s own personal history, and how can these challenges be dealt with?
This season’s speakers were:
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Dr Lisa Appignanesi – Losing the Dead – Before and After
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Prof Atina Grossmann – Trauma, Privilege, and Adventure in the “Orient”: A Refugee Family Archive
Thursday, 12 April
Thursday, 17 May 2018
For more information on the this season’s lecture series, please refer to the leaflet here.

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