Events

See what’s coming up at the library, or you may be interested in past events.

Author Michael Frank in conversation with Bart van Es and Paris Chronakis

The Wiener Holocaust Library and the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, through its Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership, in partnership with Jewish Renaissance and the Hellenic Institute at Royal Holloway, are pleased to co-host this in-conversation event featuring the authors Michael Frank, Bart van Es (The Cut Out Girl: a Story of War and Family, Lost and Found), and modern Greek history specialist Paris Chronakis in discussion on Frank’s latest book, One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World.

Virtual Panel: More than Parcels

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The Wiener Holocaust Library, in partnership with the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway, University of London, is delighted to host this panel of contributors to the recent publication, More than Parcels: Wartime Aid for Jews in Nazi-era Camps and Ghettos, who will reflect on the availability and significance of relief packages and other mail to prisoners in this important, under-researched aspect of Holocaust history.

Book talk: Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech, Dr Ronan Lee

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The genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar has drawn global attention, a case at the International Court of Justice and recently a US government genocide declaration. “Myanmar’s Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech” is a unique study drawing on extensive fieldwork including interviews and testimony from the Rohingya in Myanmar, in their refugee camps and among the diaspora further afield to assess and outline the full scale of the disaster.

Virtual Book Talk: Between Community and Collaboration – Laurien Vastenhout

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The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to host a virtual book talk with Dr Laurien Vastenhout as part of our new academic book series to mark the publication of Between Community and Collaboration: ‘Jewish Councils’ in Western Europe under Nazi Occupation. Dr Vastenhout will be led in conversation by Dr Anna Hájková.

Hybrid Book Talk: The Holocaust – An Unfinished History, by Dan Stone

The Wiener Holocaust Library The Wiener Holocaust Library, London, United Kingdom

The Wiener Holocaust Library is delighted to host a hybrid book talk event to celebrate the publication of Prof Dan Stone’s newest book, The Holocaust – an Unfinished History. He will be led in conversation with Prof Matthew Feldman. In-person participants will have the opportunity to purchase the book for signature.

Hybrid Event: The Future of Holocaust History: An Event for the IHR’s Centenary, In Partnership with Yale University Press

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This hybrid event is a collaboration between the Library, Yale University and The Institute of Historical Research and is being held to mark the IHR's centenary year. The event will feature four Yale University Press authors who will talk about the writing of their books to reflect on how the historiography of the Holocaust has changed and why the topic is more important now than ever.

Hybrid Book Talk: Carole Angier in conversation with Philippe Sands

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As part of the Library's new academic event series, author and historian Carole Angier will be in conversation with Philippe Sands to discuss her new book which explores the life and work of the influential writer, W. G. Sebald.

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