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This hybrid academic conference will explore the Radical Right in the twenty-first century. Organised with the European Fascist Movements 1918-1941 project, the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right and HOPE not hate.
The Library is delighted to partner with UCL's Institute of Jewish Studies and the Institute for Polish Jewish Studies to virtually launch Michael Fleming's new book, 'In the Shadow of the Holocaust'.
In this virtual PhD and a Cup of Tea talk, Paula Oppermann will trace the origins of fascism in Latvia and investigate which role antisemitism played in this context.
This virtual exhibition lecture will explore the rise and decline of fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands, explain their appeal to ordinary fascists in spite of unfavourable conditions and the mediocrity of the objects of their devotion.
To mark the postponed seventh international multidisciplinary conference, Beyond Camps and Forced Labour, the conference organisers are pleased to announce a virtual symposium that will explore new international debates in Holocaust memorialisation.
As part of the Library's Racism, Antisemitism, Colonialism and Genocide event series, this talk will consider the significance of racism and antisemitism in Imperial Russia and will examine the legacies of acts of ethnic mass violence during the Russian Civil War and in Nazi Germany.
As part of the Library's 'This Fascist Life' exhibition event series, Professor Paul Jackson will explore how the extreme right today, in Britain and internationally, often takes a deep interest in the fascist past.
The essayist, novelist, philosopher, and Auschwitz survivor Jean Améry’s greatest intellectual influence in the post-war years was Jean-Paul Sartre. This Virtual PhD and a Cup of Tea presentation, will chart the initial promise and ultimate limitations of Améry’s encounter with Sartre’s existentialism.
To celebrate the recent publication of 'The Problems of Genocide', the Library will be hosting a virtual panel to explore the themes outlined and considered in this major new work. Speakers include author Dirk Moses and guest speaker Christine Achinger. The event will be chaired by Professor Philippe Sands.
Join us for an online showing of the play 'The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman' and a Q&A with the director and co-author, Dr Erika Hughes.
This virtual talk, aimed at GCSE and A-Level students will utilise sources from the Library’s unique archive to examine the Nazi rise to power. It will explore the aftermath of the First World War, the role of the Weimar Republic, the early years of the Nazi Party formation and how the Nazis ultimately consolidated their power.
In this virtual PhD and a Cup of Tea presentation, Daniel Adamson will explore how the British response to the Holocaust has been depicted in a sample of set history textbooks designed for use in schools.
