Insiders/Outsiders Conference: Antipodean Connections: Day One

Nationwide arts festival celebrating refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British cultureMarch 2020 marked the official end of the festival, but also the beginning of a longer-term commitment to celebrating the impact of this remarkable generation of émigrés under the Insiders/Outsiders umbrella

Insiders Outsiders

An online conference focussing on the experiences of the refugees from Nazism deported to Australia as ‘enemy aliens’ by the British in 1940

Insiders/Outsiders is delighted to be collaborating with Dr.Seumas Spark of Monash University, Melbourne in hosting an online conference focussing on the experiences of the refugees from Nazism who were deported to Australia as ‘enemy aliens’ by the British Government in 1940. It will feature talks by leading experts in the field from Australia, the UK and the USA on the notorious HMT Dunera, the creative life of the Australian internment camps and the longer-term contribution of the former refugees/internees to Australian – and also British – cultural life.<h3>PROGRAMME</h3><h2>Friday 1 October</h2>9am UK time/6pm: Australian time Monica Bohm-Duchen (London-based independent art historian &amp; Director of Insiders/Outsiders): welcome + housekeeping9.10am/6.10pm: Jay Winter (Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University): The Stateless Imagination: Reflections on the Dunera Generation10.00am/7pm: Rachel Kitzinger (Professor Emeritus, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY and daughter of Ernst Kitzinger) in conversation with Dr. Seumas Spark 10.20am/7.20pm: Q&amp;A 10.30am/7.30pm: BREAK 10.45am/7.45pm: Dr. Ilma Martinuzzi O&#x27;Brien (Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Archaeology and History, La Trobe University): Aliens and Others: Internment in Australia During World War Two11.05am/8.05pm: Alan Morgenroth (Independent Researcher, UK): The Dunera Souvenir Artworks of Hay Camps 7 and 811.25/8.25pm: Q&amp;A11.35am/8.35pm: BREAK 11.50am/8.50pm: Andrew McNamara (Professor, Art History, Queensland University of Technology): Exiles, Internees and Refugees: the Bauhaus Legacy in Australia12.10pm/9.10pm: Resi Schwarzbauer and Chris Bell (co-authors of Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, More than a Bauhaus Artist): Hirschfeld-Mack – A Refugee becomes an Enemy Alien in Britain (RS) + Hirschfeld-Mack – From Internment at Hay to Art Master at Geelong Grammar School (CB)12.10pm – 1pm/9.10-10pm: Panel discussion + Q&amp;ACaption: This image was produced at Hay in 1940-1 by Dunera internee Emil Wittenberg (later Emil Witten), an architect and stage designer. E40941 was Wittenberg&#x27;s internee number.<h3>Since we’re aware that some people have been having trouble paying for the Insiders/Outsiders: Antipodean Connections conference via Eventbrite, we’ve decided to remove the booking fee from the Eventbrite page.</h3><h3>In view of this, we’d urge you to make a donation of £5 for each day of the conference by clicking <a href="https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org/support-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. </h3><h3>Thank you, and apologies for any inconvenience caused…</h3>

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