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Professor Phyllis Lassner will be a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow at the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 from 2014 - 2017.
Visiting Fellow and Host
Fellow: Professor Phyllis Lassner, Professor of Instruction, The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University, USA
Host: Professor Clare Hanson, English,?Humanities
Aims of the collaboration
- To enhance collaboration between the Parkes Institute (天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载) and the Crown Family Center Northwestern)
- To conduct an interdisciplinary research project on the topic of espionage and exile.
- To publish a co-edited essay collection based on a series of seminars and symposia at both institutions
Fellowship activities in 2015
Professor Lassner made her first Fellowship visit to the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 in March 2015.? Activities included:
- Visit to the Parkes Centre for Jewish Relations and tour of the archives
- Writers in Conversation event, 16 March
- Espionage and Exile Symposium, 18 March
- MA workshop on spy fictions
- Lifelong Learning Day on Jewish / non-Jewish relations, 22 March
Fellowship activities in 2016
- Session on "Soviet Russia as Escape Route from the Holocaust" at "Shades of Jewish Soviet Life" International Workshop , 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, May 2016
- Masterclass with MA English students, May 2016
- Workshop on Holocaust with undergraduate students, May 2016
- Preparation for future publication
Fellowship activities in 2017
- International symposium "Visual Representations of the Holocaust", 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载, April 2017
Useful links
The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies