Posts tagged with ‘World War Two’
Holocaust Memorial Day
Join us in the Portland Atrium for a live webcast of a testimony from Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich.
Tags: Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day, people and culture, screening, webcast, World War Two
Song of the Reed – screening and discussion
The Taiwan Studies Programme and Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies present a screening of the documentary Song of the Reed, followed by a roundtable discussion. Song of the Reed is a Taiwanese documentary produced by the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation and directed by Wu Hsiu-Ching, chronicling the later years of Taiwanese women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II.
Tags: film, history, Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies, screening, Taiwan, Taiwan Studies Programme, Vienna Centre for Taiwan Studies, World War Two
Citizens of the Third Reich – Everyday Betrayals and the Pink Triangle Prisoners of Sachsenhausen
Dr Max Biddulph, Associate Professor in the School of Education, launches LGBT History Month 2017 with a public lecture. Join us for an exploration of the experiences of pink-triangle prisoners at Sachsenhausen and how social context impacts on our concept of citizenship. How does living in a totalitarian regime influence the behaviour of its citizens, and what are the implications for contemporary societies?
Tags: history, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2017, Max Biddulph, people and culture, public lecture, School of Education, World War Two