Off Air Recordings: WB 23/11/2009

The following programme requests were made on behalf of the Refugee Archive for this week:

Monday 23 November

2000-2100: C4: Dispatches – Return to Africa’s Witch Children. 1110

2100-2200: BBC2: This World: An Iranian “Martyr” 6453

 

Wednesday 25 November

2100-2200: BBC2: (5/6) Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain.  1380

 

Friday 27 November

1930-2000: C4: (10/10) Unreported World – The Battle for Israel’s Soul. 553

Off Air Recordings: WB 14/11/09

The following off-air recording requests have been made for the Refugee Archives this week:

Monday 16 November

2000-2100: C4: Dispatches – Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby.  5581

Wednesday 18 November

2100-2200: BBC2: (4/6) Andrew Marr’s The Meaning of Modern Britain.  9789

2315-0035: C4: (7/7) Generation Kill. (137760).

Thursday 19 November

2100-2200: C4: Confessions of a Traffic Warden.  5722

Friday 20 November

1930-2000: C4: (9/10): Unreported World – Malaysia: Refugees for Sale.  469

Off Air Recordings: WB07/11/09

The following off-air recording requests have been placed for the Refugee Archives for this week:

Saturday 7 November

2005-2135: BBC2: The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall.  1802026

Monday 9 November

2000-2100: C4: Not Forgotten: Soldiers of Empire.  3170

Wednesday 11^th November

2100-2200: BBC2: (3/6) Andrew Marr’s the making of Modern Britain.  4850

2315-0035: C4: (6/7) Generation Kill. 846411

Thursday 12^th November

2200-2255: C4: Without a Trace – Hard reset. 303831.  (Just this episode).

Friday 13^th November

1935-2000: C4: (8/10) Unreported World – Nepal: the Living Dead.  334077

Off Air Recordings: WB 31/10/09

The following list of programmes were requersted for off-air recording for the Refugee Archive this week:

Sunday 1st November

1900-2000: C4: The Human Zoo: Science’s Dirty Secret.  8246

Monday 2nd November

2000-2100: C4: Is it better to be Mixed Race?  8869

Tuesday 3rd November

2200-2300: C4: (2/2) Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth.  9357

Wednesday 4^th November

2100-2200: BBC2: (2/6) Andrew Marr’s the making of Modern Britain.  9549

2315-0040: C4: (5/7) Generation Kill. 777297

Friday 6^th November

1935-2000: C4: (7/10) Unreported World – Sudan.  311548

Off Air Recordings: WB 26/10/2009

The following list of Off-Air Recordings for the week ahead were requested for the Refugee Archives:

Monday 26 October

2100-2220: C4: Race and Intelligence – Science’s Last Taboo.  5775336

Tuesday 27 October

2100-2200: C4: (3/3) The Force.  5553

2200-2305: C4: Bleach, Nip, Tuck: the White Beauty Myth  4515553

Wednesday 28 October

2100-2200: BBC2: (1/6): Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain.  5593.  Whole Series Requested.

2315-0035: C4: (347) Generation Kill. 800664

Thursday 29 October

2200-2300: C4: The Event: How Racist Are You?  7184

Friday 30 October

1930-2000: C4: (6/10).  Unreported World: Greece – The Unwanted. 943

Off Air Recordings: WB 17/10/2009

The following off-air recording requests have been made for the Refugee Archive this week:

Monday 19 October

2030-2100: BBC1: Panorama: Undercover – Hate on the Doorstep. 5258

Tuesday 20 October

2100-2200: C4: (2/3) The Force.  4-49

Wednesday 21 October

2315-0040: C4: (3/7) Generation Kill. 804995

Friday 16 October

1930-2000: C4: (5/10).  Unreported World: Guatemala – Riding With The Devil.  762

Nazi Persecution: Britain’s Gift (CARA Lecture)

The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) and the Friends of Imperial College invite you to:

Nazi Persecution: Britain’s Gift

A lecture by Dr Ralph Kohn FRS FMedSci, FRAM

Introduced by the Rector of Imperial College, Sir Roy Anderson FRS

Dr Ralph Kohn arrived in Britain as a very young refugee during World War II from Germany and Holland. During the course of the years he had close contacts and working relationships with many who subsequently enriched this country in many areas of human endeavour. Dr Kohn will describe the persecution of scientists in Nazi Germany during the 1930s and illustrate the ‘unique and dedicated work of extraordinary British subjects’ to help persecuted academics find a safe haven for their work and life in the UK.

Tuesday 3rd November 2009, 6.00pm, followed by a reception.

Lecture Theatre G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ.

Space is limited. Please RSVP to cara.development@lsbu.ac.uk

CARA Archive at UEL

This is a brief introductory message to draw youe attention to the important work being underataken by CARA, the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and to provide information in regard to the availability of their Archive.

CARA was originaly founded in 1933 as the Academic Assistance Council in order to help support academics who facing persecution within their home country.  In light of the international situation at the time, in 1936 the Academic Assistance Council re-formed itself as the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) and continued to play a hugely important role supporting refugee academics and defending academic freedom.  Further details on the history of CARA can be found on their website here – http://www.academic-refugees.org/history.asp – and also in the launch of a recent book to celebrate 75 years of the organisation entitled “The Refuge and the Fortress: Britain and the flight from Tyranny” By Jeremy Seabrook.  Please contact CARA if you would like to purchase this book and copies are available for consultation here at the Refugee Archive.

We are pleased to say that we are currently working with CARA to make their Archive of modern records available.  The Archive has now arrived at UEL and the next stage is for us to accession and catalogue the material and once this is complete, then decisions can be made in regard to how best to enable access to the collection.  Obviously these decisions will need to made with due consideration to the Data Protection Acr and with full consultation with CARA.

In the meantime, I would also like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to the CARA Archive collection which is held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.  This collection covers the dates between 1933 and 1987.  Further information can be found both on the CARA website and by following this link – http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/online.htm – to the Bodeian Library website.  To access the Archive, you will first need to contact the CARA office at: info.cara@lsbu.ac.uk or call 020 7021 0880.

Further updates to this posting will be available in due course.

Refugee Archives New Accessions First Quarter 2009

The Refugee Council Archive at UEL is pleased to announce the launch of their latest Accessions List for the First Quarter (January-March) of 2009.  A PDF version of this document can be found on our web site at:  http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/new_accessions.htm

Any questions or for further information, please contact the Archivist Paul Dudman at: Library-archives@uel.ac.uk

Posted in: Refugee Studies Current Awareness Blog.

Off Air Recordings: WB 28/03/2009.

I have requested the  following television programmes to be recorded via our UEL off-air service for the week beginning 28 March 2009.  Details are as follows:

Saturday 28 March

2115-2215: BBC2: (3/3) The Lost World of Communism 514288

2350-0255: Channel 4: Monster’s Ball.  53151751

Friday 3 April

1935-200: Channel 4: (4/9) Unreported World – Sierra Leone: Insanity of War. 640680