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

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

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

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

This is a quick posting to let everyone know that there will now be a limited output on the Refugee Archive at UEL blogs over the next few months. this is to enable us to undertake a review of our online presence and to make some necessary changes and upgrades, and hopefully some improvements too, to our online presence.

Many apologies in advance for the reduced service but we hope to have a new and revised online presence available in time for the start of the new academic year in August/September 2009.

Many thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Dudman
Archivist.

Over the last few weeks, I have attended the following conferences and talks related to the field of both Archvies and Refugee Studies.  Further details are as follows:

Friday 1 May

`Recovering Stolen Generations, Land & Culture: Indigenous Rights & Transitional Justice’ conference held at the Institute for Commonwealth Studies.

http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/list/icws_events

Tuesday 28 April

`Researching Poverty: Definitions, measurements and experiences.’ A half-day workshop jointly hosted by The National Archives and The British Library.  To be held at the British Library Conference Centre.

Monday 27 April

`I was dismissed from University and Forced to Flee for my Life: The Rt Hon David Lammy, Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, ‘in conversation with persecuted academics from Iraq, Sudan and Zimbabwe.’’  To be held on Monday 27th April 2009, 6.00pm at the  Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, (SOAS).  Held in conjunction with The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, (CARA), and The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).  CARA – http://www.academic-refugees.org/

Monday 6 April

`Archives and the Heritage Lottery Fund: Working with Young People.’  A training event organised by the Society of Archivists and to be held at the British Library.  Further details: http://www.archives.org.uk/events.asp?id=236

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.

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.

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

Details of the off-air recordings requested for the Refugee Archive for the week beginning Saturday 07 March, 2009 are detailed as follows:

Saturday 7 July

2100-2230: BBC2: The Satanic Verses Affair.  6587

Sunday 8 March

0200-0300: Channel 4: Death in the Bay: the Cockle-Picker’s Story.  32828  (early hours of Monday morning).

Monday 9 March

2030-2100: BBC1: Panorama – Immigration: Time for an Amnesty? 4016

Friday 13 March

1935-2000: Channel 4: (1/9) Unreported World.  (Congo – Forest of the Dead). 329145  Whole Series Requested