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 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

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.

Refugee Archives Saturday Openings for Semester B

The following dates are the now confirmed dates for the Refugee Archives at UEL to be open on a Saturday during Semester B. Apologies for the delay in confirming these dates and for there being no dates available during April, this is due to a combination of Easter and the prior commitments of the Archivist.

I hope these dates will be fixed now but if the need arises for any alterations then these will be advertised well in advance.

The Archive will therefore be open on the following Saturdays during the times listed:

• Saturday 7 March: 10am-5pm
• Saturday 28 March: 10am-5pm
• April: No Saturday Openings Possible.
• Saturday 9 May: 10am-5pm
• Saturday 16 May: 10am-5pm
  

These dates are also available on our web site at:

http://www.uel.ac.uk/rca/using-rca.htm#saturday

If you have any comments, then please let us know my leaving a reply to this posting or by contacting us at: library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

Off Air Recordings: WB 31/01/2009.

Details of the off-air recordings requested for the Refugee Archives for the week beginning Saturday 31 January 2009 are detailed below:

Saturday 32 January

1900-2100: BBC4: Anne Frank Remembered.

2100-2200: BBC2: Mandela at 90

Sunday 01 February

1900-2000: Channel 4: ( 4/8 ) Christianity: a History.

1900-2000: BBC2: (2/6) Amazon with Bruce Perry.

2100-2200: BBC2: (2/4) Explore.  Port of a Series.

Monday 02 February

1955-2000: Channel 4:  (1/4) Three Minute Wonder – Foreign Correspondents. Whole Series Requested.

2000-2100: Channel 4:  Dispatches – Congo’s Forgotten Children.

2100-2200: BBC1: (1/5) Who Do You Think You Are?  Whole Series Requested.

2100-2200: ITV1: (1/3) Whitechapel.  Whole Series Requested.

Tuesday 03 February

1955-2000: Channel 4:  (2/4) Three Minute Wonder – Foreign Correspondents.

2000-2100: ITV1: (1/3) Doctors and Nurses at War.  Whole Series Requested.

Wednesday 03 February

1955-2000: Channel 4:  (3/4) Three Minute Wonder – Foreign Correspondents.

Thursday 04 February

1955-2000: Channel 4:  (4/4) Three Minute Wonder – Foreign Correspondents.

2320-2350: BBC2: Explore: Kenya’s Violent Rift.

Refugee Archives – Changes to Opening Hours and Staff Availability

This is a quick note just to update everyone on some forthcoming changes to the opening hours and staffing arrangements for the Refugee Archives and to detail the Saturday Opening timetable for Semester B.

There are three main strands to this message and these will be detailed as follows:

1). Due to unforeseen circumstances, Paul Dudman, (the Archivist), will be away from the office for a two week period between Monday 2^nd February and Friday 13 February. A reduced Archive service will therefore operate during this period and please enquire at the Library Enquiry Desk for further information, (Tel: 020 8223 3434).

2) From Monday 16rh February when Paul Dudman returns to the Archive, he will only be available in the Archive during the normal office hours on Mondays (9am-6pm) ; Tuesdays (10am-7pm) ; and Wednesdays (9am-6pm). For al day on Thursday and on Friday mornings until 1pm, the Archive will be managed by a member of Library Staff subject to staff availability. Please bear in mind it might take a little longer to answer your enquiries so please be patient.

3) The initial plan for Saturday openings in Semester B will be to open the Archive on the dates listed below. Hopefully there will not be any changes to this list but it is still provisional until I can confirm the dates on my return. I will let you know as soon as possible when the official dates are know.

The provisional dates are therefore as follows:

Saturday 21 February : 10am-5pm

Saturday 21 March : 10am-5pm

Saturday 28 March: 10am-5pm

April No Saturday Opening Possible.

Saturday 9 May : 10am- 5pm

Saturday 16 May : 10am – 5pm.

Many thanks in advance for your help and co-operation.  Any questions then please email us at: Library-archives@uel.ac.uk.

Yours Sincerely,

Paul Dudman

Archivist.

Posted in: Refugee Studies.