Poets, Spies and the Secret Police
Come along for a fascinating discussion about literature and power in the Cold War and beyond, in English.
Philip Oltermann is the Guardian’s Berlin correspondent
Anne McElvoy writes for The Economist, London Evening Standard, and regularly appears on the BBC
Both have written about East Germany:
Philip Oltermann, The Stasi Poetry Circle, Faber 2022
Anne McElvoy, The Saddled Cow, East Germany’s Life and Legacy (Faber 1993); and Man without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism’s Greatest Spymaster (Jonathan Cape 1997)
All welcome!
Date:
17 May 2022, 17:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue:
Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street OX1 4BG
Venue Details:
Room 6
Speakers:
Philip Oltermann,
Anne McElvoy,
Inconversation with Professor Karen Leeder
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
