Belgian refugees between ‘war’ and ‘peace’: trauma, transition and repatriation
About the speaker:
Dr Hannah Ewence is a modern historian specialising in comparative minority studies, and the history of race, immigration and gender in fin de siècle, twentieth century and contemporary Britain. She completed a BA in History at the University of Southampton in 2005 before becoming affiliated with the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations for my onward postgraduate studies at the university. She was awarded an AHRC-funded MA in Jewish Culture and History in 2007, and an AHRC-funded PhD in 2010. Before joining the University of Chester in 2012, Dr Ewence held parallel positions at the universities of Southampton and Portsmouth as a Visiting Lecturer in Modern History. In 2011/12, she was awarded a Rothschild Foundation Research Fellowship to conduct research into the suburbanisation of the Jewish and Afro-Caribbean communities in twentieth century Britain.
Date: 29 November 2017, 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road OX1 3TB
Venue Details: Seminar Room 1
Speaker: Dr Hannah Ewence (University of Chester)
Organising department: Refugee Studies Centre
Part of: Refugee Studies Centre Public Seminar Series
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Tamsin Kelk