- Summary
- At a time of increasing international concern with immigration, this book is a timely reminder of the enormous contribution generations of academic refugees have made to learning the world over. The essays celebrate both the work of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics and the achievements of the scholars themselves.
- Variant Title
- Plight, persecution, and placement of academic refugees, 1933-1980s
In defense of learning
- Series
- Proceedings of the British Academy ; 169
Proceedings of the British Academy ; 169.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2011
- Locale
- Great Britain
- Contents
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Protests butter no parsnips: Lord Beveridge and the rescue of refugee academics from Europe, 1933-1938
A narrow margin of hope: Leo Szilard in the founding days of CARA
From refugee assistance to freedom of learning: the strategic vision of A.V. Hill, 1933-1964
Refugee scientists in a new environment
Max Perutz and the SPSL
Esther Simpson: a correspondence
Eva and Esther
Dedicated to represent the true spirit of the German nation in the world: Philipp Schwartz (1894-1977), founder of the Notgemeinschaft
Organized rescue operations in Europe and the United States, 1933-1945
In defence of academic women refugees: the British Federation of University Women
Karl Manheim and Viola Klein: refugee sociologists in search of social democratic practice
Austrian refugee social scientists
Plutarch's thesis: the contribution of refugee historians to historical writing, 1945-2010
Within two tyrannies: the Soviet academic refugees of the Second World War
Czech scholars in exile, 1948-1989
Bending the rules: South African refugees iin the UK, 1960-1980
Refugee academics from Chile: WUS-SPSL collaboration.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Marks, Shula.
Weindling, Paul.
Wintour, Laura.
British Academy.
- Notes
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"Contributions ... given at a conference held at ... the British Academy on 3-4 December 2008, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Academic Assistance Council (AAC) in 1933, later the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) (1936-98) and now the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)"--P. [1].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Protests butter no parsnips: Lord Beveridge and the rescue of refugee academics from Europe, 1933-1938 -- A narrow margin of hope: Leo Szilard in the founding days of CARA -- From refugee assistance to freedom of learning: the strategic vision of A.V. Hill, 1933-1964 -- Refugee scientists in a new environment -- Max Perutz and the SPSL -- Esther Simpson: a correspondence -- Eva and Esther -- Dedicated to represent the true spirit of the German nation in the world: Philipp Schwartz (1894-1977), founder of the Notgemeinschaft -- Organized rescue operations in Europe and the United States, 1933-1945 -- In defence of academic women refugees: the British Federation of University Women -- Karl Manheim and Viola Klein: refugee sociologists in search of social democratic practice -- Austrian refugee social scientists -- Plutarch's thesis: the contribution of refugee historians to historical writing, 1945-2010 -- Within two tyrannies: the Soviet academic refugees of the Second World War -- Czech scholars in exile, 1948-1989 -- Bending the rules: South African refugees iin the UK, 1960-1980 -- Refugee academics from Chile: WUS-SPSL collaboration.
