Physical Description
xiv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
Oxford's Ark : World War II Refugees in the Arts and Humanities / Sally Crawford, Katharina Ulmschneider, and Jaś Elsner
I. General
Pfeiffer, Fraenkel, and Refugee Scholarship in Oxford during and after the Second World War / Jaś Elsner
Academic Refugees in Wartime Oxford : An Overview / Anthony Grenville
Welcoming and Supporting Refugee Scholars : The Role of Oxford's Colleges / Laurence Brockliss
Out of the Archives : Oxford, the SPSL, and Literae Humaniores Refugee Scholars / Philip Davies
Networks of Association : The Social and Intellectual Lives of Academics in Manx Internment Camps During World War II / Harold Mytum
II. Archaeology and Philology
Otto Brendel and the Classical Archaeologists at Oxford / Katharina Lorenz
'The Bund' and the Oxford Philological Society, 1939-45 / Sally Crawford and Katharina Ulmschneider
Brian Shefton : Classical Archaeologist / David Gill
The 'Cheshire Cat' : Paul Jacobsthal's Journey from Marburg to Oxford / Katharina Ulmschneider and Sally Crawford
Eduard Fraenkel (1888-1970) / Christopher Stray
III. History
Arnaldo Momigliano on Peace and Liberty (1940) / Oswyn Murray
Rudolf Olden in Oxford / Charmian Brinson and Marian Malet
'I shall snuffle about and make relations' : Nicolai Rubinstein, the Historian of Renaissance Florence, in Oxford during the War / Kate Lowe
Karl Leyser, Oxford, and Wartime / Conrad Leyser
IV. Art and Music
Becoming Artists : Ernst Eisenmayer, Kurt Weiler, and Refugee Support Networks in Wartime Oxford / Fran Lloyd
Milein Cosman at the Slade / Ann Rau Dawes
From Onchan to Oxford - An Emigre Journey : Heinz Edgar Kiewe / Rachel Dickson
Bringing Asia to Oxford : Dr. William Cohn and the Museum of Eastern Art / Alexander Cullen
Shipwrecked on the Island of the Blessed : Egon Wellesz's New Beginnings in Wartime Oxford / Bojan Bujic
V. Philosophy and Theology
Jacob Leib Teicher between Florence and Cambridge : Arabic and Jewish Philosophy in Wartime Oxford / Anna Teicher
Philosophy in Exile : The Contrasting Experiences of Ernst Cassirer and Raymond Klibansky in Oxford / Graham Whitaker
VI. Publishing
German-speaking Refugee Publishers in Oxford : Phaidon, Bruno Cassirer, and the Oxford University Press / Anna Nyburg
A New Start - The English Publishing House Bruno Cassirer Oxford (1940-90). A Bibliographical Examination / Rahel Feilchenfeldt.
Other Authors/Editors
Crawford, Sally (Sally Elizabeth Ellen), editor.
Ulmschneider, Katharina, editor.
Elsner, Jaś, editor.
ISBN
9780199687558
0199687552
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford's Ark : World War II Refugees in the Arts and Humanities / Sally Crawford, Katharina Ulmschneider, and Jaś Elsner -- I. General -- Pfeiffer, Fraenkel, and Refugee Scholarship in Oxford during and after the Second World War / Jaś Elsner -- Academic Refugees in Wartime Oxford : An Overview / Anthony Grenville -- Welcoming and Supporting Refugee Scholars : The Role of Oxford's Colleges / Laurence Brockliss -- Out of the Archives : Oxford, the SPSL, and Literae Humaniores Refugee Scholars / Philip Davies -- Networks of Association : The Social and Intellectual Lives of Academics in Manx Internment Camps During World War II / Harold Mytum -- II. Archaeology and Philology -- Otto Brendel and the Classical Archaeologists at Oxford / Katharina Lorenz -- 'The Bund' and the Oxford Philological Society, 1939-45 / Sally Crawford and Katharina Ulmschneider -- Brian Shefton : Classical Archaeologist / David Gill -- The 'Cheshire Cat' : Paul Jacobsthal's Journey from Marburg to Oxford / Katharina Ulmschneider and Sally Crawford -- Eduard Fraenkel (1888-1970) / Christopher Stray -- III. History -- Arnaldo Momigliano on Peace and Liberty (1940) / Oswyn Murray -- Rudolf Olden in Oxford / Charmian Brinson and Marian Malet -- 'I shall snuffle about and make relations' : Nicolai Rubinstein, the Historian of Renaissance Florence, in Oxford during the War / Kate Lowe -- Karl Leyser, Oxford, and Wartime / Conrad Leyser -- IV. Art and Music -- Becoming Artists : Ernst Eisenmayer, Kurt Weiler, and Refugee Support Networks in Wartime Oxford / Fran Lloyd -- Milein Cosman at the Slade / Ann Rau Dawes -- From Onchan to Oxford - An Emigre Journey : Heinz Edgar Kiewe / Rachel Dickson -- Bringing Asia to Oxford : Dr. William Cohn and the Museum of Eastern Art / Alexander Cullen -- Shipwrecked on the Island of the Blessed : Egon Wellesz's New Beginnings in Wartime Oxford / Bojan Bujic -- V. Philosophy and Theology -- Jacob Leib Teicher between Florence and Cambridge : Arabic and Jewish Philosophy in Wartime Oxford / Anna Teicher -- Philosophy in Exile : The Contrasting Experiences of Ernst Cassirer and Raymond Klibansky in Oxford / Graham Whitaker -- VI. Publishing -- German-speaking Refugee Publishers in Oxford : Phaidon, Bruno Cassirer, and the Oxford University Press / Anna Nyburg -- A New Start - The English Publishing House Bruno Cassirer Oxford (1940-90). A Bibliographical Examination / Rahel Feilchenfeldt.