Car Show, Philosophy Cafe and more… a series of FREE events take place at the University of Essex’s main Southend campus this weekend to tie in with the Holocaust Memorial Week. Also, check out TheRealBritain performance at East15 – see a previous post.
SATURDAY
11.30, 12.45pm & 2.30pm: Outside the Gateway Building
CAR SHOW: Presented by playwright students from the University’s Centre for Theatre Studies, Car Show is a sequence of plays set in front seats of cars, offering you the chance to eavesdrop from the back.
7pm: University of Essex Students’ Union Café mezzanine
PHILOSOPHY CAFE: Discussion led by Dr Katerina Hadjimatheou of the University’s Department of Philosophy
SUNDAY
12.15pm: University of Essex Students Union Café mezzanine
TWILIGHT ZONE HISTORY CAFE: Concentration Camps: Dr Rainer Schulze, Head of the University’s Department of History, will lead a discussion on the history of concentration camps as part of the University’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations.
4pm: Gateway Building
TALK by Holocaust survivor, Dora Love: Essex Honorary Graduate, Dora Love is a Holocaust survivor. Now based in Colchester, she educates younger generations about the Holocaust.
BOTH DAYS:
GAS CHAMBERS by Robert Priseman - Gateway Building – Artist Robert Priseman traces the development of gas chambers – from their initial use in mental hospitals to those used to murder thousands of Jews in Nazi concentration camps. The exhibition has been curated by the University’s Human Rights Centre and will be open from 12noon-5pm Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets for the these events are free but should be booked in advance. To book tickets please contact the Box Office on 01702 328335 / Clifftown@essex.ac.uk
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX / Southend campus, The Gateway Building, Elmer Square (opposite South Essex College)
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