44 minutes | Monday, 20 January 2025
In this conversation, Prof. Neil Gregor, Professor of Modern European History at the University of Southampton and director of the Parkes Institute, alongside Anoushka Alexander-Rose is an Outreach Fellow at the Parkes Institute and a PhD researcher at the University, discuss how the Parkes Institute will commemorate Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day.
Prof. Neil Gregor is the author of numerous works on Nazi Germany including his forthcoming monograph The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany (University of Chicago Press, 2025).
Anoushka Alexander-Rose’s research centres on the motif of Jewishness in the life and work of the Russian/American author, Vladimir Nabockof.
In this episode they dicuss
Overview of the Parkes Institute overview (its history, who was James Parkes etc.) and the Institute’s Outreach provision (school visits, lectures, film screenings, events, exhibitions)
Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day - commemorative event on Monday 27th January 2025 run by the university of Southampton on behalf of the city, what HMD is, how the Parkes Institute runs it and the guest of honour Janine Webber.
Plus Prof. Neil Gregor discusses music from Nazi Germany, and also Leon Kaczmarek compositions from Dachau, whilst Anoushka talks about future Institute events including the Wandering Jew exhibition, and a screening of ‘A Real Pain’
Presenter: Xan Phillips