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Lunchtime Talk: ‘Einstein and the Refugee Scholars in Oxford’
Lunchtime Talk: ‘Einstein and the Refugee Scholars in Oxford’
Wed 10 Jun, 13:00 - 14:00
Museum of Oxford, Oxford
How did the ‘Einstein Blackboard’ come to be a prize possession of Oxford’s Museum of the History of Science?
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This is the story of Einstein’s visits to Oxford in the 1930s, his reception and significance. Discover the role played by Oxford University, its departments and colleges and the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning in saving scholars fleeing from the Nazis. Finally, find out about the lives, contributions and legacies of the refugee scholars themselves.
Tickets cost £6 and are available online via Plinth or at the Museum shop. Tickets for this event also include access to the museum Galleries.
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Complimentary tea and coffee will be available to enjoy during the talk. It is recommended arriving before the start of the talk if you would like to grab a refreshment. Sales from tickets help support the museums work to deliver fun and accessible family activities, community engagement projects, schools workshops, exhibitions and special events for Oxford’s people in the Museum spaces. Victoria Bentata is an Oxford Green Badge Guide and member of the Oxford Guild of Tour Guides. She has an Oxford University degree in Modern Languages and an Oxford Brookes University MA in History. Her dissertation focused on the Inter Services Topographical Department at Manchester College Oxford during WWII. She is the author of Oxford City Walks, a book of 15 walks with guiding commentary, and regularly leads specialist tours of Oxford including Oxford in the History of Medicine.
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Complimentary tea and coffee will be available to enjoy during the talk. It is recommended arriving before the start of the talk if you would like to grab a refreshment. Sales from tickets help support the museums work to deliver fun and accessible family activities, community engagement projects, schools workshops, exhibitions and special events for Oxford’s people in the Museum spaces. Victoria Bentata is an Oxford Green Badge Guide and member of the Oxford Guild of Tour Guides. She has an Oxford University degree in Modern Languages and an Oxford Brookes University MA in History. Her dissertation focused on the Inter Services Topographical Department at Manchester College Oxford during WWII. She is the author of Oxford City Walks, a book of 15 walks with guiding commentary, and regularly leads specialist tours of Oxford including Oxford in the History of Medicine.
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Museum of Oxford, Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1BX
