Month: Feb 2022

Online Lecture – Probing power dynamics: relations between female medical staff in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Feb 16, 2022

An online lecture to be given by Dr. Kate Docking for the University of Huddersfield’s Centre for History, Culture and Memory and the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association.  This lecture will examine the relationships between individual female medical staff and prisoner infirmary workers at Ravensbrück concentration camp, an institution designated to intern women deemed racially, politically … More Online Lecture – Probing power dynamics: relations between female medical staff in Ravensbrück concentration camp

Women’s Reproductive Rights in Post-War Europe

Feb 10, 2022

By Kate Docking. On 24 June 2021, a European Parliament resolution declared that sexual and reproductive rights are a fundamental aspect of women’s rights and gender equality. The document stressed that European Union member states should provide all women with ‘safe and legal’ access to abortion. The resolution drew on the ‘highly restrictive laws prohibiting … More Women’s Reproductive Rights in Post-War Europe

UHH & UKE Launch “Kidditorial”

Feb 2, 2022

Narrated through illustrations by Axel Scheffler “The Kidditorial originated from our desire to reach out to children and parents during and after the pandemic, and communicate online content through Axel Scheffler’s all-too-human illustrations that reflect children’s formative experiences and memories about the crisis, offering them new information and hopefully some enjoyment as well”. – Ulf … More UHH & UKE Launch “Kidditorial”