White Rose Project, 2023-2024
80 years ago, in 1943, five students and a professor stood up to Nazism and paid with their lives. They were members of The White Rose (‘Die Weiße Rose’), a group that wrote and circulated pamphlets calling on Germans to resist Hitler.
Student members of this year’s White Rose Project will work together to prepare a publication of creative translations of the White Rose pamphlets and help to prepare materials to accompany the new podcast series Traces of the White Rose. They will engage closely with the original resistance pamphlets (in German or English) and the history of the White Rose.
Students will be required to attend an introductory meeting in Michaelmas Term 2023 and four workshops in Hilary Term 2024. A book launch will be held in Trinity Term. This is a voluntary role, but one that provides good experience and would be ideal for any students interested in the intersection of research, translation, and engagement beyond the academy.
Michaelmas Term 2023
Tuesday Week 8 (28 November), 6pm-7pm: Introductory Meeting
Hilary Term 2024
Tuesday Week 2 (23 January), 6pm-8pm: Workshop (The White Rose History and its Members)
Tuesday Week 4 (6 February), 6pm-8pm: Workshop (The White Rose Pamphlets)
Tuesday Week 6 (20 February), 6pm-8pm: Workshop (Creative Translations)
Week 8 (day and time tbc): Print Workshop at the Bodleian Bibliographical Press
Trinity Term 2024
Friday Week 7 (7 June), 5.30pm: Book Launch
How to Apply and Eligibility
This project is open to all students in the second year or above of undergraduate study at the University of Oxford. Participants do not need to be able to read and write in German, though German-speakers are encouraged to apply.
To apply, please complete the application form (https://forms.office.com/e/X1mXkm52xN), including a short statement (max. 100 words) outlining why you would like to participate. The deadline is Friday Week 5 Michaelmas Term (10 November). You will be notified of the result of the application by Friday Week 6 (17 November). Former student members of the project are welcome to apply for this year’s round.
Enquiries should be directed to Dr Alex Lloyd at alexandra.lloyd[at]seh.ox.ac.uk.
For more information on the White Rose Project, visit our website: www.whiteroseproject.seh.ox.ac.uk.
