From 18 May to 7 July 2019, the exhibition ‘White Rose: Writing and Resistance’ will run in the Proscholium at the Bodleian Library. It has been co-curated by Dr Alex Lloyd and the student translators. Admission is free.
Public Talk – Access Hall Areas
On Saturday 4 May (2.30-3.15pm) Dr Alex Lloyd will give a short talk – a ‘Teddy Talk’ – on the White Rose pamphlets at St Edmund Hall’s ‘Access Hall Areas’ event. The college will be opening its doors to the wider Oxford community, showcasing the College’s ‘Hall spirit’ and the diverse day-to-day life of the members …
Printing Slogans at the Bodleian’s Press
On Thursday 7 March, Dr Alex Lloyd and some of the student translators joined Dr Alexandra Franklin at the Bodleian Library’s Bibliographical Press. The students selected phrases from the White Rose leaflets – in German and in their new English translation – and experimented with printing them using some of the historical hand-presses. Slogans included: …
White Rose at the Bodleian!
We are delighted to announce that there will be a display on the White Rose resistance leaflets at the Bodleian from May to July 2019. The display will be in the Proscholium and will be free and open to all. For more details, see the Bodleian’s website. The student translators will be involved in preparing …
The White Rose Project in the German Press
An article about the Oxford White Rose Project appeared today in Die Tagespost, a Catholic weekly newspaper in Germany. Alex Lloyd introduces the project and why it is so important: Tagesposting: Die “Weiße Rose” in Oxford – Das „White Rose Project“ verbindet Übersetzungsübungen mit wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen und einem Ausstellungskonzept, um die “Weiße Rose” einem englischsprachigen …
The Oxford Polyglot
Recently, the White Rose Project featured in the second issue of the Oxford Polyglot – the University of Oxford’s Modern Languages Faculty e-newsletter. This is a quarterly issue which includes articles on the wide range of research and teaching activities within the faculty and beyond. You can read the article here. The story of the …
Exhibition: The White Rose — Reading, Writing, Resistance
A full exhibition catalogue will be published in print and online, alongside a new translation of the White Rose leaflets, in an edition of the Taylorian Treasures series in June 2019. In the meantime, here is a brief overview of the exhibition. There is a good deal more to be said about the White Rose …
White Rose Project Launch
On Friday 12 October around fifty students, academics, teachers, and members of the public gathered at the Taylor Institution Library for the launch of the White Rose Project. Dr Alex Lloyd (University of Oxford) began by introducing the project and then guests had the opportunity to view the exhibition ‘The White Rose: Reading, Writing, Resistance’ in …
Introducing our Translators
In July 2018 we issued a call for translators, inviting students at the University of Oxford to apply for a place on the White Rose Translation Project. Applicants were asked to submit a short statement outlining why they would like to be involved, and to translate an extract from the third White Rose leaflet: ‘Viele, …
Exhibition and Launch
What motivated the members of the White Rose to resist? What influenced them to reject Nazism? Hans and Sophie Scholl had been enthusiastic members of the Hitler Youth in the 1930s. What made these young people’s attitudes shift? One answer may lie in the fact that the members of the White Rose were voracious readers. …