A research and engagement initiative at the University of Oxford (UK) exploring the story of the anti-Nazi resistance circle 'The White Rose'
We are excited to be part of two live performances of music and readings commemorating the White Rose and telling their incredible story. The concerts will be hosted and performed by the award-winning vocal collective SANSARA under the direction of Tom Herring. One is at St-Martin-in-the-Fields in London, and the other at the Wiltshire Music …
“We offer this evening’s performance of art, literature, and music as a way of commemorating this group of courageous individuals – students and their professor – who gave their lives in the pursuit of freedom.” Dr Alexandra Lloyd On Saturday 18 February 2023, around 65 members of the public and students gathered at the Levine …
Dr Alex Lloyd writes about her recent visit to the Weiße Rose Stiftung (White Rose Foundation) in Munich. From 2019-2021 I held a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and worked in partnership with the Weiße Rose Stiftung (White Rose Foundation) in Munich. The Foundation’s mission is to uphold the resistance …
Last week one of our former White Rose Project student translators, Poppy Robertson, visited the DenkStätte Weiße Rose in Munich, a permanent exhibition in the university’s main building, established and maintained by the Weiße Rose Stiftung (White Rose Foundation). Poppy studies German at the University of Oxford and was one of the first student members of the …
We’re delighted to be hosting an installation by Anke Loewensprung as part of our symposium this month: ‘Lighting Matches during Blackout: Student Activism in Munich 1942/1943 | A Visual Narrative in Slow Motion’. Anke Loewensprung is a writer and multi-disciplinary artist. Through installations, performances and dialogue, she is exploring creative experiences of transformation and reconciliation. Working …
Dr Alex Lloyd writes about her visit to the Weiße Rose Stiftung in Munich. This year I hold a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) to support my work as part of the White Rose Project. Knowledge exchange is defined as ‘the mutually beneficial sharing of ideas, data, experience, …
Exciting news! The White Rose Project is able to continue next academic year thanks to generous funding from The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. As a Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Dr Alex Lloyd will work with the Weiße Rose Stiftung (White Rose Foundation) in Munich. Its Chairperson, Dr Hildegard Kronawitter, provided the foreword for our …