1pm - 3pm, Wednesday March 8th 2023
Reilly Lecture Room
International Women’s day. A celebration of our international community and the 80th Anniversary of Liverpool’s Polish School
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International Women’s day gives us another excuse to celebrate our international female community, students, staff and alumna.
Just over 80 years ago, during the conflict of second world war in 1942 Liverpool’s Polish School of Architecture was created, which is remembered through the Sikorski prize awarded every year by the school. 80 years later – again at a different time of conflict and set in the context of a wide international cohort we talk about and celebrate the Polish School, its significance and its legacy.
"World War 2 interrupted higher education for thousands of displaced teenagers and young people…..
The poles in Great Britain were successful in establishing four Polish faculties at British universities: medicine at Edinburgh in 1941, architecture at Liverpool in 1942, veterinary studies at Edinburgh in 1943 and law at Balliol College Oxford in1944"
Learning the Language and Going to School (polishresettlementcampsintheuk.co.uk)
Introductions and contextualisation by Professor Iain Jackson and Professor Ola Oduku
Guest Talks - Current International Community
Current Community
Q+A
Refreshments
The event was a hybrid event supported by UoL AV team and was an LSA open guest lecture.
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