Ark of civilization : refugee scholars and Oxford University, 1930-1945

411 Pages·2017·9.7 MB·English

by  Crawford

ARK OF CIVILIZATION

Ark of Civilization
Refugee Scholars and Oxford University,
–
1930 1945
Edited by
SALLY CRAWFORD, KATHARINA ULMSCHNEIDER,
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AND JA ELSNER
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Contents
ListofIllustrations ix
ListofTables xi
ListofContributors xiii
Oxford’sArk:SecondWorldWarRefugeesinthe
ArtsandHumanities 1
SallyCrawford,KatharinaUlmschneider,andJaśElsner
PARTI. GENERAL
1. Pfeiffer,Fraenkel,andRefugeeScholarshipinOxford
duringandaftertheSecondWorldWar 25
JaśElsner
2. AcademicRefugeesinWartimeOxford:AnOverview 50
AnthonyGrenville
3. WelcomingandSupportingRefugeeScholars:TheRole
ofOxford’sColleges 62
LaurenceBrockliss
4. OutoftheArchives:Oxford,theSPSL,andLiterae
HumanioresRefugeeScholars 77
PhilipDavies
5. NetworksofAssociation:TheSocialandIntellectual
LivesofAcademicsinManxInternmentCampsduring
theSecondWorldWar 96
HaroldMytum
PARTII. ARCHAEOLOGYANDPHILOLOGY
6. OttoBrendelandtheClassicalArchaeologistsatOxford 119
KatharinaLorenz
7. ‘TheBund’andtheOxfordPhilologicalSociety,1939–45 133
SallyCrawfordandKatharinaUlmschneider
8. BrianShefton:ClassicalArchaeologist 151
DavidW.J.Gill
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9. The‘CheshireCat’:PaulJacobsthal’sJourneyfrom
MarburgtoOxford 161
KatharinaUlmschneiderandSallyCrawford
10. EduardFraenkel(1888–1970) 180
ChristopherStray
PARTIII. HISTORY
11. ArnaldoMomiglianoonPeaceandLiberty(1940) 201
OswynMurray
12. RudolfOldeninOxford 208
CharmianBrinsonandMarianMalet
13. ‘Ishallsnuffleaboutandmakerelations’:Nicolai
Rubinstein,theHistorianofRenaissanceFlorence,
inOxfordduringtheWar 220
KateLowe
14. KarlLeyser,Oxford,andWartime 234
ConradLeyser
PARTIV. ARTANDMUSIC
15. BecomingArtists:ErnstEisenmayer,KurtWeiler,and
RefugeeSupportNetworksinWartimeOxford 247
FranLloyd
16. MileinCosmanattheSlade 269
AnnRauDawes
17. FromOnchantoOxford—AnÉmigréJourney:Heinz
EdgarKiewe 284
RachelDickson
18. BringingAsiatoOxford:DrWilliamCohnandthe
MuseumofEasternArt 302
AlexanderCullen
19. ShipwreckedontheIslandoftheBlessed:EgonWellesz’s
NewBeginningsinWartimeOxford 313
BojanBujić
PARTV. PHILOSOPHYANDTHEOLOGY
20. JacobLeibTeicherbetweenFlorenceandCambridge:
ArabicandJewishPhilosophyinWartimeOxford 327
AnnaTeicher
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21. PhilosophyinExile:TheContrastingExperiencesof
ErnstCassirerandRaymondKlibanskyinOxford 341
GrahamWhitaker
PARTVI. PUBLISHING
22. German-SpeakingRefugeePublishersinOxford:
Phaidon,BrunoCassirer,andtheOxfordUniversityPress 361
AnnaNyburg
23. ANewStart—TheEnglishPublishingHouseBruno
CassirerOxford(1940–90):ABibliographicalExamination 371
RahelE.Feilchenfeldt
Index 389

List of Illustrations
1.1. RudolfPfeiffer(1889–1979) 31
1.2. EduardFraenkel(1888–1970)inhisroomsinCorpus 35
7.1. TheminutebookoftheOxfordPhilologicalSociety,
1927–present 135
7.2. Pagesfromtheminutebookillustratinglayoutofcontent 136
7.3. Missingpageintheminutebook—theentryfor
Michaelmas1940 144
9.1. PaulJacobsthalc.1926 162
10.1. EduardFraenkel(1888–1970) 181
13.1. Cartad’identitàofNicolaiRubinstein,Florence,
17July1936 221
14.1. KarlLeyser(left)withArthurLevisononIvinghoe
Beacon,19June1938 236
14.2. KarlLeyserinregimentaluniform,c.1943 241
15.1. ErnstEisenmayer,MetropolitanPoliceRegistration
Card,1939–57 251
15.2. Boys’RefugeeHostel,1LintonRoad,Oxford,c.1939–40 252
15.3. ErnstEisenmayer,KurtWeiler,Oxford,1940 254
15.4. ErnstEisenmayer,Untitled,Oxford,1940 256
15.5. ErnstEisenmayer,Untitled,Oxford,1940 257
15.6. ErnstEisenmayer,A.L.Howes,Oxford,1939 259
15.7. ErnstEisenmayer,JimCollier,Oxford,1939 260
15.8. ErnstEisenmayer,OldJack,London,1943 261
16.1. Flight,1941,Lithograph. 272
16.2. TheNude,drawing,?signed‘mc’,undated 274
16.3. AtaLecture,c.1943,pencilonpaper(detail) 275
16.4. March16th’40—EndofTermOxfordStation 276
16.5. TheEagleandChild,oiloncanvas,c.1942 277
16.6. AsketchforTheEagleandChild 278
16.7. ShelterintheBlitz(BelsizeParkUndergroundStation),
1941 281
17.1. HeinzEdgarKiewe,SaisonAusverkaufStrumpfhaus
Merzger,c.1925 287
17.2. HeinzEdgarKiewe,Selfportrait,1925 288