Major UK grant will unearth forgotten music (March 2015)
Anne Joseph of the Jewish Daily Forward interviews Stephen Muir about the 'Performing the Jewish Archive' project.
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In search of Gideon Klein
Dr David Fligg sets out to discover how, why, or even whether, environment informed the composition of Gideon Klein's String Trio.
Team members taking part in the Chester Diversity Festival, 12 March, 2015
Stephen Muir, David Fligg and Lisa Peschel will discuss links between Jewish ethnic and artistic identity in South Africa and pre-war Europe.
Jewish music conference coup for Leeds
For the first time in Britain an International Academic Conference is being devoted to the music of Jewish prayer. Internationally acclaimed scholars in Jewish liturgical music will lead the programme.
Reviews of 'Theatre from the Theresienstadt Ghetto' performance
"Rather than simply seeing victims of the Holocaust as nothing more than tragedies, the audience was allowed a glimpse into the varied set of experiences that allowed for them to become survivors through their art."
Dr. Lisa Peschel on Robert Elms Show, BBC London, 7 Feb 2015
Dr. Lisa Peschel talks about 'Theatre In The Theresienstadt Ghetto: Newly Discovered Works'.
Lisa finds lost scripts from Theresienstadt (January 2015)
The discovery of 11 scripts from Theresienstadt concentration camp prisoners has led an American playwright to bring them to life on stage. Producer Dr Lisa Peschel has transformed the lost scripts into Theatre in the Theresienstadt Ghetto: Newly Discovered Works which will be staged at London's Bloomsbury Theatre on February 7 and 8.
Theatre in the Theresienstadt Ghetto: Newly Discovered Works
An invitation to a staging of newly discovered works by prisoners in the World War II Jewish ghetto at Theresienstadt.
Shedding light on Jewish art (November 2014)
A University-led research project has attracted significant funding to shine new light on the forgotten works of Jewish artists.
Archives into the Future
Read about and apply here for a place at 'Archives into the Future' at the British Library, 5 January 2015.