Professor Phyllis Lassner | University of Southampton

Professor Phyllis Lassner will be a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton from 2014 - 2017.

Fellow: Professor Phyllis Lassner, Professor of Instruction, The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University, USA

Host: Professor Clare Hanson, English, Humanities

To enhance collaboration between the Parkes Institute (Southampton) and the Crown Family Center Northwestern)
To conduct an interdisciplinary research project on the topic of espionage and exile.
To publish a co-edited essay collection based on a series of seminars and symposia at both institutions

Professor Lassner made her first Fellowship visit to the University of Southampton in March 2015. Activities included:

Session on "Soviet Russia as Escape Route from the Holocaust" at "Shades of Jewish Soviet Life" International Workshop, Southampton, May 2016
Masterclass with MA English students, May 2016
Workshop on Holocaust with undergraduate students, May 2016
Preparation for future publication

Fellowship activities in 2017

International symposium "Visual Representations of the Holocaust", Southampton, April 2017