Exophonic Writing in the Archives

During World War 2, German-Jewish refugees who were living in England were interned in camps on the Isle of Man, not knowing when they would be released. They were allowed to write two letters of a limited number of lines each per week, and these letters would pass through the censor in Liverpool, taking weeks if not months to reach the person they were addressed to. Sometimes internees, for the sake of the censor, wrote in English, which was not their first language. In the workshop you will have a chance to read a selection of these letters, from the archives of Holocaust Centre North, and write creatively in your second language based on these authentic texts.

Open to all students in the School of Global Affairs.

The workshop will be run by Rey Conquer, translator-in-residence at Holocaust Centre North, in collaboration with Lancaster University’s Transcultural Writing, Practice and Research Network.

Host or Publisher Transcultural Writing, Practice and Research Network (Lancaster University) and Holocaust Centre North