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ARK OF CIVILIZATION Ark of Civilization Refugee Scholars and Oxford University, – 1930 1945 Edited by SALLY CRAWFORD, KATHARINA ULMSCHNEIDER, Ś AND JA ELSNER 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©OxfordUniversityPress2017 Themoralrightsoftheauthorshavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2017 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016948393 ISBN 978–0–19–968755–8 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,19/12/2016,SPi 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 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,19/12/2016,SPi vi Contents 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 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,19/12/2016,SPi Contents vii 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

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'Ark of Civilization' addresses Oxford's role as a shelter, a meeting point, and a centre of thought in the arts and humanities in the midst of WWII, interweaving personal and global histories to explore how refugee scholars had a profound and lasting impact on the development of British culture. Ab
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