Summary
EDUCATION
- B.A. (hons) in Modern Languages, University of Toronto (1968-1972)
- M.A. in European Studies, University of Anglia (1973-1974)
- Cert. Ed., University of London
- PhD, Hardly a Trace left of Danube and Spree? A Contribution to the Study of Art Book Publishing and illustrated Book Production in Britain by German-speaking Exiles from National Socialism, University of London, 2009
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Cultural transfer by refugees from Nazi Germany and Austrian in Art Publishing
PUBLICATIONS
- French for Fun and Further French for Fun, Harrap Ltd (1990)
- German for Fun, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd (1991)
- Drive in Italian, Passport Books Ltd
- '"Dein grosser Brief war ein Ereignis': the private and professional correspondence of the refugee art historians Hilde and Otto Kurz", in 'Refugee Archives: Theory and Practice', Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Rodopi, 2007
- 'Margarete Berger Hamerschlag and the Theatre: Vienna, Rome, London', in 'German-speaking Exiles in the Performing Arts in Britain after 1933', Yearbook of the Resaerch Centre for German and Austrian Exile Stdies, Rodopi, 2013
- From Leipzig to London: The Life and Work of the Emigre Artist Hellmuth Weissenborn, Oak Knoll, 2012
- Emigres: The Transformation of Art Publishing in Britain, Phaidon, 2014
MEMBERSHIP
- Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies
- Gesellschaft für Exilforschung
TEACHING AT IMPERIAL
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Teaches German in the Centre for Co-Curricular Studies