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19 July 2019
80th Anniversary year of the end of Spanish Civil War
A year of exile and repatriation
Association forthcoming events
Thursday 18 July 2019 - July 2020 IRELAND
Various venues — see programme below
The Museum of Childhood Ireland Project (MCI Project) presents:
The Basque Children of '37 Exhibition.
This is the 2nd in the series of MCI Projects traveling exhibitions on
Children in War.
The tour will start:
Thurs 18 July - mid August, European Commission, DUBLIN
Sat 17 August - mid Sept, CORK City Library (inc. Heritage Week 2019)
Tues 17 September - mid October, GALWAY City Library
This will be followed by a month each at other city libraries including: Co. Mayo, Co. Leitrim, and Derry and Belfast Central Libraries in January and February 2020.
Other venues, dates and details will be announced on the web and in the eNotices when available. Other venues, dates and details will be announced on the web and in the eNotices when available.
Wednesday 25 September - Friday 29 November SALFORD
Working Class Movement Library, 51 Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX
Exhibition: Basque Children - Refugees of the Spanish Civil War.
Opening times Wednesdays to Fridays 1pm - 5pm and the first Saturday of most months 10am - 4pm. Tel 0161 736 3601. Opening event on Wednesday 25 September - details nearer the time.
BCA'37 UK Undergraduate Essay Prizes
Premios de ensayo de pregrado BCA'37 UK
BCA'37 UK lizentziatuen sariak
The Association is keen to encourage original research into the chapter of history with which we are involved and so this year, 2019, we are inaugurating two undergraduate essay prizes, one for English speakers another for Spanish/Basque speakers. Further details below.
La Asociación está interesada en fomentar la investigación original en el capítulo de historia con el que estamos involucrados y, por lo tanto, este año, 2019, convocamos dos premios de ensayo para trabajos de licenciatura, uno para trabajos redactados en inglés y otro en euskara o castellano. Más detalles a continuación.
Elkarteak parte hartzen ari garen historiari buruzko kapituluari buruzko ikerketa originalak bultzatu nahi ditu, eta, beraz, aurtengo 2019an bi saiakuntza sari lizentziatuentzat gonbokatzen ditugu, bat ingeles eta bestea euskaraz edo gaztelaniaz idatzitako lanentzat. Jarraian xehetasun gehiago.
The Natalia Benjamin Prize (English speakers)
El Premio BCA'37 UK (hispano/euskera hablantes)
Any queries contact carmen@basquechildren.org
News, Events & Reports
Refugee Scrap Book: Memories Past & Present
Friday, 26 July 2019 - 10:00am LONDON
A family workshop for children aged 6-10 with artist facilitator Ella Phillips.
Marx Memorial Library, 37a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DU
Create your own bound scrap book! We will look at excerpts from the rarely seen scrapbook on the Basque refugee children from the Spanish Civil War (1936-9) who arrived in Britain …
For children aged 6-10.
Contact — Email: m.jump@marx-memorial-library.org.uk,
Phone: 0207 253 1485
El exilio vasco tras la Guerra Civil
17 June - 23 September BILBAO
Exhibition: Mondays to Fridays. More information here …
Spanish Crossings at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
11 August, EDINBURGH 3.30pm
John Simmons will be talking about his book.
This year's festival has quite a strong Basque thread. Details about John's event here … and About the whole programme here …
Documentation Centre of the Guernica Peace Museum
We have recently received a reminder about the searchable content on the museum's web site.
The site contains many relevant reports, documents and books. The main objective of the Documentation Center is to disseminate all information regarding the bombing of Gernika, the history of the Gernika-Lumo, the Spanish Civil War and the exile: compiled from different archives of Euskadi, the state and abroad.
For other recently posted and older notices, click here.
Welcome
In 1937, during the Spanish civil war, almost 4,000 children were evacuated to the UK from Bilbao. Read more …
At first they stayed in a camp at Stoneham and later in colonies throughout the UK. Read more …
We want to remember and preserve the story of these niños de la guerra in their rightful context. Read more …
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From the Archives
From Newsletter 2, Sep 2004
Laurie Lee in Spain
Dr Richard Baxell gave a fascinating lecture on the writings of Laurie Lee: "Laurie Lee in the International Brigades: Writer or Fighter"
Read the full article by Alan Warren here …
… an article you may have missed:
"What were the British motivations for and against receiving Basque refugees during the Spanish Civil War?"
by Gary Willis (submitted as part of his MRes in Historical Research, University of London)
Read the full article here …
… a photo from June 1937:
Mass being celebrated at North Stoneham. Many of the children, but by no means all, were from practicing Roman Catholic families.
[Shown with kind permission of TOPFOTO — www.topfoto.co.uk]