The OCLW Life-Writing Research Network
Wednesday, 25 November 2026
17:00-18:30
Online via Zoom
How can we turn archival discoveries into compelling stories?
Dr Kate Kennedy, Weinrebe Director of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, and author of Cello: A Journey Through Silence to Sound (2024), in conversation with Carla Shapreau, Senior Fellow at the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies and Director of the Lost Music Project. Kennedy and Shapreau compare and contrast the different approaches of the life-writer and historian to the difficult issue of tracing instruments lost in the Holocaust.
This event is open only to members of the Life-Writing Research Network.
About the Life-Writing Research Network:
From the heart of the University of Oxford, the Life-Writing Research Network brings together writers and researchers from across disciplines and across the globe to exchange ideas and methods, develop world-class life-writing, and discover new ways of approaching the craft. The network is open to all, including academics, students, authors, and independent researchers. There is no restriction on discipline or career stage.
Annual membership to OCLW’s Life-Writing Research Network gives you 12 months of access to online sessions featuring world-renowned speakers, conversations about new methods and practices, opportunities to network with peers, and receive feedback on ongoing work; priority booking for key OCLW events, such as lectures and masterclasses; and access to closed events such as research seminars and our annual summer showcase.
Queries relating to the Life-Writing Research Network and its events can be directed to Dr Max Ferrer
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