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Doreen Warriner’s Plaque Unveiling

30 January 2020, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm

Doreen Warriner

SSEES will host the ceremonial unveiling of the plaque that honours Doreen Warriner (1904-1972), a development economics professor at SSEES, who in 1938 travelled to Prague to help refugees escape from the Nazi-occupied city. A plaque commemorating her courage and humanitarianism will be unveiled by her nephew Henry Warriner. The unveiling will be followed by a tea reception.

Event Information

Open to

All

Organiser

Barbora Posluch

Location

Masaryk Senior Common Room
SSEES
16 Taviton Street
London
WC1H 0BW
United Kingdom

You can learn more about this remarkable woman by reading 'Doreen Warriner: A Woman on the Edge of Appeasement', written by SSEES Alumna, Dr Katya Kocourek.

Prior to the unveiling, UCL will mark Holocaust Memorial Day with a special lecture 'Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice', by Professor Mary Fulbrook, who won the prestigious Wolfson History Prize in 2019. The lecture will take place in Darwin Lecture Theatre, 1-2pm. More information and the registration is available here.