In defence of learning
Subtitle: the plight, persecution, and placement of academic refugees, 1933-1980s
By: edited by Shula Marks, Paul Weindling, and Laura Wintour
Contributors: British Academy
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy -- 169
Publisher: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780197264812
Subjects: Council for Assisting Refugee Academics; College teachers; Academic Assistance Council; World War, 1939-1945; Vluchtelingen; Society for the Protection of Science and Learning; Academici; Refugees; Political refugees; History
Other titles: Plight, persecution, and placement of academic refugees, 1933-1980s; In defense of learning
Notes: "Contributions ... given at a conference held at ... the British Academy on 3-4 December 2008, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Academic Assistance Council (AAC) in 1933, later the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) (1936-98) and now the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA)"--P. [1].

Includes bibliographical references and index.