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Reposted by The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
Tomorrow (25 Nov) at 2:00 pm GMT, @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social welcomes Amanda Rubin for a discussion with Devorah Baum on The Third Reich of Dreams, Charlotte Beradt’s archive of the dreams of Berliners living under the Nazi regime.

This is a free, hybrid event. Register here: buff.ly/sRf2RLR
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📢 Tomorrow!
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
Next week, 25 Nov at 2:00 pm GMT, @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social welcomes Amanda Rubin for a discussion with Devorah Baum on The Third Reich of Dreams, Charlotte Beradt’s archive of the dreams of Berliners living under the Nazi regime.

This is a free, hybrid event. Register here: buff.ly/sRf2RLR
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Join Olivia Laing for a conversation about their latest work, 'The Silver Book'—a queer love story set in 1970s Italian cinema--with Charlie Lee-Potter. 10 Dec, 18:30-20:30, at Goldsmiths, UoL. A collaboration between @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social & OCLW. Register: buff.ly/RhA95P4
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Zadie Smith called it “essential reading.”
Next Tuesday (25 Nov), discover the extraordinary 'The Third Reich of Dreams' in a seminar with Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum.
📍 Wolfson College
Free and open to all
Register: shorturl.at/dHVbc
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
What can Berliners’ dreams under Nazi rule teach us about life-writing in our increasingly authoritarian present?
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum discuss The Third Reich of Dreams, Charlotte Beradt’s clandestine archive of Berliners’ dreams under Nazism.
25 Nov, 2pm-3:30pm
Wolfson College & Online
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
On 25 Nov 2025 at 14:00, join Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum at Wolfson College for a seminar on Charlotte Beradt’s extraordinary archive of Berliners' nightmares, 'The Third Reich of Dreams'.
Register: buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
#LifeWriting #OxfordEvents
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Set amidst the spectacular visions of Fellini's Casanova & Pasolini's Salò, Olivia Laing discusses her latest work, The Silver Book, with Charlie Lee-Potter.
10 Dec at Goldsmiths.
A collaboration between OCLW & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social.
All welcome: buff.ly/RhA95P4
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Dreams as resistance. Join Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum on 25 Nov at Wolfson College for a seminar on Charlotte Beradt’s visionary dream archive, 'The Third Reich of Dreams'.
Register: shorturl.at/dHVbc
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 Tomorrow!
Zachary Leader joins Hermione Lee to discuss Ellmann’s Joyce — a landmark in literary biography.
🗓 11 November 2025
🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson College
🎟️ Free | Register: shorturl.at/jskOQ
@engfac.bsky.social #LifeWriting #OxfordEvents
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Tomorrow! Don’t miss Harvard's Susan Kahn on their brilliant biography, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'.
🗓️ 11 Nov | 🕑 14:00 | 📍 Wolfson College (in person & online)
Register: buff.ly/TKB59bD
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #JewishWomensVoices #LifeWriting #Biography
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“The biography of the biography.” Zachary Leader reveals how Ellmann shaped Joyce, and how Leader shaped Ellmann.
In conversation with Hermione Lee.
📅 11 Nov | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson
🔗 buff.ly/Jbwslll
@engfac.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How does life-writing shape novels, criticism & non-fiction? Olivia Laing (The Lonely City, The Garden Against Time) explores such questions with Charlie Lee-Potter.
1830 on 10 December at Goldsmiths.
An OCLW & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social collaboration.
All welcome. Register: buff.ly/RhA95P4
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This Tuesday! All welcome 📚
Science, memoir, and political history—Susan Kahn’s seminar on the life and complex legacy of Rudolphina Menzel has it all.
11 Nov | 14:00 | Wolfson College | All welcome!
Register: shorturl.at/PM2cC
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“Dreams are perfect for registering nascent authoritarianism.”
Unpack Charlotte Beradt’s dream archive, 'The Third Reich of Dreams' with Amanda Rubin-Lewis and Devorah Baum.
25 Nov, 14:00 at Wolfson College.
Register: buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
#OxfordEvents
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Ellmann’s 'Joyce' fixed the image of a generation.” Join Zachary Leader & Hermione Lee to discuss the power of literary biography.
🗓 11/11/2025, 17:30, Wolfson College
🔗 buff.ly/Jbwslll
@engfac.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Science, memoir, and political history—Susan Kahn’s seminar on the life and complex legacy of Rudolphina Menzel has it all.
11 Nov | 14:00 | Wolfson College | All welcome!
Register: shorturl.at/PM2cC
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"It is dangerous to want someone this much." Olivia Laing's latest work, 'The Silver Book', traces a forbidden romance through Italy's Years of Lead. Hear Laing in conversation, 1830 on 10 Dec at Goldsmiths.
A @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social & OCLW collaboration.
All welcome. Register: buff.ly/RhA95P4
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How do dreams reflect life under fascism? Join Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum as they discuss Charlotte Beradt’s extraordinary 'Third Reich of Dreams'.
25 Nov, 14:00. Wolfson College and Online via Zoom.
All welcome!
Register: shorturl.at/dHVbc
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What made Ellmann's 'James Joyce' “the greatest literary biography of the 20th century”? Zachary Leader & Hermione Lee explore Ellmann’s masterwork.
📅 11 Nov | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson College
🔗 buff.ly/Jbwslll
@engfac.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What does canine psychology have to do with the history of Zionist 'nation building'? Join us on 11 November, 14:00 at Wolfson College for Susan Kahn's seminar on the life and legacy of cynologist, Rudolphina Menzel. Register: buff.ly/TKB59bD
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #LifeWriting #OxfordEvents
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Award-winning author Olivia Laing (The Lonely City, Crudo) discusses their latest work, The Silver Book & the art of life-writing with Charlie Lee-Potter. 10 December, 18:30, Goldsmiths.
A @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social & OCLW collaboration.
Register: buff.ly/RhA95P4
#CreativeWriting #LifeWriting
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On 25 Nov 2025 at 14:00, join Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum at Wolfson College for a seminar on Charlotte Beradt’s extraordinary archive of Berliners' nightmares, 'The Third Reich of Dreams'.
Register: buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
#LifeWriting #OxfordEvents
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“The biography of the biography.” Zachary Leader reveals how Ellmann shaped Joyce, and how Leader shaped Ellmann.
In conversation with Hermione Lee.
📅 11 Nov | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson
🔗 shorturl.at/jskOQ
@engfac.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Explore how the development of dog training programmes shaped a Jewish scientist’s Zionist vision. Harvard's Susan Kahn on the life and complex legacy of Rudolphina Menzel, 11 Nov at Wolfson College.
Register: shorturl.at/PM2cC
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM