The Liberation Literature Lecture is an annual event hosted by Cambridge University Libraries, themed around the political, cultural and artistic life of countries under, or emerging from, occupation.
The lecture series is inspired by the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation Collection, which includes some 3000 books and pamphlets published in France between August 1944 to the end of 1946. This collection shows how the occupied French used the published word to express their experience during the Nazi occupation, and you can find out more about it using the link below.
The Liberation Literature Lecture is generously supported by Charles Chadwyck-Healey.
Update 17/10/2023: Following several successful years, the Liberation lecture series has now come to an end. In place of the annual lecture, we are excited to announce that the University Library will be welcoming a Liberation Visiting Scholar in 2024. They will have the opportunity to undertake research on the Chadwyck-Healey Liberation Literature Collection and to give a public talk about their as part of the scholarship. The visiting scholarship is generously supported by the Penchant Foundation. More details will be announced in December 2023.
Previous lectures
2021: 'Why the story changes: New understanding of art in occupied France' from Professor Laurence Bertand Dorléac