Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics ( CARA ; German Council for Supporting Refugee Academics ) is a British charity based in London . It supports academics who are persecuted or threatened for various reasons. It was founded in 1933 in response to the discrimination in Nazi Germany under the name Academic Assistance Council (AAC).
Its current president is Malcolm Grant .
history
The Academic Assistance Council (AAC) was founded in April 1933 by William Henry Beveridge in response to the NSDAP's dealings with German scientists. The idea for this came to him on the way to Vienna . He won Ernest Rutherford as President and Archibald Vivian Hill as Vice President. In May 1933 they circulated a founding document that was signed by many prominent British academics. 10,000 people attended an event at the Royal Albert Hall in London; among other things, Albert Einstein spoke of the importance of academic freedom.
In 1936 the organization was renamed the Society for Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL). This was to express that not only individuals should be supported, but academic freedom as a whole.
After the war, the organization helped refugee scientists from the communist states, especially the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union . In the 1960s, numerous scientists from South Africa and Chile were supported. Since the 1990s, the organization's focus has shifted to the Middle East .
The organization has had its current name since 1999.
organization
The company is run by a so-called Council of Management , which consists of up to 25 people, mainly from the academic world. It meets annually before the annual general meeting.
Archival materials on persecuted scientists, insofar as they came into contact with the institution, can be found for European researchers, based on the years 1933–1987, in the Bodleian Library ; the material is currently listed in the archives until 2008 (finding aid), and for America at the USHMM .
Current occupation
The following 17 people currently belong to the Council of Management (as of September 2013):
| Surname | function |
|---|---|
| Anne Lonsdale | Chair |
| Frances Dow | executive Director |
| David Ure | Treasurer |
| Philip Begg | - |
| Robert Boyd | - |
| Paul Broda | - |
| Ian Goldin | - |
| Mark Hammond | - |
| Deian Hopkin | - |
| Margot Light | - |
| Mary Manning | - |
| Alan McCarthy | Chair of the committee for the award of scholarships |
| Robert Pynsent | - |
| Stephan Roman | - |
| Nicholas Sagovsky | - |
| Paul Weindling | - |
| Michael Worton | - |
literature
- David Zimmerman: The Society for the Protection of Science and Learning and the Politicization of British Science in the 1930s . In: Minerva , Vol. 44 (2006), Issue 1, pp. 25-45, ISSN 0026-4695
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b People & Governance. (No longer available online.) Cara1933.org, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 ; accessed on September 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c History. cara1933.org, archived from the original on May 7, 2015 ; accessed on September 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Bodleian , access to the archive via search function, or USHMM, Selected Records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, 1933–1955, essentially reflects the Bodleian, access via inquiries.
- ^ Council of Management. (No longer available online.) Cara1933.org, archived from the original on September 27, 2013 ; accessed on September 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
