Celebrating Cultures across the University of Birmingham
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27th January. The day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. The Holocaust, known as the Shoah in Hebrew, was a systemic, state-sponsored attempt at a mass genocide of all Jews … Continue reading “Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors Jacqueline du Pré, born in Oxford in England in 1945, was a cellist who is considered as one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. Du Pré was a young talent, having started the cello at age five and then winning Britain’s most … Continue reading “80th anniversary of the birth of Jacqueline du Pré (26 January)”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors George Orwell was a British journalist and author born in 1903 in eastern India. Born originally as Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell is famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949). He grew up in as the son of a minor British official … Continue reading “75th anniversary of the death of George Orwell 21 January”
Post submitted by Ella, one of our Student Experience Ambassadors. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday in the United States of America and takes place on the third Monday of January every year. This day honours the achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., who led significant campaigns to end legal racial segregation … Continue reading “Martin Luther King Jr. Day 20 January”
