Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache Zoom-meeting Tuesday, 31st May 2022 at 7 p.m. Veranstaltungsort: Zoom-meeting In 1939 the unknown author Rudolf Rösch published a cookbook about Viennese cuisine. SO KOCHT MAN IN WIEN! was a bestseller and is still available today. But Rudolf Rösch had never written this book. Indeed, he may never have existed; a conveniently fictitious product of the Nazi era. The real author was a Viennese Jewess named Alice Urbach. Before the Nazis took over...

[:de]Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache Monday, 16th May 2022 at 6:30 pm Veranstaltungsort: Der kleine Saal (Raum E 11) der Volkshochschule Essen Downing street in London: This little cul-de-sac in the centre of London is without doubt the most famous street in the United Kingdom. No 10 is the address of the British Prime Minister; his/her next door neighbour in No. 11 is the Chancellor of the Exchequer who might be compared to the German „Finance Minister“. In his talk our...

Einladung zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache Tuesday, 8th March 2022 at 6.30 pm Volkshochschule Essen, Burgplatz 1, 45127 Essen Raum: 1.02 Hannah Dowling holds a first-class honours degree from University College London in Arts and Sciences, an interdisciplinary degree which allowed her to explore her wideranging academic interests and complete a year abroad in Spain at the Universidad de Salamanca. Her undergraduate dissertation explored the representation of the House of Lords in the...