During the 1930s, as today, Cumbria hosted many refugee communities. This course will investigate the stories of refugees who fled fascism in Spain, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Austria and who found refuge in Cumbria. It includes a visit to Carlisle Archive Centre to look at the range of documents, photographs and other sources which have survived and now constitute one of the best collections of historical material relating to this aspect of recent history in the UK.

Dr Rob David

Residential: £310 Non-residential: £230