Jenni Daiches in Conversation with David Neville Jenni Daiches Jenni Daiches ©Rachel Calder Jenni Daiches grew up in the USA and England, and has lived in Scotland since 1971. After several years as a part-time lecturer and freelance writer, in 1978 she joined what became the National Museums of Scotland, where she worked in several different capacities. Since retiring from NMS in 2001 she has returned to her previous freelance existence. She writes non-fiction as Jenni Calder. Recent books include ‘Essence of Edinburgh: An Eccentric Odyssey’ (2018) and ‘The Burning Glass: The Life of Naomi Mitchison’ (2019). Her just published novel ‘Somewhere Else’ is her fourth work of fiction. David Neville David Ian Neville is an award-winning playwright, director, producer and presenter. He has produced a wide range of plays and series for BBC Radio including: ‘The Archers’; Alexander McCall Smith’s ‘44 Scotland Street’; ‘Behind Closed Doors’ by Clara Glynn; ‘The Quest Of Donal Q’ with Brian Cox & Billy Connolly; and ‘Black Watch’ by Gregory Burke. Writing credits include the Fringe First Award-winning play, ‘Exile’ (Edinburgh & Bush Theatre, London); ‘Twelfth Day of July’ & ‘Across The Barricades’ (TAG & New Vic Stoke-on-Trent); and the award-winning TV plays ‘Martha’ & ‘The Audition’. He also produces podcasts and live events. Chair: Hannah Holtschneider Professor Hannah Holtschneider Hannah Holtschneider is Professor of Contemporary Jewish Cultural History at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is a cultural historian of twentieth-century Jewish history, with a particular focus on the consequences of the Holocaust, Jewish identities, and Jewish/non-Jewish relations. She is the author of three monographs, ‘Jewish Orthodoxy in Scotland: Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches’ and ‘Religious Leadership’ (EUP 2019), ‘The Holocaust and Representations of Jews: History and Identity in the Museum’ (Routledge 2011), ‘German Protestants Remember the Holocaust: Theology and the Construction of Collective Memory’ (Lit. Verlag 2001), and numerous articles. She is currently working on a family correspondence of Jewish refugees from Kassel. Professor Hannah Holtschneider Nov 07 2024 17.30 - 18.30 Jenni Daiches in Conversation with David Neville Join author and poet Jenni Daiches (Calder) in conversation with playwright, director and podcaster David Neville in our opening event for the 2024 New College Festival of Books and Belief. Her beautiful new novel ‘Somewhere Else’ covers multiple generations as it explores womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a novel that explores today’s most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement. This event is sponsored by the Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society, the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and the Edinburgh Jewish Studies research group at the University of Edinburgh, and chaired by Hannah Holtschneider. Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2LX Book your place
Jenni Daiches in Conversation with David Neville Jenni Daiches Jenni Daiches ©Rachel Calder Jenni Daiches grew up in the USA and England, and has lived in Scotland since 1971. After several years as a part-time lecturer and freelance writer, in 1978 she joined what became the National Museums of Scotland, where she worked in several different capacities. Since retiring from NMS in 2001 she has returned to her previous freelance existence. She writes non-fiction as Jenni Calder. Recent books include ‘Essence of Edinburgh: An Eccentric Odyssey’ (2018) and ‘The Burning Glass: The Life of Naomi Mitchison’ (2019). Her just published novel ‘Somewhere Else’ is her fourth work of fiction. David Neville David Ian Neville is an award-winning playwright, director, producer and presenter. He has produced a wide range of plays and series for BBC Radio including: ‘The Archers’; Alexander McCall Smith’s ‘44 Scotland Street’; ‘Behind Closed Doors’ by Clara Glynn; ‘The Quest Of Donal Q’ with Brian Cox & Billy Connolly; and ‘Black Watch’ by Gregory Burke. Writing credits include the Fringe First Award-winning play, ‘Exile’ (Edinburgh & Bush Theatre, London); ‘Twelfth Day of July’ & ‘Across The Barricades’ (TAG & New Vic Stoke-on-Trent); and the award-winning TV plays ‘Martha’ & ‘The Audition’. He also produces podcasts and live events. Chair: Hannah Holtschneider Professor Hannah Holtschneider Hannah Holtschneider is Professor of Contemporary Jewish Cultural History at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is a cultural historian of twentieth-century Jewish history, with a particular focus on the consequences of the Holocaust, Jewish identities, and Jewish/non-Jewish relations. She is the author of three monographs, ‘Jewish Orthodoxy in Scotland: Rabbi Dr Salis Daiches’ and ‘Religious Leadership’ (EUP 2019), ‘The Holocaust and Representations of Jews: History and Identity in the Museum’ (Routledge 2011), ‘German Protestants Remember the Holocaust: Theology and the Construction of Collective Memory’ (Lit. Verlag 2001), and numerous articles. She is currently working on a family correspondence of Jewish refugees from Kassel. Professor Hannah Holtschneider Nov 07 2024 17.30 - 18.30 Jenni Daiches in Conversation with David Neville Join author and poet Jenni Daiches (Calder) in conversation with playwright, director and podcaster David Neville in our opening event for the 2024 New College Festival of Books and Belief. Her beautiful new novel ‘Somewhere Else’ covers multiple generations as it explores womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a novel that explores today’s most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement. This event is sponsored by the Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society, the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and the Edinburgh Jewish Studies research group at the University of Edinburgh, and chaired by Hannah Holtschneider. Martin Hall, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh, EH1 2LX Book your place
Nov 07 2024 17.30 - 18.30 Jenni Daiches in Conversation with David Neville Join author and poet Jenni Daiches (Calder) in conversation with playwright, director and podcaster David Neville in our opening event for the 2024 New College Festival of Books and Belief. Her beautiful new novel ‘Somewhere Else’ covers multiple generations as it explores womanhood and Judaeo-Scottish experience across two World Wars, the creation of Israel and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is a novel that explores today’s most difficult and urgent questions, not least of which: how to find identity in displacement. This event is sponsored by the Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society, the Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre and the Edinburgh Jewish Studies research group at the University of Edinburgh, and chaired by Hannah Holtschneider.
