BBUK Virtual Meetings 2026

Monica Bohm-Duchen: "Insiders/Outsiders: Refugees from Nazi Europe and their Contribution to British Visual Culture" (BBUK, 20 May 2026)

Monica Bohm-Duchen is a London-based freelance writer, lecturer and exhibition organizer with a special interest in issues of Jewish identity in modern art.

Despite the deeply traumatic nature of their dislocation and the obstacles they often encountered on arrival in the UK, those who fled here from Nazi-dominated Europe in the 1930s and 1940s made a deep, pervasive and long-lasting contribution to all aspects of British culture. Focussing primarily on the visual arts, Monica looks at the nature of this contribution, embracing many well-known nmaes

Daniel Ben Ami: "What Drives Jewish Anti-Zionists?" (Bureau of International Affairs, 21 April 2026)

Daniel Ben-Ami is an author and journalist. In 2021, he launched the Radicalism of Fools website, on rethinking anti-Semitism, in the belief that the mainstream discussion is failing to grapple with this thorniest of subjects. His current research is focused on contemporary anti-Zionism.

Professor Kevin Ostoyich: "The Past, Present and Future of Three Girls from Shanghai" (BBUK, 18 March 2026)

The film “Three Girls of Shanghai” tells the stories of three women growing up in Shanghai, China but in three distinct Jewish communities. It weaves together testimony from the interviews Prof. Ostoyich conducted with the women over many years. The film highlights the themes of Jewish identity, racism, colonialism, and antisemitism

Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi: "Hezbollah Global Inc: How terrorism and organised crime converge" (Bureau of International Affairs, 10 February 2026)

Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Terror Financing and a Senior Advisor to 240 Analytics LTD, an OSINT platform focused on identifying and mitigating risk from terror finance networks.

For more than two decades, Western intelligence has known that Hezbollah raises a large part of its budget from joint venture with trans-national criminal organizations

John Fieldsend: "Kindertransport: My Story" (BBUK, 21 January 2026)

To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

Born in Czechoslovakia in 1931 and raised in Germany, John Fieldsend experienced growing antisemitism under the Nazi regime before being sent to Britain on the Kindertransport. His parents, who remained behind, were later murdered in the Holocaust. After the war, John received a final letter from them, which he still treasures to this day.

John later became an Anglican minister, and his life story reflects a powerful journey of identity, faith and survival. His testimony is moving, thoughtful, and deeply human