Join Research Institute - The Parkes Institute for an exhibition exploring the lives of eight European refugees who fled persecution in the 1930's and 1940's, settling in Great Britain and eventually establishing academic careers at the University of Southampton. You will encounter distinguished scholars from disciplines ranging from Politics to Chemistry, History to Physics, Medicine to Maths and Law to Engineering, and discover just how significant a contribution refugees made to the early development of the university across a wide variety of fields.

This is a pop-up exhibition has been developed by the PArkes Institute in connection with the University of Sanctuary bid.