Dr Adrian Jitschin (above), researcher from Fern Universitat, Hagen, Germany, visited the library this week to conduct researcher for a biography of sociologist Norbert Elias (1897-1990).
Elias fled Nazi Germany and lived in England for a period, during which he was employed as a tutor for the Workers’ Educational Association. The WEA archive is held at the TUC Library and the annual reports revealed where Elias has been teaching and what course subjects he delivered.
You can search the catalogue of the WEA archive here: