Shivaun Woolfson - Project Leader
Shivaun Woolfson, founder of Living Imprint, is a writer and lecturer, with a special interest in life
history writing, research and practice. In 2002, she published an autobiography, Home Fires.
She has taught extensively in the US and the UK; most recently at Goldsmiths College,
University of London, where she served as Senior Tutor in Community Studies, and visiting
lecturer in life writing. She has facilitated workshops, seminars, public readings, performances
and writing residencies in hospices, prisons and community centers. She has also developed
numerous interdisciplinary arts projects, based primarily on the life experiences of participants.
Living Imprint draws together her interests in life history, creative arts, social action and the
transformational power of testimony.
Surviving History grew out of a PhD research project to discover the remnants of the Jewish
presence in Lithuania. Shivaun was so moved by the testimonies of the narrators that she was
compelled to bring their life stories to a wider public. This exhibition and the attendant learning
activities are the result. Shivaun wrote, narrated and co-produced the documentary 'Surviving
History' for this project.
Shivaun Woolfson, founder of Living Imprint, is a writer and lecturer, with a special interest in life
history writing, research and practice. In 2002, she published an autobiography, Home Fires.
She has taught extensively in the US and the UK; most recently at Goldsmiths College,
University of London, where she served as Senior Tutor in Community Studies, and visiting
lecturer in life writing. She has facilitated workshops, seminars, public readings, performances
and writing residencies in hospices, prisons and community centers. She has also developed
numerous interdisciplinary arts projects, based primarily on the life experiences of participants.
Living Imprint draws together her interests in life history, creative arts, social action and the
transformational power of testimony.
Surviving History grew out of a PhD research project to discover the remnants of the Jewish
presence in Lithuania. Shivaun was so moved by the testimonies of the narrators that she was
compelled to bring their life stories to a wider public. This exhibition and the attendant learning
activities are the result. Shivaun wrote, narrated and co-produced the documentary 'Surviving
History' for this project.
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