Humanitarian actors are now pressed to respond to increasingly complex crises in diverse and difficult contexts. Historically subject to multiple and often divergent interpretations, humanitarian values are now further challenged by changing conflict dynamics, globalization and its effect on shifting…
Read More MARCH 31 CFP: Chapter contributions for volume on Humanitarian Action and Ethics
Title: “The Drowned, the Saved, and the Forgotten: Genocide Survivors and the Foundations of Modern Humanitarianism” Speaker: Dr. Keith Watenpaugh, Professor and Director, Human Rights Studies Program, Co-Director University of California Human Rights Collaboration, Department of Religious Studies, University of California…
Read More Not to be missed! Two incredible upcoming talks hosted by McMaster History of Medicine
Corpses and Places: Remaking World and Afterworld in a Camp for Displaced Persons Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Time: 3:30-5:00 pm Location: Degroote School of Business, Room 505 Abstract: For refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), displacement is more than…
The 3rd Annual Conference of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics The University of Birmingham 1st and 2nd June, 2017 Theme: Humanitarian Ethics and Action The deadline for submissions is 1st March 2017.
Dublin City University, Ireland 3-4 October 2016 Call for papers, due by 31st July 2016
HumEthNet is building a strong presence on ethics for WADEM2017 in Toronto. For more information about ethics@WADEM please contact Renaud Boulanger or Lisa Schwartz.
From 23-24 May, 2016, as part of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, an exhibition that takes a critical historical approach to looking at humanitarian photography. This exhibit is part of the ODI-HPG 'Global history of modern humanitarian action’ project.…
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Health Care Professionals as Advocates: Lessons from the Trenches Wednesday, May 4, 2016 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. McMaster University's David Braley Health Sciences Centre - Room 2032 100 Main St. W. (corner of Main & Bay) Hamilton, ON
Panel Discussion on Peace & Health Panelists: Mark Loeb, Ellen Amster, Lisa Schwartz, Harry Shannon, Anne Niec McMaster University, Thursday, January 28, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, HSC 4E20 What is the role of health care and health care…
Canadian Humanitarian Conference 2016 Following on the successes of the 2014 and 2013 conferences, the third edition of the Canadian Humanitarian Conference promises to continue strengthening relationships and efforts to help us before, during and after humanitarian crises. Dates: October 6…
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