Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Oxford, in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET), working with Professor Abigail Green and Dr. Jenny Carson.
CFP: Crafting Identities. Handicraft Programmes in Times of War, Genocide and their Aftermaths, c. 1890-1950
13-14 September 2022, Holocaust Exhibition and Learning Centre at the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
The conference aims to bring together historians of war and humanitarianism with art and craft historians to explore the aesthetics and the function of craft in reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes aimed at restoring or re-making the self, the community or the nation, and to consider what material objects can reveal about creative expression, emotional survival and new craft identities and practices in these contexts.
Call for Contributions: Jerusalem Quarterly, "Retracing UNRWA’s History"
Call for Contributions
A special issue of the Jerusalem Quarterly
Retracing UNRWA’s History: Archives, Social History, and Visual Culture on Palestinian Mobilities and Humanitarianism
Guest Editors: Maria Chiara Rioli and Francesca Biancani
Humanitarian Aid:(Hi)Stories, Impact and Challenges
Humanitarian Aid:(Hi)Stories, Impact and Challenges
International Conference
29-30 January 2022
(Zoom sessions:2 days-Virtual platform:5 days)
Thematic Approach
GIRES, the Global Institute for Research, Education & Scholarship creates a welcoming space for discussion and exploration of the rich history of the humanitarian organizations and their work during times of distress.
Humanitarian Aid:(Hi)Stories, Impact and Challenges
Humanitarian Aid:(Hi)Stories, Impact and Challenges
International Conference
29-30 January 2022
( Zoom sessions:2 days-Virtual platform:5 days)
Thematic Approach
GIRES, the Global Institute for Research, Education & Scholarship creates a welcoming space for discussion and exploration of the rich history of the humanitarian organizations and their work during times of distress.
