A new film co-curated by a HCRI's Director of Teaching showing at the prestigious Imperial War Museums in London and Manchester argues that winning the peace is just as important as winning the war.Part of the Cultural Olympiad, the film is inspired by an Olympic...
Category: Staff blogs
HCRI researchers reveal the real austerity Olympics: The political refugee games of 1948
The work of HCRI's Prof Peter Gatrell and Dr Jenny Carson is highlighted in this article in The Independent, 24 July 2012 which looks at the Displaced Person Olympiad of 1948. Speaking to journalists Prof Gatrell said “Since their countries no longer existed – or...
HCRI’s Dr Alison Howell publishes article on the Baghdad Zoo
Dr Howell's article in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding examines how the US military and humanitarian actors became interested in the Baghdad Zoo as part of the reconstruction efforts in Iraq. It explores themes of civil-military cooperation in a...
Towards an International Political Sociology of Health and Medicine, 11 May 2012
All are welcome to attend this joint event Towards an International Political Sociology of Health and Medicine, 11 May 2012, which we are co-hosting with The University of Sussex, Brighton. Registration for this event (to be held at University of Sussex)Â is free, and...
From Rebel Governance to State Consolidation – new paper on political dynamics in Eritrea by HCRI’s Director of Research
Dr Tanja Müller, HCRI Director of Research, publishes new paper which discusses Eritrea as a contemporary case of state-making grounded in war, a fact that has resulted in the emergence of one of the ‘hardest’ states in sub-Saharan Africa. Click here to access...
HCRI’s Director of Research publishes new paper
HCRI's Director of Research, Dr Tanja Müller publishes new paper The ‘German children’ of Mozambique:long-term legacies of a socialist educational experiment. Tanja's latest article is on citizenship formation and socialist-inspired values based on ethnographic...
A game of hide and seek: gendered ethnographies of the everyday state after communal violence in Ahmedabad, Western India
HCRI's Dr Rubina Jasani's latest paper analyses the gendered experience of the state for the Muslim survivors of violence in Gujarat in 2002. In examining memories of loss and suffering, this paper shows the contrasting and shifting ways in which the state is...
Madness in International Relations – new book from HCRI’s Dr Alison Howell
Madness in International Relations provides an important and innovative account of the role of psychology and psychiatry in global politics, showing how mental health governance has become a means of securing various populations, often with questionable effects. View...
Afghanistan’s Price – HCRI’s Dr Howell writes leading essay in The Literary Review of Canada
HCRI's Dr Alison Howell writes a critically acclaimed leading essay "Afghanistan’s Price" for The Literary Review of CanadaView article http://reviewcanada.ca/essays/2011/11/01/afghanistan-s-price/Editor of the edition writes:This month's essayist, Alison...
‘Free World? The Campaign to Save the World’s Refugees, 1956 – 1963’ – New book by Professor Peter Gatrell
'Free World? The Campaign to Save the World's Refugees, 1956 - 1963' is a major contribution to the transnational history of humanitarianism in the postwar world.Peter Gatrell shows how and why the UN, NGOs, governments and individuals embarked on a unique campaign,...
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