Tanja MillerIt has become a common trope to describe the current movement of people towards safety in Europe or other places as the biggest such movement since WW II. It thus seems pertinent to remember one of the poignant journeys of that time, the flight of German...
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Walking with students
Roger MacgintyI have been experimenting this semester by holding walking meetings with students rather than meetings in my office. I was inspired by listening to a talk given by John Paul Lederach albeit he has the advantage of the beautiful Notre Dame campus for his...
The oldest war crime in the book?
Bertrand TaitheDuring the night of Friday to Saturday 3 October 2015 the US airforce bombed a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz. The attack destroyed the hospital and killed (as of today, 5 October) 13 Medecins sans Frontires staff and about 10 of their patients....
Some historical reflections on the refugee crisis
Peter Gatrell @PeterGatrellI've been teaching a course on Refugees in modern world history for several years and I wrote a book as a result. Never has the subject seemed timelier or more troubling than in 2015. Here are a few short observations about what historians...
Peace Studies: Where are all the men?
Roger Mac GintyIt is the start of the academic year and I am delighted to say that we have a bumper crop of MA Peace and Conflict Studies students. I'm looking forward to the debates and the intellectual exchange. One thing that is noticeable about the class is its...
Compassion for refugees: Is it more about us than them?
Gemma Sou, @gemmasouAre we more empathetic towards vulnerable and distressed people who we perceive as like us? I have been following the media reports on the refugee crisis and was equally distressed and moved by the images of Aylan Kurdi who washed ashore on a...
Refugees, Kos and Greek Tourism
Jessica HawkinsAs my colleague was suggesting the British PM and his opposition counterpart should take a holiday to Greece to witness the solidarity and compassion of the Greek people towards refugees, I was boarding a flight with the rest of my family to the Greek...
Roger Mac Ginty – Fieldtripping: The ethics and practicalities of student fieldtrips
<!---->Many years ago, when I was a rookie lecturer, I went on an MA fieldtrip to Croatia. There were 29 students, the course leader and myself. I am still embarrassed at the nature of the fieldtrip. All 31 of us loaded onto a bus that toured ruined...
A Country-of-Origin-Report on Eritrea & human rights politics
But my trip is still not over, because I don't get the rights I am entitled to what the row over a Country-of-Origin-Report on Eritrea reveals about human rights politics Dr Tanja Miller writes about Eritrea and the narratives around human rights.The general truth...
Are all lives valued equally? – Human Rights Day
Dr Roisin Read writes about the ethics and issues surrounding humanitarian aid for World Human Rights Day.Both human rights and humanitarianism are moral concepts based on a notion of a universal ideal of shared humanity. This universal ideal tells us we have...
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