Pierre FullerWeb searches remain the predominant avenue for non-academic researchers seeking historical data or contextualisation. Yet online searches on the major topics that I have been researching and publishing on for years – famine, earthquakes and other types...

Zoia Parvez, @TMZ_Ziggy Having recently completed my MA program in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response at the University of Manchester, one of the most rewarding opportunities was being able to present my dissertation, “The Realities and Practical Limitations of...

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...

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...

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....

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...