New lecturers join HCRI
HCRI is delighted to welcome Dr Rubina Jasani and Dr Jenny Carson who join the institute as lecturers in humanitarianism and conflict response. Rubina's areas of interest are Anthropology of violence and reconstruction, Medical Anthropology...
Sign up for HCRI lecture series
HCRI's lecture series is conceived as an interactive forum for leading academics and students in humanitarian and conflict/development studies to drill through current debates in their field and enrich their theoretical and empirical repertoire. To sign up please...
Wanted – Lecturers in Global Health and Disaster Management
We're expanding our portfolio of teaching and research here at HCRI and as a result we're recruiting a Lecturer in Global Health and a Lecturer in Disaster Management. Both will join us in September 2011 on 3 year fixed term contracts. Lecturer in Global Health...
HCRI at 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WCDEM)
HCRI Deputy Director, Professor Tony Redmond attended the 17th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WCDEM) in June 2011. The Congress hosted more than 1,600 participants from 57 countries and was held in conjunction with the 14th Annual Meeting of the...
HCRI present panel discussion at 2nd World Conference on Humanitarian Studies, Tufts University, 2 – 5 June 2011
HCRI team members Professor Bertrand Taithe, Dr Tanja Müller, and Dr Alison Howell are presenting a panel discussion 'The (anti-)politics of humanitarian intervention - changing dynamics' at the 2nd World Conference on Humanitarian Studies, 2nd to 5th June 2011....
UK International Emergency Trauma Register – Members’ Meeting, 14 May 2011
The UK International Emergency Trauma Register (led by Professor Tony Redmond, HCRI Deputy Director) was formally launched at a meeting at the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust on Saturday 14th May 2011.Speakers from a range of backgrounds...
Sign up for student conference – ‘The demise of the humanitarian – the need for dialogue in reclaiming the humanitarian space’ 16 June 2011
A cutting edge conference addressing the most important current and widely debated issues faced by academics and practitioners in the field of Humanitarianism. In addition to an exciting and interactive agenda, the conference is unique, as it has been organized by...
Disasters and a register for foreign medical teams
HCRI article published in The Lancet.'The tsunami in Asia and earthquakes in Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, and Haiti at the start of the 21st century, and now the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, have emphasised people's continuing willingness to respond to large-scale...
‘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,...
BMA welcomes UK International Emergency Trauma Register led by Professor Tony Redmond, HCRI Deputy Director
  ÂÂThe launch of a register of doctors willing to assist in major international emergencies has been welcomed by the British Medical Association (BMA).BMA international committee chair Terry John welcomed the register. "The register will be very beneficial for the...
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