Month: June 2016

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies invites Applications for Full-Time Position

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Geneva, Switzerland

invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

starting on 1st February 2017 or on a mutually agreed-upon date.

The Institute is seeking candidates about to be appointed associate professor or already at the rank of associate professor with a few years of experience.  Candidates must hold a PhD in history or equivalent.  The successful candidate is expected to have an outstanding research and teaching record.  We seek to bolster our teaching and researching capacity by recruiting someone able to make a significant long-term contribution on the broad themes that are within the remit of the department.  This corresponds to the following fields:

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Canada’s Transnational Humanitarians: Aid, Advocacy, Development, and Faith in the Pre-Digital Age

Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting at the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities 2016, University of Calgary

June 1st, 2016

Chair: Nicole Marion (Carleton University)

Nassisse Solomon (Western University): Combating the “Eclipse in Ethiopia”: Humanitarian Efforts of the Sudan Interior Mission During the Italo-Ethiopian War

Dominique Marshall (Carleton University): Humanitarisme et réseaux d’information transnationaux: flux de renseignements entre Oxfam UK, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Québec et l’hémisphère sud, 1955-1975

Will Tait (Carleton University): Canadian Food Aid and the Transnational Evangelical Movement, 1970-1986

The audio is divided into five files and is organized by speaker. Nassisse Solomon’s paper is preceded by Nicole Marion’s introductory comments regarding the panelists, the purposes of the panel as a whole, and the kinds of work conducted by the Network. As the papers ran long, there is no question and answer phase following Will Tait’s presentation.