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CNHH in Conversation with Dr. James Orbinski

April 26, 2016 / Sean Eedy

by Christine Chisholm and Will Tait

On March 24, 2016 Dr. James Orbinski, former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, scholar of global health and practicing physician was invited by Carleton University’s Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS) to present the keynote lecture for the official launch of the program. Dr. Chris Brown, director of BGInS, kindly arranged for a meeting with Orbinski before the lecture with CNHH members Dr. Dominique Marshall and PhD candidates Christine Chisholm and Will Tait from Carleton’s Department of History.

Reminder: Third Workshop on the History of Humanitarian Aid

April 15, 2016 / Sean Eedy

With conference season looming, this is just a gentle reminder that registration is open for the Third Workshop on the History of Humanitarian Aid. Please join us for what promises to be a productive and informative meeting of some of the brightest minds in our field. There is no fee to attend and participate, though registration of your attendance is required.

“Eye-opening if not revelatory”: Teaching and Learning Humanitarian History

April 1, 2016 / Sean Eedy

by Sarah Glassford

Before taking this course I thought that humanitarianism was just

a nice way of asking for money. You donate and someone tries

to solve a problem. But through the readings and the emergency

relief assignment/exercise it has become clear that the job is less

straightforward than that. – Haley K.

Those of us who research and write in the area of humanitarian history are well aware of the complexities of aid, both on the giving and receiving ends of the equation. But when we have a chance to teach that history, what preconceptions do our students bring to the classroom, and what do they take away with them at the end of the course? Continue reading

Active History History Slam Podcast: Human Rights Frameworks and Why They Matter

March 23, 2016 / Jill Campbell-Miller

In this episode of History Slam, Postdoctoral Fellow Sean Graham speaks to Dr. Alicia Ely Yamin about her new book Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter.

History Slam Episode Eighty: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter

World Conference on Humanitarian Studies

March 15, 2016 / Sean Eedy

The 4th bi-annual conference of the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) was held this past 5-8 March 2016. The topic of this year’s conference was Changing Crises and the Quest for Adequate Solutions and was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. While the Call for Papers for the Association’s 2018 conference is still a ways off, information on this year’s conference may be found at the conference website, including links to the organized panels and papers. Although the conference is still recent, it appears that individual papers may be uploaded at some point in the future.

‘Journals’ Just Added to the CNHH

March 11, 2016 / Sean Eedy

Under the ‘Resources’ area of the site, we now have a space dedicated to Journals about the history of humanitarianism and humanitarian aid. The first journal added is Humanitarian Alternatives. Please visit their site and read the first issue of this new journal through our Journals page or via the Humanitarian Alternatives website directly.

If you know of other journals appropriate to the CNHH, please tell us know through the Contact Us page.

Investment for Development: The Plodding History of Canadian Development Finance

March 3, 2016 / Sean Eedy

by Jill Campbell-Miller

posted jointly with Active History.

In the area of development finance Canada has lagged behind its international partners in the G7, only promising to establish a development finance institution (DFI) in the 2015 budget, some 67 years after the UK established the first DFI. This might come as surprise, since blending the interests of domestic Canadian businesses and official development assistance (ODA) has been an objective of the Canadian government since the early days of aid-giving in the 1950s, to the delight of some, and the dismay of others.

Dr. Dominique Marshall’s Interview on the History of Children’s Rights

March 2, 2016 / Jill Campbell-Miller

CNHH member Dr. Dominique Marshall recently gave a French language interview with University of Laval’s CHYZ on the history of children’s rights and humanitarian aid. Interview originally given on 25 February 2016.

Listen to the audio of this interview here.

Network Member Finalist for Distinguished Dissertation Prize

February 26, 2016 / Sean Eedy

Recently, an article published on the University of Waterloo’s website recognized the achievements of CNHH member and professor at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Dr. Jill Campbell-Miller. Her dissertation, “The Mind of Modernity: Canadian Bilateral Foreign Assistance to India, 1950-60,” was selected as a finalist for the Council of Graduate Studies/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award. Visit the University of Waterloo website for the complete article including comments about her dissertation and experience from Dr. Campbell-Miller and her supervisor, Dr. Bruce Muirhead.

Canadian Network on Humanitarian History