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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives Fellowship Program 2017

August 5, 2016 / Sean Eedy

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for its 2017 fellowship program. In 2017, 5-6 fellowships will be awarded to senior scholars, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and independent researchers to conduct research in the JDC Archives, either in New York or in Jerusalem. Topics in the fields of twentieth century Jewish history, modern history, social welfare, migration, and humanitarian assistance will be considered, as well as other areas of academic research covered in the JDC archival collections (http://archives.jdc.org/). The fellowship awards are $2,500-$5,000.

Please visit http://archives.jdc.org/about-us/fellowships.html to apply and for further information.

Deadline for submission: Sunday, January 15, 2017.

Bodleian Library Provides Update on Oxfam Archive Accessibility and Research Bursaries

July 17, 2016 / Sean Eedy

The second phase of the 4.5 year ‘Making the Oxfam archive accessible’ project that started in January 2013 has now been completed. A fifth catalogue, describing records of Oxfam’s appeals and fundraising activities, is now available on the Bodleian Library’s website. In addition, a second, expanded edition of the programme policy and management catalogue has been published. The second edition of the catalogue of files relating to grants made by Oxfam (‘project files’) will appear soon.

Sonya de Laat published in online “Atlas on Humanitarianism and Human Rights.”

July 14, 2016 / Sean Eedy

Sonya de Laat, a PhD student in Media Studies at Western University, Research Coordinator of the Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group at McMaster University, and member of the CNHH, has an entry entitled, “Congo Free State, 1904: Humanitarian Photographs,” as part of the online “Atlas on Humanitarianism and Human Rights” that was officially launched this month: http://wiki.ieg-mainz.de/ghra/index.php?title=Online_Atlas_on_the_History_of_Humanitarianism_and_Human_Rights. This contribution was part of her participation in last summer’s inaugural Global Humanitarianism Research Academy (http://ghra.ieg-mainz.de).

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

June 16, 2016 / Sean Eedy

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:

Sarah Glassford Publishes on the History of the Red Cross

May 27, 2016 / Sean Eedy

The Canadian Network on Humanitarian History is pleased to announce the publication of Sarah Glassford‘s first monograph, Mobilizing Mercy: a History of the Canadian Red Cross, from McGill-Queen’s University Press. Dr. Glassford is a social historian of Canada, having received her PhD from York University in Toronto. She is also a founding member of our Network and has previously blogged on Humanitarianism in the classroom.

Matthew Bunch Blogs on the First and Second World Food Congress

May 27, 2016 / Sean Eedy

Matthew Bunch, member of the CNHH and founder of the Freedom from Hunger Project, recently made the Network aware of not one, but two blogs written and posted to his website. The first, from 7 March 2016, discusses the First World Food Congress held in 1963, the conditions surrounding its creations, and its effects. The second, published earlier this month, discusses the Second World Food Congress (1970) and the construction of youth as activist. Both may be of interest to Network members and can be found via the provided links. These are both posted to the Network’s growing resource list of Canadian Blogs and may, alternately, be found there.

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.

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.

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.

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Geneva, Switzerland

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

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