Humanitarianism & World
Order
Humanitarianism is a global,
transnational, and local activity, one that generates a range
of practices - from relief to saving failed states, by state
and nonstate actors, around the world. By definition humanitarianism
is interdisciplinary and interspatial. The disciplines in
the social, physical, and health sciences are all involved
in different aspects of humanitarianism; any project that
intends to provide relief in complex humanitarian emergencies
and imagines building new states to mitigate human misery,
by definition, deploys and engages knowledge from across
the disciplines. The humanitarian system has grown steadily
over the last fifty years, and since the 1980s it has exploded
in significance, size, and scope.
The broad goal of the project is to establish humanitarian
studies on UW campus. This goal will be achieved by organizing
speaker series; through introducing one course, either at
the graduate or undergraduate level, each year dedicated
to the subject of humanitarianism; and through encouraging
research in this area, by faculty and graduate students.
The initiative also intends to create linkages across campus,
with nongovernmental organizations, international organizations,
and other leading universities in the United States and abroad
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Contact
Information
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Faculty
Coordinators:
Sharon
Hutchinson (sehutchi@wisc.edu)
Heinz Klug (klug@wisc.edu)
Mara Loveman (mloveman@ssc.wisc.edu)
Scott Straus (sstraus@wisc.edu)
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Recent and Upcoming Events
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Dr. Liisa Malkki
Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
Monday, April 30th, 3:30 PM
Room 5230 Social Science Building
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A
Symposium at UW-Madison
Friday,
April 27 and Saturday, April 28, 2007
Locations
Friday, April 27: Room L160 Elvehjem,
the Chazen Museum of Art complex, 800 University Ave.;
Saturday, April 28: 313 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Two
Related Events:
·A reading of In Darfur,
by Winter Miller.
Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Luther Memorial
Church, 1021 University Avenue, produced by the UW-Madison
Department of Theatre and Drama. A discussion will follow
the play.
· A two-day teachers’
workshop, “Teaching Sudan: Understanding the Crisis
in Darfur,” organized by the African Studies Program
in conjunction with the conference. The sessions will
be held on April 16 and April 30, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m.
For further information,
click here
for flyer or contact Sharon
Hutchinson.
A
Conference of the Global Legal Studies Center &
Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle
Friday, April 20, 2007
9:00 am - Noon (Room 3250 Law) &
1:30 - 5:00 pm (Room 7200 Law)
For further information, contact Sumudu
Atapattu.
Click here
for flyer.
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Past
Events |
Symposium:
Humanitarian Intervention After 9/11
March 31th, 2006
Refugee
Emergency Simulation
8:30 am-5:00 pm, April 22, 2006
Open to all students, faculty and staff of the UW-Madison.
Related
news article
Click here
for more past events.
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