Events
HCRI engage with students, researchers, practitioners, government and policy makers through our talks, seminars, workshops and conferences.
Our events take place throughout the year and are open to students, staff and the general public from the UK and abroad.
Most of our events are in hybrid format and we aim to be as accessible as possible. Video from events is shared on our YouTube and blogsite.
View our upcoming events
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Attempting to Kill the Law of Peace
16:00 - 17:30 11 April 2024
A public talk with Prof Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame; co-hosted by HCRI and the Law School at University of Manchester. Registration and info via: https://law-of-peace.eventbrite.co.uk ABOUT THE TALK The almost unimaginable loss and devastation of World War II led to the...
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The Humanitarian Archive in Historical Perspective
15:30 - 18:00 15 April 2024
This session will explore the constitution of a new archive of humanitarian records and how historians develop a synchronous way of engaging with very contemporary sources they are helping to preserve and archive. The event will include a presentation by the Humanitarian Archivist, Flora Chatt, on ‘The purpose of the archive’. This discussion...
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Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945–1971
16:00 - 17:30 18 April 2024
DETAILS Full title: Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945–1971 Chair/Discussant: Panagiotis Karagkounis, HCRI PhD Candidate Location: Hybrid - G.19 Mansfield Cooper + Zoom REGISTRATION https://blue-helmets.eventbrite.co.uk TOPIC This history of colonial legacies in United Nations (UN)...
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