Past events
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HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025 - Intersectional Beginnings and Abolitionist Endings: On the Urgency of Critical Theories in Humanitarian Studies and Practice'
16:00 - 17:30 19 November 2025
The Lecture, drawing on critical concepts from Black feminist thought and postcolonial and critical race theories, provides an intersectional analysis of humanitarian intervention based on more than 15 years of ethnographic fieldwork around the world--including interviews with UN peacekeepers, humanitarian...
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Reproducing Revolution: Women's Labour and the War in Myanmar
15:00 - 16:30 16 October 2025
In this talk, Dr Jenny Hedström explores the Kachin revolution in Myanmar from the perspective of female soldiers, female activists, and women displaced by the violence in northern Myanmar. Hedström argues that the household is an inherently gendered, militarized, and political space that impacts,...
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Refugees and the UK housing crisis (HCRI public event)
14 October - 2 December 2025
Join the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) for roundtable discussion with four leading scholars on the realities and politics of refugee housing in the UK. SPEAKERS: - Dr Jessica Field - Author of 'Eviction: A Social History of Rent' (Verso, 2025) and is currently working on crisis-setting...
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After the cuts: USAID, UK aid spending, and the future of the humanitarian sector (Zoom Webinar)
13:00 - 14:30 2 May 2025
HCRI is hosting an online roundtable about the recent dramatic changes to US & UK international aid spending and its implications for humanitarian work. Speakers to be announced shortly. Registration via: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N4jIADi-RX653sGDOz_row Any accessibility-related or other...
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Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition
20 March - 30 April 2025
Seeds of Hope and Action Exhibition The Seeds of Hope and Action exhibition, developed by the Earth Charter and SGI UK, focuses on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how individuals can learn, reflect, inspire, act and lead in our daily lives. Location: Sam Alexander Building Glass...
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Seeds of Hope and Action Panel
16:00 - 17:00 20 March 2025
The Seeds of Hope and Action project fosters intercultural and international cohesion around the Sustainable Development Goals by engaging students worldwide in meaningful conversations and collaborative actions Engage in a dynamic roundtable discussion with activists, artists, and academics focusing...
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HCRI Landmark Lecture: The Return of Famines? The end of liberal humanitarianism and the perils of mass starvation
18:00 - 19:30 18 February 2025
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) will host Prof Alex de Waal, Exec Director of the World Peace Foundation. This is a hybrid event and registration is essential. Registration: https://HCRI-landmark25.eventbrite.co.uk FULL TITLE The Return of Famines? The end of liberal humanitarianism...
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Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter (HCRI talk)
14:00 - 15:30 5 February 2025
The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is hosting Prof Tom Scott-Smith to introduce and discuss his new book - Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter. Registration is required, via https://fragments-of-home.eventbrite.co.uk ABOUT THE BOOK Abandoned airports. Shipping...
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Briefing on Sudan (HCRI webinar)
16:00 - 17:30 10 December 2024
ABOUT The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) is hosting a guest speaker to brief us on and discuss the current political and humanitarian situation in Sudan. Our guest is Munzoul Assal, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Khartoum and currently a scholar at risk at...
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