Past events
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DISEASE X: Moving from Global Failure to Global Readiness
15:00 - 16:30 13 May 2026
Join HCRI for this hybrid event with Kate Kelland, Chief Scientific Writer of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), discussing the themes of her book - DISEASE X. ABOUT The 2020–2023 pandemic exposed how unprepared the world was for a fast?moving new pathogen. Despite decades...
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Rethinking Global Health: Frameworks of Power (HCRI event)
13:00 - 14:00 22 April 2026
Join us for a talk and discussion with Prof Rochelle Burgess, from UCL's Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases. This is a hybrid, public event with the HCRI and FBMH's Health and Health Systems in the Global Context team. Registration is at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rethinking-global-health-frameworks-of-power-tickets-1980630423915 SPEAKER Rochelle...
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Addressing labour exploitation and modern slavery. Lessons learnt from Brazil. (Webinar)
16:00 - 17:00 18 March 2026
This webinar is hosted by the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) at University of Manchester. It is open to the public and students/staff. Our speaker is: Prof Vitor Araújo Filgueiras, Project Coordinator at Fundacentro in Brazil. The talk will be followed by Q&A. The webinar start...
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Careers in Humanitarian & Emergency Response
13:00 - 16:00 11 March 2026
HCRI is hosting a Careers Afternoon for all UoM students, with advice from HR professionals and HCRI alumni from MSF, MAG and more. Details & Register at: https://careers-afternoon.eventbrite.co.uk/ This event is to help students think about different paths in the humanitarian, disaster and emergency...
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On the Sudanese 2019 revolution till now (Documentary screening)
16:00 - 18:00 11 February 2026
Screening of the documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’, followed by a discussion on Sudan's evolution to today with GDI's Hamid Khalafallah. --- ABOUT The Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) invites you to an event to watch the award-winning documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ written...
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The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism
14:00 - 15:30 4 February 2026
UoM Geography & the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) will host two leading scholars to discuss their new book - The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressive, Liberalism. --- In The Politics of Feeling, Ben Anderson and Anna Secor argue that politics has become a matter of political...
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Hear about the International Disaster Management MSc at Manchester (Webinar)
09:00 - 10:00 20 January 2026
This event is designed for international students interested in studying International Disaster Management at the University of Manchester, hosted by the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). Join the webinar to find out more and ask questions! HCRI SPEAKER Dr Martin Parham (Lecturer...
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Technology & Ethics in Humanitarian Action (HCRI Webinar)
10:00 - 11:00 9 December 2025
60-Minute Online Seminar, hosted by the Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) WHY ATTEND? A focused update on crisis-detection technologies and the ethical standards guiding data use in humanitarian settings. SPEAKERS Dr. Corinne Bara, Senior Lecturer, Center for Security Studies (CSS),...
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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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