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The Harvard Humanitarian is a monthly e-newsletter compiled by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) to publicize news, publications, and events in the Harvard community related to advancing responses to humanitarian crises of war and disaster. Please help us make this a robust resource by contributing your Harvard community news items via email.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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HHI Completes Study on Conflict Early Warning in Kenya
As
part of HHI's Program on Crisis Mapping & Early Warning, Research
Associate Patrick Meier completed a case study on the effectiveness of
citizen journalism and "new media" as an early conflict warning tool
during the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya. For more information,
watch the YouTube clip of the GoogleEarth animated presentation or visit Patrick Meier's blog.
Hauser Center Launches NGO Leaders Seminars
The Humanitarian NGO program at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations recently launched its 2008-2009 NGO Leaders Seminar Series. Speakers have included Sam Worthington of InterAction and Peter Bell, formerly of CARE.
Alex de Waal Joins HHI as Senior Fellow
Renowned for his work related to HIV/AIDS and famine in Africa, and widely recognized as an expert on Darfur, Alex de Waal joins HHI as a senior fellow to continue his research in residence at Harvard.
HKS Student Trip to Rwanda: "Post-Conflict Development:
The Case of Rwanda"
A group of Harvard Kennedy School students will be traveling to Rwanda in January in order to assess aspects of the country's political and economic development. This assessment will focus on the interaction between the Rwandan Genocide and the contemporary development agenda; namely, how the genocide raises special obstacles on Rwanda's road to development, and how development can help heal the wounds of the past. For more information about the trip, please contact Isabelle Chan.
New Course Guide for Humanitarian Studies at Harvard
HHI has developed a new course guide for humanitarian studies at Harvard University. For more information, please contact Sarah Appleby.
Conflict & Health Appoints HHI Faculty as Editor-in-Chief
Dr. P. Gregg Greenough, Research Director for the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, has been appointed Co-Editor-in-Chief of the new journal, Conflict & Health. This online, open-access journal was launched in 2007 to focus on the intricate relationship between conflict and health, and how health interventions in war zones may contribute to peace.
Radcliffe Institute Hosts Postcolonial Wars Conference
On October 30th and 31st, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study hosted a three-day conference to explore the nature
and dynamics of forgotten wars in the twentieth century. The event presented the results of a series of private deliberations by
high-level experts that have focused on Algeria, Angola/Mozambique, and Vietnam; Kenya, Malaya, and Sri Lanka; and Congo, Rwanda/Burundi, and Zimbabwe. For more information, visit the event page.
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
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- Bollettino V and Bruderlein C. "Training humanitarian professionals at a distance: testing the feasibility of distance learning with humanitarian professionals." Distance Education. Vol. 29. No. 3. November 2008: 269-287.
- Leaning J. "Disasters and Emergency Planning." In K Heggenhougen
& S Quah (eds.)
The International Encyclopedia of Public Health: Elsevier. September 2008.
- Leaning J. "Darfur Testament." Ms. Magazine. Fall 2008: 71-72.
- Senior Fellow Dr. Pamela Steiner appears in new documentary film, "The Morgenthau Story," which touches on reconciliation between the Turkish and Armenian communities.
- VanRooyen M, Leaning J, Johnson K, Hirschfeld K, Tuller D, Levine A, Hefferman J. "Employment of a livelihoods analysis to define genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan." Journal of Genocide Research.
Volume
10.
Issue
3.
September
2008: 343-358.
- A Tale of Two Countries: Question and Answer with HSPH Professor Jennifer Leaning. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2008.
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Johnson K, Asher J, Rosborough S, Raja A, Panjabi R, Beadling C, Lawry L. "Association of Combatant Status and Sexual Violence with Health and Mental Health Outcomes in Postconflict Liberia." JAMA. 2008;300(6):676-690.
- Hill K, Seltzer W, Leaning J, Malik SJ, Russell SS. "The Demographic Impact of Partition in the Punjab in 1947." Population Studies. 2008 Jul;62(2):155-70.
- Mills EJ, Checchi F, Orbinski JJ, Schull MJ, Burkle FM Jr, Beyrer C, Cooper C, Hardy C, Singh S, Garfield R, Woodruff BA, Guyatt GH. "Users' guides to the medical literature: how to use an article about mortality in a humanitarian emergency." Conflict and Health. 2008 Sep 30;2:9.
- Klein KR, Pepe PE, Burkle FM Jr, Nagel NE, Swienton RE. "Evolving need for alternative triage management in public health emergencies: a Hurricane Katrina case study." Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2008 Sep;2 Suppl 1:S40-4.
- Bostick NA, Subbarao I, Burkle FM Jr, Hsu EB, Armstrong JH, James JJ. "Disaster triage systems for large-scale catastrophic events." Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2008 Sep;2 Suppl 1:S35-9.
- Lawry L, Burkle FM Jr. "Measuring the True Human Cost of Natural Disasters." Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2008 August.
- Chan J. "Politics and Disaster Response: Recent Experience in Asia." Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2008 October.
- Burkle F, Greenough G. "Impact of Public Health Emergencies on Modern Disaster Taxonomy, Planning, and Response." Disaster medicine and public health preparedness. 2008 October.
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UPCOMING EVENTS at HARVARD
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Event times, dates, and locations
listed here are subject to change without notice. Please contact the
event host for more information.
Human Rights Distinguished Lecture Series:"The Legacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Tsai Auditorium
Harvard Center for Government and International Studies
1730 Cambridge Street
With Justice Richard Goldstone of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Moderated by: Professor Nancy L. Rosenblum, Chair of the Department of Government, Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government
For more information, contact:
humanrights@harvard.edu. Sponsored by the University Committee on Human Rights Studies. With support from the Office of Undergraduate Education, Harvard College
The Tanner Lecture on Human Values:
Philosophical Reflections on the Israeli-Palestinian War
November 5-7, 2008
Given by Sari Nusseibeh, President of Al-Quds University
Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Department of English
Lecture 1: "Of Hedgehogs, Foxes and Swans"
November 5, 4:30 p.m.
Lowell Lecture Hall (Corner of Oxford and Kirkland Streets)
Lecture 2: "Of Faith and Miracles"
November 6, 4:30 p.m.
Lowell Lecture Hall
Seminar
November 7, 10 a.m. until noon
Thompson Room of the Barker Center for the Humanities
For more information, contact: Kim Tseko or Emily Peterson.
Spheres of Influence: Women in Post-war Bosnia
Thursday, November 13, 2008
4:15 PM
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard Kennedy School
27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way
Guido Goldman Room (Garden Room)
Cambridge, MA
Dr. Cynthia Simmons, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Slavic Studies Department, Boston College
Co-sponsored with the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. For more information, contact: Ilyana Sawka.
Waging Peace Darfur's Children's Drawing Exhibit
December 1 - December 12
Taubman Rotunda, Taubman Ground Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
For more information on the exhibit please see the Waging Peace website.
Rebel Recruitment, Taxation, and Violence in Civil War
Thursday, December 4, 2008, 12:15PM
Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public
Speaker:
Philip Verwimp, Research Fellow, Fund for Scientific Research
(Flanders, Belgium), University of Antwerp, and ECARES, Université
Libre de Bruxelles
What
is the profile of communities, households, and persons who become
victims of violence in civil war? What is the relation between the
recruitment of members of rebel groups and the location and timing of
violence. Do grievance and greed play a role?
Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis. For more information, contact: Susan Lynch.
60th Anniversary of the Genocide Convention
Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 4:30-6:00 PM
Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Building, Cambridge MA
Featuring:
Jennifer Leaning, Co-Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Michael VanRooyen, Co-Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Alex de Waal, Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Susannah Sirkin, Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights; Jacqueline Bhabha, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School; Claude Bruderlein, Director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at the Harvard School of Public Health; Jens Meierhenrich, Assistant Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard College.
For more information, contact Jacqueline Crowley.
Harvard Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Wednesday, December 10th, 6-8pm
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Panel Featuring:
Dr. Paul Farmer
Professor Amartya Sen
Moderated by: President Drew Faust
Followed by a Special Performance by: Oumou Sangare. For more information, visit: Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th Anniversary.
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About The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
HHI fosters interdisciplinary collaboration at Harvard University in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian strategies for relief, protection, and prevention; instill human rights principles and practices in these strategies; and educate and train the next generation of humanitarian leaders. In 2005, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative was established as a University-wide interfaculty academic and research center, supported by the Office of the Provost and the Harvard School of Public Health with the participation of faculty from Harvard schools and affiliated hospitals. For more information, visit www.hhi.harvard.edu.
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