The Security History Network invites you to join our next lecture which will be given by Davide Rodogno about his book Night on Earth: A History of International Humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918-1930.
Hosted by The Security History Network
Date/Time
Thursday 8 February 2024
16:30-17:45
Location
Academiegebouw, Johanna Westerdijk Room, Korte Nieuwstraat 4, Utrecht
Night on Earth: A History of International Humanitarianism in the Near East, 1918-1930
Humanitarian aid was an intense but ephemeral phenomenon. Humanitarian organisations like ‘Near East Relief’ and the ‘American Red Cross’ usually consisted of Christian missionaries. What were the motivations that drove these humanitarians? How did their activities and network expand in the post-WWI Near East? And how did the arrival of salaried ‘experts’ effect unpaid humanitarians? Professor Rodogno will discuss this and more in the upcoming lecture about his new book.
Davide Rodogno is professor of International History and Politics and is currently stationed at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He also won the Italian literary award, Feudo Di Maida Prize, for his book Il nuovo ordine mediterraneo about the history of Italy’s fascist imperial ambition in the 1940s.
More about this event
The lecture will be held on the 8th of February 2024 at the Academiegebouw, Utrecht, Johanna Westerdijk Room from 16:30 until 17:45. Dr. Ozan Ozavci (Assistant Professor of Transimperial History) will moderate the event. Prof. dr. Beatrice de Graaf (expert in security, terrorism and international relations) and dr. Katharine Fortin (expert in public international law and human rights) will act as discussants.
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