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On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
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The Role of Intercommunal Dialogue in Revealing the Fate of Disappearances and Missing Persons: Cases of Kosovo and Cyprus
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The Human Library with Refugees and Immigrants
“Human Library with Refugees and Immigrants” provided an opportunity for the local Polish and foreign populations to learn from one another through personal interactions and educational workshops.
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Herstory: Women in Solidarity and Beyond
Dr. Elżbieta Korolczuk led a breakout session at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in which she examines the Solidarity movement from a feminist perspective. Hear her talk.
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Transformation, Socio-Economic Change, Civil Society
Professor Andrzej Rychard, Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences, presented a keynote address at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Warsaw.
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Origins and Mission of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett delivered the opening remarks for the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference. In her talk, she addresses the creation and mission of the the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, which served as the venue for the International Conference.
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Under Two Totalitarian Powers: Poland Between Hitler and Stalin
Dr. Dariusz Stola delivered the opening keynote at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Warsaw in which he addresses the transitions and challenges faced by Poland during the interwar period.
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Poles and Jews: Shared History with Diverging Narratives
Konstanty Gebert, associate fellow at the European Council for Foreign Relations and reporter and columnist at “Gazeta Wyborcza,” delivered a keynote address at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Warsaw.
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Poland's Narrative of Protest
Steve Crawshaw, Director, Office of Secretary General of Amnesty International, delivered a keynote address at the Fourth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in Warsaw.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover our international Humanity in Action publications:
On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
Pre-Genocide - Warnings and Readiness to Protect
An anthology of personal interpretations, by researchers and writers, about alarm bells and the readiness to protect prior to genocides. The essays in this volume focus on the 1930s before the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark - as well as the years before the genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, Kurdistan, Rwanda and Bosnia.
About Jews
90% of Poles have never met a Jew and yet, myths of the Jewish people has recently contributed to increased anti-Semitic violence in Poland. This interactive book tackles the first step: demystifying who Jews are.
Shifting Paradigms: Humanity in Action Senior Fellows on Policy and Pluralism Across Borders
Shifting Paradigms is a volume of diverse articles on cross-border policy and pluralism written by Humanity in Action Senior Fellows.
Two Trees in Jerusalem
Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen in her touching account "Two Trees in Jerusalem" tells about the resistance of her parents, Donata and Eberhard Helmrich, against the horrors of National Socialism.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Diplomacy and Diversity
Recognizing the intensification of transnational conflicts that both violently divide and intimately link our global communities, this book is a collection of diverse essays, which tackle international relations and migration.