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Why You Should Ask Your Family Questions About The Past
The past is like the present and the future, far from rigid. It is ever-changing and always moving depending on the perspective of the narrator. In school I was taught about history in a standardized and fixed way, learning so-called key moments and key figures. Which moments and figures do we consider key when learning about history?
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Looking Forward: How to Ensure the Sustainable Development of International Criminal Justice?
Silvia Alejandra Fernandez De Gurmendi, former President of the International Criminal Court, delivers a keynote address for the Sixth Annual Humanity in Action International Conference in The Hague, the Netherlands.
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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.
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'Stories From the Unity of the Realm' - Episode 2: 'What is Kaffemik?'
What is a traditional Greenlandic 'Kaffemik'? Find out by listening to 2020 Fellows Malik, Mika, and Noémi's contribution to the Podcast Series with the episode 'What is Kaffemik?'.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover some of the publications from our in-house publisher:
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.
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.
Reflections on the Holocaust
The first book published by Humanity in Action, Reflections on the Holocaust is a collection of essays from Humanity in Action Fellows, Senior Fellows, Board members and lecturers from 1997 to 2010.