Past Events

  • 2024 Mar 28

    American Colonial Era Urbanism: The Philippines and the City Beautiful

    9:00pm to 10:30pm

    Location: 

    Online, via Zoom

    Speaker: Ian Morley, Associate Professor, and Vice Chair (External), Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

    Chair: James Robson, James C. Kralik, and Yunli Lou Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center, Harvard University 

    Abstract: During the American colonial era (1898-1946), Philippine society was fundamentally reformed so that ‘advancement’/‘modernization’ could transpire. Included in this transformative process were efforts...

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  • 2024 Mar 28

    Safeguarding Health in Gaza and the West Bank

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Virtual

    Registration: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-MBa9Yq5QESzxvEa1ZeKIg#/registration

    Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative for a panel discussion with health and human rights experts on Thursday March 28th, 2024. The event will focus on the ongoing attacks on healthcare and critical civilian infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank through the lens of international humanitarian and human rights law.

    This event is open to the public. 

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  • 2024 Mar 01

    A Conversation with Dr. Petra Khoury

    1:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Kresge Building, Room 200, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | 677 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115

    Register: https://bit.ly/3Idreyw

    Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) for an engaging and insightful discussion featuring Dr. Petra Khoury, Global Director of Health and Care at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

    Dr. Khoury will discuss the role of the IFRC in emergency contexts and the variety of ways the network is supporting the critical healthcare and humanitarian response interventions in Gaza and Israel undertaken by member National Societies, including Magen David...

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  • 2024 Feb 26

    Safeguarding Health in Gaza and the West Bank

    3:45pm to 5:15pm

    Location: 

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Room G2, Kresge Building, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA or via Zoom

    Join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative for a panel discussion with health and human rights experts. The event will focus on the ongoing attacks on healthcare and critical civilian infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank through the lens of international humanitarian and human rights law.

    Speakers:

    • A. Kayum Ahmed, PhD, MSt, MA, LLM, LLM, Assistant Professor, Columbia University, Visiting Scientist, Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
    • Tanya Haj-Hassan, MD...
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  • 2023 Oct 12

    Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Global Showcase

    10:00am to 11:15am

    Please join the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) on October 12 at 10 am ET for a virtual showcase of our work. HHI is a university-wide academic and research center in humanitarian crisis and leadership. We aim to create new knowledge and advance evidence-based leadership in disasters and humanitarian crises through two main areas: the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard and Research & Translation. Our Humanitarian Academy produces a variety of online and in-person trainings designed to prepare students, practitioners, and emerging leaders to succeed in the humanitarian...

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  • 2023 Sep 07

    How I Live: Documentary Film Screening + Panel Discussion

    5:30pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Medical School, Countway Library, Rooms 102/103

    Register: https://libcal.countway.harvard.edu/event/10839320

    Join us for a screening of How I Live and a post-screening panel discussion with some of the film's creators.

    Film Synopsis

    Take an unforgettable journey with four children diagnosed with cancer. How I Live follows the children, their families, and their healthcare providers as they confront the realities of living with cancer in Guatemala, El...

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  • 2023 Sep 06

    Impact Filmmaking As A Tool For Public Health Change

    1:00pm to 1:50pm

    Location: 

    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Kresge Building, Room G2 (677 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115)

    Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/presentation-impact-filmmaking-as-a-tool-for-public-health-change-tickets-689919426577?aff=oddtdtcreator

    Discover how films can create awareness, inspire action, and bring about positive transformations in public health. This presentation will discuss the film How I Live, which follows the incredible journeys of four children with cancer and the healthcare teams working to cure them. The film documents the difficulties not only of cancer treatment but also the physical and geographic obstacles to accessing care and how these can be...

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  • 2023 Jun 07

    Conflict and Food Systems: An holistic approach to an acute and chronic crisis in Haiti

    10:00am to 11:00am

    Register: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RTIuoM4vQAW3I5Jokyg_IA#/registration

    The 2022 Global Report on Food Crisis highlights conflict as the major driver of acute food insecurity, which forced approximately 139 million people into crisis level insecurity in 2021. The current acute and chronic crisis facing Haiti from conflict and violence continues to transform the...

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  • 2023 May 11

    Reporting on humanitarian crises: A new approach to global storytelling

    11:00am to 11:50am

    Location: 

    Hybrid

    The ruthless drivers of climate change, armed conflict, and natural disasters have sparked wave after wave of humanitarian crises — and at times, it’s too easy to dismiss the consequences. Journalist Heba Aly will not allow such complacency. As CEO of The New Humanitarian, an independent nonprofit, Aly leads a newsroom that delivers high-impact journalism from the heart of crises, amplifying voices of those in need and those who seek to help. In this fireside chat, she will discuss the power of storytelling in impacting change on a global scale. She will share her personal experience...

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  • 2023 May 10

    Opening Reception: Russia's War Against Ukraine in Pictures

    5:30pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Fisher Family Commons, CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA

    Join us for a reception to mark the opening of our photography exhibit, "Ukraine Endures: Russia's War Against Ukraine in Pictures." Hear from some of the photographers, view the collection, find out how you can support Ukraine, and enjoy light refreshments.

    LEARN ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

    The opening reception and exhibit are organized by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, with generous support from the Davis Center for Russian and...

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