Resilient Humanitarianism

ARC-funded project. Focus-concept of 'resilient humanitarianism' via historical investigation of League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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Calling all scholars interested in the history of the IFRC and the Red Cross movement! We are excited to announce a symposium to be held in Geneva 15-16 June 2023, see this CFP:
https://t.co/ADPq2JfMR0

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Our team members Dr Romain Fathi and Professor Melanie Oppenheimer have recently published an article titled 'The Shôken Fund and the Evolution of the Red Cross movement' in the European Review of History! You can find it here: https://t.co/FGDx8RbuyC

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Thank you all. Mighty pleased to have been (virtually) part of the event of this ever richer "coalition of the willing". @AidHistoryCan @redcrosscanada

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And with that, the League of Red Cross Societies: Historical Perspective conference has concluded! We want thank thank all of our participants for their fantastic presentations and contributions and the team at the IFRC for their excellent support!

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As the conference begins to come to a close, we have final reflections from Melanie Oppenheimer, Neville Wylie, Susanne Schech and Rosemary Cresswell

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A conversation with the esteemed David Forsyth with discussant Romain Fathi

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“Europe is no longer the centre of the world the founders of Red Cross knew” (Tansley Report, 1975)

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Coming towards the end of the conference, one of our final presentations is by Prof Susanne Schech ‘Decolonising Humanitarian Assistance? The League of Red Cross Societies and the Africa Drought Relief Operations (1970s-1980s)

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Next up, Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps presents her paper “Going Global? The LRCS and the decolonisation of Subsaharan Africa (1960s-1970s)

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This was followed by Jordan Evans @HistoryBlu and his paper “Give Blood. Save Life”: The League of Res across Societies & the 1974 World Res Cross Day.

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Ooops we also earlier this morning, started with session 6 with a paper by Alejandra de Levia titled “The involvement of the League of Red Cross Societies and the Spanish Red Cross in establishing a system of voluntary non-remunerated blood donations in Spain”

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After a tasty lunch at the IFRC cafeteria, we begin Session 8 with a paper by Jeremy Rich titled ‘Making the Red Cross Black: Decolonization and the Croix Rouge de la République Démocratique du Congo, 1960-1966

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To finalise session 7, we have a paper on The Red Cross movement and disabled peoples- transnational insights by Dominique Marshall @Dominiq92516944

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Next up is our own Rosemary Cresswell @RosieCresswell and her work in Mutually Beneficial engagements: The League and WHO in global public health!

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Dr Sarah Knoll presents a paper titled Helping People in a Divided World: the League of the Red Cross Societies for Hungarian Refugees 1957-57

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Session 7, focusing on public health and nursing, starts now with Evguenia Davidova and the LRCS and the Policy of Nursing in the Interwar Balkans

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To finish off the day, Mélanie Blondin and Sarah-Joy Maddeaux are presenting the library and archive management system that is being developed!!! A huge development for the IFRC archives and for historians interested in the IFRC and the League!

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IFRC archivist Grant Mitchell in conversation with Melanie Oppenheimer. A discussion and reflection on Grant’s work with the IFRC archives since 1996. As Melanie says “Grant is the archive”!

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Our final paper of the first day of the conference is ‘The League in Wartime: Between competition and cooperation in the Red Cross movement during the Vietnam War (1966-1972)’ by Marie Cugnet!

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Following a speedy tea/coffee break, session 5 starts with Neville Wylie’s paper titled ‘Regionalism and Relevance: Latin America and the LRCS strategy for institutional survival during the 2nd World War’