Conscience in the Datasphere
Deluged in data for more than a decade, our reflex has been to articulate our fears and anxieties in the language of privacy. But it may be more appropriate—and useful—to think in terms of conscience....
View ArticlePatriotes, Mondialistes, and Sites of International Memory
In the opening decades of the twenty-first century, Europeans have returned to the political rhetoric of times we might have long thought past. Late last year nostalgia and disorientation resonated...
View ArticleThe Middle East in the Making of Modern Humanitarianism
Download the podcastFeed | iTunes | Hipcast | SoundcloudThe First World War and the fall of the Ottoman Empire are defining moments in the political history of the modern Middle East. This narrative is...
View ArticleCleaning up the “dirty little secrets” of research ethics: Reflections from...
This blog is a follow-up to the authors’ online symposium on the evolving ethics of qualitative research in fragile states For policymakers, fragility and conflict are one of the 21st century’s key...
View ArticleHuman Rights and the End of Status
When Solon gave Athens her laws, he developed egalitarian citizenship by democratizing practices hitherto reserved to nobility. His gesture to the intermediate classes laid the groundwork for Athenian...
View ArticleAdding Environment to the Picture
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleComment on Joseph Hodge, On the Historiography of Development (Part I and II)
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleA Comment on Professor Hodge’s Articles
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleThe Stages of Development’s History?
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleOn Writing the Historiography of Development
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleGlobal and Usable Histories of Development
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleCommentary on the Essay of Joseph Hodge
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleResponse to the Commentators, Part One
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleResponse to the Commentators, Part Two
This post is part of a roundtable discussion on two historiographic articles by Joseph Hodge published in recent issues of Humanity. For more about the roundtable and all currently available posts...
View ArticleTheses on Humanitarianism and Human Rights
What follows is the rough draft of some thoughts on the topic prompted by an exciting upcoming conference at George Washington University. 1. The almost universal tendency is to conflate the two...
View Article“Yet there is a Need”: Human Rights as an Intellectual Practice (Part 1)
This paper was first given at the Stockholm Conference on Human Rights, May 26, 2015. The second part will appear tomorrow. Like others here, I received a very kind invitation to participate in this...
View Article“Yet there is a Need”: Human Rights as an Intellectual Practice (Part 2)
This paper was first given at the Stockholm Conference on Human Rights, May 26, 2015. This concludes the post that appeared yesterday. For most of the critiques of human rights, the tragic flaw in the...
View ArticleJob Posting: Assistant Professor, Human Rights Institute and Department of...
http://web2.uconn.edu/uconnjobs/faculty/schools_colleges/clas.php Job Posting Title: Assistant Professor, Human Rights Institute and Department of History The Human Rights Institute and the Department...
View ArticleCall for Applications: Global Humanitarianism | Research Academy
International Research Academy on the History of Global Humanitarianism Academy Leaders: Fabian Klose (Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz) Johannes Paulmann (Leibniz Institute of European...
View ArticleHumanitarian Spaces: Three Concepts for a History (Part 1)
This is the first post in a series of three. Parts two and three will be published on subsequent days. In his book Empire of Humanity, Michael Barnett outlines some of the strengths and contradictions...
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