Humanitarianism in Times of War 1914-2012

Humanitarianism in Times of War 1914-2012

Veranstalter
Daniel Maul (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen); Dietmar Süß (Friedrich-Schiller-Universit Jena); Jena Center Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Veranstaltungsort
Internationales Begegnungszentrum – Alexander von Humboldt – Haus, Gießen, Rathenaustrasse 24A
Ort
Gießen
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
11.10.2012 - 13.10.2012
Deadline
05.10.2012
Website
Von
Dietmar Süß

The conference aims to examine the closely interrelated and somewhat parallel history of war and humanitarianism. From the Crimea and Solferino through the two World Wars to Biafra and Vietnam, wars have prompted humanitarian aid on an international scale. In fact, some of the most important humanitarian organizations share this background, the International Red Cross being but the most prominent example. Humanitarian action has become an ever more integral element of modern warfare, and as such has entered the realms of international relations and international law.

Recent debates on the legitimacy of „humanitarian interventions“, and the ongoing debate over the extent of the neutrality of humanitarian actors, underscore the unresolved tensions that have characterized the relationship between war and humanitarianism from the very beginning.

The workshop will explore the relationship between war and humanitarianism especially after World War I. It debates the practice of aid and the ways in which humanitarian aid has been perceived by and transmitted to the “home front” in the long 20th century. The papers investigate the role of the media, the relationship between humanitarian actors and other parties to conflicts, the changing character of war, prisoners of war, and the “new” humanitarianism after 1945 to the present.

If you are interested in attending, please register with us in advance by October 5th, sending an e-mail to: humanitarianismandwar2012@gmx.de

Mit Unterstützung der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung

Programm

Thursday, 11 October
2.00 – 2.15 p.m. Introduction:
Daniel Maul (Gießen)/Dietmar Süß (Jena)

2.15 – 4.00 p.m. Panel I: Impulses

Davide Rodogno (Geneva)
Dietmar Süß (Jena)
Bertrand Taithe (Manchester)

4.30 – 7.00 p.m. Panel II: Civilizing War: The International Red Cross Movement:

Chair: Annette Weinke (Jena)

Daniel Palmieri (ICRC, Geneva): Humanitarianism After War: The
Example of the ICRC, 1918-1925

Esther Möller (Mainz): Non-European Humanitarian Aid in Times of
War: The Red Crescent Societies 1868-1930

Aelwen Wetherby (Oxford): Medical Activism and the Limits of
Neutrality: The American Red Cross and American Wartime Medical
Relief to Spain and China, 1936-1940

Jennifer Johnson Onyedum (New York): The Humanitarian Tie that
Binds: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Algerian Red Crescent, 1954-1962

Commentator: Jan Eckel (Freiburg)

Friday, 12 October

9:00 – 12:00 a.m. Panel III:
Facing the Consequences of War –
Humanitarian Action Between Voluntary Agencies, the
State and the Military

Chair: Dirk van Laak (Gießen)

Heike Wieters (Berlin): From the Korean Conflict to Vietnam War: American Voluntary Agencies as Civil Advocates of U.S. Foreign Policy Objectives?

Miriam Rürup (Hamburg): "The problem can be solved - if it is
shared": The Issue of Statelessness in Europe after Two World Wars

Jennifer Rodgers (Philadelphia): “Serving Primarily
Humanitarian Purposes”? Refugee Tracing in the Cold War Era

Commentator: Patricia Clavin (Oxford)

2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Panel IV:
Representing War and Humanitarianism – The Role of the Media

Chair: Peter Hoeres (Gießen/Mainz)

Francisco Martinez-Antonio (Madrid): News and Beyond: Public Impact and Humanitarian Involvement of International War Correspondents during the Rif War

Annette Vowinckel (Potsdam): Photojournalism as Humanitarian Action

Julia Irwin (Tampa): Visual Media and the Construction of U.S.
Humanitarian Obligation in the First World War Era

Commentator: Volker Barth (Köln)

4.30 – 6.30 p.m. Panel V:
Humanitarianism and Prisoners of War

Chair: Jost Dülffer (Köln)

Fabien Theofilakis (Paris-Nanterre/Augsburg): Red Cross coping with
the German Captivity in France (1944-1948): A Second Solferino?

Julia Walleczek-Fritz (Innsbruck): Humanitarianism with Handicaps. Neutral
States, Humanitarian Organizations and their POW Relief in Austria-
Hungary 1914-1918

Brian Feltman (Statesboro): “Denkt an unsere
armen Gefangenen”: Humanitarian Aid for German Prisoners of the
Great War, 1914-1920

Commentator: Hubertus Büschel (Gießen)

Saturday, 13 October
09.00– 12.30 a.m.

Panel VI: New Wars, New Humanitarianism: Post 1945

Chair: Norbert Frei (Jena)

Silvia Salvatici (Teramo): An Army without Weapons. UNRRA Relief
Officers in Europe

Young-Sun Hong (New York): From the Korean War to the Congo
Crisis: Humanitarian Crisis and the International Humanitarian Regime,
1950-1960

Florian Hannig (Halle): The Biafran War or when International
Humanitarianism became Global – a West German Perspective

Michael Vössing (Mainz): Captives of the Vietcong: The West-German Malteser Hilfsdienst in South-Vietnam (1966-1975) and the risks for Humanitarian actors in war zones

Commentator: Alexander Nützenadel (Berlin)

Concluding Discussion

Kontakt

Daniel Maul

Justus-Liebig-Universit Gießen, Historisches Institut, Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10C

humanitarianismandwar2012@gmx.de


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