‘Global Health: On the Racial Immunologics of Humanitarian Organizations’ is the second seminar of our 2021/22 series. The session included a discussion with Adia Benton, who expands on a theory of racial immunologics introduced in her essay, “Racial immunologics and the Ebola Response in West Africa,” to further
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https://youtu.be/D8zdNaOWyNM ‘Real Talk: Afghanistan Beyond Geo-politics and States’ is the first seminar of our 2021/22 series. The session included a discussion with Dr. Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Dr. Homira May Rezai and Dr. Mariam Safi, experts in conflict, communities and marginalised populations in Afghanistan. The seminar was followed by
‘The realities of Covid-19 in Yemen, 10 years after the Arab Spring’ is the second webinar of our 2020/21 Seminar series. The session included a discussion with Abdi Ismail about the effect of Covid-19, the continuing humanitarian crisis and how the international community is combating the conflict. Followed
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In today’s post, Tayba Ahmed, a present a VCD student sat with a former VCD alumnus to discuss their experiences working in the humanitarian sector. Naturally, the discussion turned into a Q&A, centred on some of the developmental perks and challenges of working for both bigger organisations and
In the fifth episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Ellen Goodwin about her PhD research exploring the potentials of promoting local, inter-religious cooperation to build resilience in fragile contexts. Ellen is currently researching at SOAS, in conjunction with World Vision UK. We
In the fourth episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Dr. Claudia Seymour about her book: ‘The Myth of International Protection, War and Survival in the Congo’. Dr. Seymour’s book presents a highly engaging, and very readable, amalgamation of her own experiences working
In the third episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with SOAS’s Professor Steve Hopgood about his latest article: ‘When the Music Stops, Humanitarianism in a Post Liberal World Order’. Amidst a shifting away from a liberal world order, most notably exemplified by the rise
In this video Ellen Goodwin discusses elements of her PhD research at SOAS, where she explores the role of inter-religious action in humanitarian interventions. She highlights the historical role that religious actors have played in humanitarian interventions and more broadly the developmental sector by addressing two fundamental questions:
The second episode of the Humanitarian Hub Podcast, is now live! In this episode of the SOAS Humanitarian Hub Podcast, Jake Tacchi talks with Amy Joce, a 3rd year undergraduate student at SOAS. Amy, who was studying Development Studies, has just completed a dissertation exploring sexual exploitation within