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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Behind the Headlines | Humanitarianism in Crisis?
Description: Recorded December 11, 2024.
As humanitarian crises play out across our devices and screens, our latest ‘Behind the Headlines’ panel will explore the changing mandate for humanitarianism. Bringing together world experts, including our academic partners at Boston College, we ask: what is a humanitarian mission, and how has it evolved in view of past and current global conflicts, climate catastrophe, or the shifting terms of refugee and migrant rights? And, what is the role and reach of the university in responding to the challenge of restoring social trust in humanitarian initiatives?
Speakers and topics:
Religious humanitarianism during the World Wars
Patrick J. Houl...