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January 2025

Newsletter of the Foundation

N°12

Special History Edition

 

Happy new year to all our readers!

To get the year off to a good start, discover this new issue of the Letter of the Foundation. It includes:

  • a special ‘history’ report to help you understand how this discipline is essential to understanding the current challenges of humanitarian and social action
  • a focus on the French Red Cross ‘Repair Lab Humanitaire Itinérant’ programme, with two interviews, one with a practitioner and the other with a researcher
  • and a review of all the latest events organised by the Foundation.

Enjoy your reading!

Bringing history to the present: an essential discipline for advancing humanitarian action

2 January 2025

History at the service of humanitarian and social action: the vision of three humanitarian historians

A discussion with three humanitarian historians on how history can guide organizations toward deeper reflections and necessary transformations in response to current challenges

3 January 2025

Archives, an essential resource for historians’ work ? 3 questions for the Head of Archives at the French Red Cross

An interview with Virginie Alauzet, head of the document and archives management system at the French Red Cross, discussing the essential role of archives in supporting historians and how they contribute to understanding and addressing contemporary humanitarian challenges

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3 January 2025

“Understanding the beneficial effects of the act of repair”

A conversation with Louise Brosset, initiator and coordinator of the Mobile Humanitarian Repair Lab project within the French Red Cross in Montpellier

7 January 2025

“Unlocking the empowering and even restorative potential of repair workshops”

A closer look at the research of anthropologist Jérémie Grojnowski, who is studying the benefits of the French Red Cross’s mobile repair workshops

Actualités

30 May 2024

How can the Humanities help humanitarian action? Joël Glasman’s presentation at the French Red Cross Campus

A summary of historian Joël Glasman’s talk as part of the Foundation’s Culture and Research Break at the Red Cross Campus on May 23, 2024.

28 June 2024

“1919: The public health turning point and the remarkable expansion of the Red Cross” : Historian Romain Fathi talks about the evolution of the Red Cross Movement

Discover how the Red Cross revised its priorities in the post-World War I era, avoiding the demobilization of its volunteers

19 November 2024

2024 Research Awards : three laureates with exemplary careers

The Foundation awarded its 2024 Research Prizes on November 13 during its Annual Meetings. Three exemplary laureates were honored in three categories

16 December 2024

Reviewing the conference : “Music and international humanitarian law – Exploring connections, inspiring resonances”

Review of the Special Evening “Music and IHL” at Sciences Po Celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the French Red Cross

9 December 2024

Looking Back at the 4th Edition of the Foundation’s “Rencontres”: “Knowledge(s) in Action”

A look back at the Foundation’s 2024 Rencontres and the lively discussions between practitioners and researchers on current humanitarian challenges

23 December 2024

The “Off” session of the Rencontres : rethinking refugee reception in France – Lessons from Ukrainian exiles

The “Off” event of the 2024 Foundation Meetings focused on rethinking refugee reception in France, drawing lessons from Ukrainian exiles through expert discussions on governance, health, and housing

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