Revisiting British Humanitarianism: Three Life Stories
| Dates: | 21 November 2024 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 13:45 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | John Rylands Library |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, General public |
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In this online seminar, Bertrand Taithe and Flora Chatt will use items from collections in the University’s recently established Humanitarian Archive to illustrate the lives of three different British humanitarian actors, from Elizabeth Wilson, a ‘Huddersfield housewife’ who fundraised and travelled to support humanitarian causes in the 20th century, to Tony Redmond, an emergency medical doctor whose Manchester based ambulance organisation (SMART) became the UK’s Emergency Medical Team.
These stories, which give a different perspective to the official, institutional narratives of organisational humanitarian archives, show how humanitarian work shapes and is shaped by the motivations of those who perform it.
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