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Dear colleagues, We are thrilled to share the program of the AHN kickoff workshop “Intersections of Humanitarianism”. The workshop is organized by EASA's Anthropology of Humanitarianism Network (AHN) in cooperation with the Centre for Global Migration Studies Goettingen (CeMIG). It is supported by the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Council for European Studies at Columbia University, EASA, and CeMIG. If you wish to join the workshop for the discussions, please register by 28 October by sending an email to cemig(at)uni-goettingen.de. No registration is necessary for attending the keynote lecture. The program is also available here: https://www.easaonline.org/networks/ahn/events.shtml and here: https://ahneasa.wordpress.com/ *Intersections of HumanitarianismAHN kickoff workshopConvention Centre by the Observatory, Goettingen* *Friday, 01 November*Arrival until 16h 16:00-17:00 Registration 17:00-18:00 Opening of the workshop *Welcome*Sabine Hess (Georg-August University) and Jens Adam (Georg-August University) *Anthropology of Humanitarianism Network*Carna Brkovic (Georg-August University) and Antonio De Lauri (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen) 18:00-19:30 *Keynote talkElizabeth C. Dunn (Indiana University, Bloomington): “Infrastructures of Refugee Arrival”* 20:00 Dinner at the restaurant “Apex Kultur”, Burgstr. 46 *Saturday, 02 November* *09:00-10:45 Intersections between Humanitarianism, Voluntarism, and Activism*Discussant: Sabine Hess (University of Goettingen) Marie Sandberg (University of Copenhagen) and Synnøve Bendixsen (University of Bergen): “Researching Volunteers Beyond Humanitarianism: Doubt, Complexities of Hope and Melancholia” Tess Altmann (University of Southampton): “Healing Charity’s Wounds? Fairness, Gifting and Making Exceptions in an Australian Humanitarian Foodbank” Marijana Hamersak (Institute of Ethnology and Foklore Research): “Humanitarianism and Activism: Reporting Push-Backs at the Balkan Route” Ildiko Zakarias (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Margit Feischmidt (Hungarian Academy of Sciences): “Refugee Solidarity Beyond Voluntary Initiatives: Limitations and Potentials” *10:45-11:15 Coffee break* *11:15-13:00 Scaling Humanitarianism*Discussant: Carna Brkovic (University of Goettingen) Anne-Meike Fechter (University of Sussex): “‘Every Person Counts’: The Problem of Scale in Everyday Humanitarianism” Robin Vandevoordt (University of Oxford): “Subversive Humanitarianism. Rethinking Refugee Solidarity Through Grass-Roots Initiatives” Tom Widger (Durham University): “The humanitarian poor: Poverty, Charity, and Community in Sri Lanka” Jan Grill (University of Valle): “Encountering Compassion. Venezuelan Migrants and Emerging Forms of Humanitarianism in Colombia” *13:00-14:00 Buffet lunch* *14:00-15:30 Humanitarianism and Militarization*Discussant: Antonio De Lauri (Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen) Luisa Enria (University of Bath): “‘Like January 6th’: Humanitarianism and Militarisation in Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak” Pınar H. Şenoğuz (University of Goettingen), Ignacio Fradejas-García (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Covagonda Murias Quintana: “Borders, Infrastructures and Imaginations of Humanitarian Remoteness in Syrian Crisis” Andrea Steinke (Free University Berlin): “Humanitarianism, Development and Security: MINUSTAH and the Triple Nexus in Haiti” *15:30-16:00 Coffee break* *16:00-17:30 Contemporary Experiments with Humanitarianism: Exploring the Role of Consultants and Experts (roundtable)*Discussant: Michi Knecht (University of Bremen) Valeria Hänsel (University of Goettingen) Hendrik Simon (IUVENTA Solidarity-At-Sea) Shakira Bedoya (Danske Bank & ISO) *Sunday, 03 November* *09:00-10:45 Intersections Between Humanitarianism and Religion*Discussant: Anne-Meike Fechter (University of Sussex) Till Mostowlansky (The Graduate Institute Geneva): “Humanitarianism and Muslim Networks in High Asia” Ela Drazkiewicz (Maynooth University): “Moral Economy of Foreign aid: The Catholic Dimension of Polish aid” Alexander Horstmann (Tallin University): “An American Hero: Faith-Based Emergency Health Care in Karen State, Myanmar” Emina Osmandzikovic: “Experience from the Field: Humanitarian Assistance and Islam in Saudi Arabia” *10:45-11:15 coffee break* *11:15-13:00 Intersections Between Humanitarianism, Human Rights, and the State*Discussant: Jens Adam (University of Goettingen) Jessica Greenberg (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): “Sovereign Bodies: Evidence, Jurisdiction and State Responsibility at the European Court of Human Rights” Tomas Ledvinka (Charles University): “Negotiating ‘Traditional identity’ in Re-Localised Humanitarian Space: The Orientalisation of Yemeni Immigrants in the Contemporary Czech Asylum Regime” Eda Sevinin (Central European University): “Upholding Statist Discourses Through Benevolence: Material and Discursive Practices of Islamically-Oriented Humanitarian Networks in Turkey” Susanne Schmelter (University of Goettingen): “Migration Struggles along the Humanitarian Border. Syrian Displacement in Lebanon and Ways to Travel to Europe” *Buffet lunch: 13:00-14:00* *14:00-15:45 (Decolonizing) Transnational Humanitarianism*Discussant: Ela Drazkiewicz (University of Maynooth) Yasin Emre Kucukkaya (Middle East Technical Uni METU): “Decolonizing the Transnational Humanitarian Governance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Program in Turkey” Maria Lidola (University of Konstanz): “Beyond Duty, Solidarity and Crisis: Care, Temporality and Sensitive Encounters in Cuba’s International Medical Cooperation with Brazil” Romana Pozniak (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research): “Autoethnography of Humanitarian Work – Between Voluntarism, Humanitarianism and Research “ Ekatherina Zhukova (University of Copenhagen): “Private Humanitarian Responses to Disaster Vulnerabilities: The Chernobyl Children from Belarus in Italy” *15:45-16:15 Coffee break* 16:15-17:30 Future of the AHN: synergies, panels, publications, research projects, meetings Chairs: Carna Brkovic (Georg-August University), Antonio De Lauri (Chr. 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