Safe havens for human rights archives at risk in the MENA region

Human rights documentation is key for future dealing with the past processes. When it is at risk of destruction or alteration, security copies sometimes need to be placed in a safe haven abroad. Providing guidance to actors in the MENA region, the International Initiative for Safe Havens for Archives at Risk has issued the International Guiding Principles on Safe Havens for Archives at risk and other resources in Arabic.

CfP: The First World War in the Middle East: Aftermath and Legacies

The precarious geopolitical balance in the contemporary Middle East cannot be understood without considering the circumstances of Ottoman collapse during and immediately after the First World War. The dramatic implosion of this age-old imperium that, during the long nineteenth century, had uneasily struggled to ward off foreign imperial intrusion and lessen its dependence on European capital, was accompanied by unprecedented levels of (genocidal) violence, both on and off the battlefields.

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Online talk 'The nurse who became a spy: Madge Addy's war against fascism in Spain and France'

This Wednesday, 2 March at 2pm we welcome Chris Hall to speak on his new book The nurse who became a spy, about the remarkable Nurse Addy, who fought fascism in Spain and France 1937-1944. He will tell us about the life of Manchester's Madge Addy and how a truly international effort led to the uncovering of her hidden life story.