Introduction to Humanitarian Action:
Theory and Application
HUAF 4001 L11
Session I, June 9-22
Lincoln Center: MTWThF, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
3 credits, van Tulleken, closed
Humanitarian action, that portion of international affairs which endeavors to relieve the suffering of populations in crisis, and its ideological counterpart, humanitarianism, are notions that cut across every aspect of contemporary life.  Fordham has long been a world leader in the academic study of humanitarianism and in professionalizing aid work, and this intensive two-week course aims to continue this essential process; to ask what it means to undertake humanitarian work, to understand how such work can be made more effective, and for whom, and to ask about the nature of suffering and oppression and our obligations to our fellow men.  

For more information on this program, please contact the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at iiha@fordham.edu or 212-636-7646.