On 31 August 2023, the International Institute of Social Studies hosted the launch of the Humanitarian Studies Centre with a full-day opening event to ‘take stock of Humanitarian Studies’.
The day was intended to map humanitarian studies in the Netherlands and provide an opportunity for networking, with 36 presentations in different sessions showing the breadth and diversity of Humanitarian Studies.
In her opening speech, Professor Thea Hilhorst, who directs the Humanitarian Studies Centre, raised the question what humanitarian studies is.
Read the full text of Thea's speech in this blog post on ISS blog, BlISS, 'Launch of the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC): “Humanitarian Studies is about dignity and it is about humanity"', 4 September 2023
