coming out in September - ToC & introduction already available.

press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

I am in #Salzburg for The Wilson Center Cold War Project coloc on the history of American #ColdWar era #humanitarian org CARE (care.org) #International . We discuss our future publications. #CARE archives are at NY Public Library. Read and join our team here.
wilsoncenter.org/care-internati…

Check our new SHA writing group program! The program connects members at all stages of their writing projects connect with other writers in virtual writing groups. Our first deadline is June 1. 

For more information: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Reminder: SHAFR is seeking nominations for several elected positions. Please consider nominating a colleague (or yourself). Nominations are due June 24 and should be emailed to members of the nominating committee. More info below.

And here’s the last piece of our special issue on blockade (my own 🙆‍♀️). An effort to think the two Allied blockades of Europe together and determine their impact on the practice of humanitarian corridors and modern food aid. doi.org/10.1080/070753…

Grad students studying US foreign relations or international history, please consider running for SHAFR Council! I’m chair of the Nominating Committee this year — please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about serving on Council or the nomination process.

Wrote a little something about why aid works and why it matters TIMEHistory

The Berlin Airlift’s Lesson for Today

ti.me/3VbP9Gf

My chapter on Oxfam, solidarity and the politicization of development in 1980s Central America is now available (and open access!) in the Yearbook for the History of Global Development.
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Anyone at NARA College Park this summer with a little extra time on their hands? Looking for a paid research assistant to finish up some loose ends there. Please forward! Thanks so much!

Happy end of the academic year!

Read Marc Reyes in conversation with J Sarkar on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of India’s peaceful nuclear explosion.
toynbeeprize.org/posts/the-fift…

There are no strategic raw materials (🥲) in this addition to our special issue The International History Review Journal by Samuël Kruizinga but lots of diplomatic intrigue and smart thoughts about how to navigate neutrality and humanitarian sentiment in total war! doi.org/10.1080/070753…

Nice write-up of the Venice NIEO conference by Nils Gilman:
The New International Economic Order: Lessons and Legacies Fifty Years Later berggruen.org/news/the-new-i… vía Berggruen Institute

Had a great time talking with Chris Tounsel about his fantastic new book. Check it out!

Submissions are open❗
Journal of Disaster Studies is co-edited by HSC Senior Researcher KZ Canete as well as Prof Ksenia Chmutina Kim Fortun Julia Irwin Jacob Remes Monica Sanders

🔗 More information: bit.ly/4bnY6kI

I am in serious need of registration desk volunteers SHAFR Conference in Toronto this June. Give us 3 hours of your time, we comp registration. It's a great way to meet people, save money, and help out. Please share widely! #SHAFR2024

#twitterstorians I need your help. Do you know of any literature that deals with the verification/examination of the political reliability of humanitarian actors/organisations by the state during the First World War? Rt welcome Elisabeth Piller Melanie Oppenheimer Eleanor Davey

Book description up ! Ultimately, this is a case study on how foreign aid reinforced local structures of power and how recipients (or those claiming to speak for them) used humanitarianism/philanthropy to sustain and accelerate state building projects. sup.org/books/title/?i…