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Our Programs
Humanity in Action develops international educational programs for university students and young professionals. Our objective is to promote a dialogue about understanding and responding to the challenges that democratic countries face as they become more diverse societies. Our programs explore past and present examples of resistance to intolerance, with a goal of encouraging future leaders to be engaged citizens and responsible decision makers.
The HIA Fellowship
HIA Fellowship Programs in Europe
The HIA Fellowship brings together international groups of Fellows to study minority rights and produce original research exploring how and why individuals and societies, past and present, have resisted intolerance and protected democratic values. Separate programs take place for five weeks every summer in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, and Warsaw.
Program Dates
June 1 to July 1, 2012: Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Paris
June 25 to July 22, 2012: Warsaw
Eligibility
Students and recent graduates from universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States
What they're saying:
- Amy Larsen, 2009 Fellow
The HIA Conference
HIA International Conference
The HIA Conference presents interdisciplinary lectures, workshops and interactive discussion groups led by provocative speakers and display presentations of grassroots projects that demonstrate how Senior Fellows are resisting intolerance and injustice.
When: June 28 - July 1, 2012
Where: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
HIA Professional Fellowships
HIA creates professional opportunities for HIA Senior Fellows, the alumni of the HIA Fellowship who remain engaged with HIA and its mission. Professional fellowships are opportunities to gain experience in policy-making, advocacy and social entrepreneurship.
Lantos-HIA Congressional Fellowship |
Pat Cox-HIA Fellowship |
San Francisco Grassroots Fellowship |
This program brings outstanding university students and young professionals to Washington, DC for four-month fellowships in the U.S. Congress. |
This three-month fellowship provides a unique opportunity for HIA Senior Fellows to gain professional experience working in the European Parliament in Brussels. |
In this program, HIA Senior Fellows from around the world are placed at leading, innovative NGOs and civic institutions in San Francisco for four-month fellowships. |
Seminars, Study Trips & Workshops
Further Learning Opportunities
HIA organizes international seminars, study trips, lectures and trainings for the HIA network and the broader public. These programs promote sustained engagement in HIA issues such as human rights and civic engagement.
Recent programs include:
- European Partnership on Law-Related Education
- European Partnership on Overcoming Group-Focused Hostility
- EUTRA: European Transitions from Dictatorship to Democracy in the Late 1980s
- Grants for Senior Fellows
- Relevance of the Holocaust Program
- 1989 Regime Changes in Europe
- Exploring Diversity in France
- Five years into the Decade for Roma Inclusion, what do Europeans know about their Roma minorities?
- New York Conference
