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Interview Ai WeiWei
Humanity in Action is pleased to share a 32 minute video of an hour-long conversation on the role of art and organizations like Humanity in Action in upholding civil democracies and humanity in our current, turbulent times with Judith Goldstein and the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at his studio in Berlin.
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Politics of Invisibility: The Political Underrepresentation of Chinese Communities in France
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Why not? A Critical Look at Upward Mobility Within Berlin's Impermeable Education System
This article analyses the impact of the German education system on upward mobility, more specifically its tier track system. Berlin served as the case study for the three authors.
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Justice or Revenge? The Human Rights Implications of Lustration in Poland
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“Something’s Missing in Germany”: An Exploration of Discriminatory Terminology In German Discourse
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Harlem’s Little Senegal: A Shelter or a Home? A Conversation with Senegalese Immigrants in New York City
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The Politics & Efficacy of Bilingual & ESL Education in New York City: Exploring the Challenges of English Language Learners
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It is not Pretty Woman: Rethinking Sex Work Stereotypes
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One Home One Dream: Exploring Tibetan Diaspora in New York City
Senior Fellows Kinga Brudińska, Chloé Choquier, and Michael Keller discuss the unique community of Tibetans in New York.
Humanity in Action Press
Discover some of the publications from our in-house publisher:
On People with Disabilities
What would happen if Hermione Granger was a girl with a disability? Why is disability is rarely discussed in terms of diversity? Who are people with disabilities?
Pre-Genocide - Warnings and Readiness to Protect
An anthology of personal interpretations, by researchers and writers, about alarm bells and the readiness to protect prior to genocides. The essays in this volume focus on the 1930s before the Holocaust in Germany, Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark - as well as the years before the genocides in Armenia, Cambodia, Kurdistan, Rwanda and Bosnia.
Shifting Paradigms: Humanity in Action Senior Fellows on Policy and Pluralism Across Borders
Shifting Paradigms is a volume of diverse articles on cross-border policy and pluralism written by Humanity in Action Senior Fellows.
Two Trees in Jerusalem
Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen in her touching account "Two Trees in Jerusalem" tells about the resistance of her parents, Donata and Eberhard Helmrich, against the horrors of National Socialism.
Transatlantic Perspectives on Diplomacy and Diversity
Recognizing the intensification of transnational conflicts that both violently divide and intimately link our global communities, this book is a collection of diverse essays, which tackle international relations and migration.
Reflections on the Holocaust
The first book published by Humanity in Action, Reflections on the Holocaust is a collection of essays from Humanity in Action Fellows, Senior Fellows, Board members and lecturers from 1997 to 2010.