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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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The Second Sentence: Obstacles to Public Housing in New York City for Women with Criminal Records
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Bottle Collectors: An “invisible minority” in Kongens Have?
Senior Fellows Laura Hanson and Lea Olsen conducted an ethnographic case study on bottle collectors in Kongens Have, a park in Copenhagen, and explains how they act as a microcosm of Danish society.
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Divorced From Reality: The True Impact of Denmark’s 24 Year-Old Rule
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LONSDALE Gone, Racism Solved? LONSDALE Youth and the Police
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The Rainbow Crescent: the Integration of the Gay Turkish Community in Germany
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A Question of Culture and Belonging: Identity and Integration in Denmark
Senior Fellows Ilham Ali, Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul and Mark Kharas discuss the tug-of-war immigrants face in trying to cultivate an identity while integrating in Denmark.
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Religion and Human Rights in Europe
Europeans may continue to use terms like “human rights” and human dignity,” which are rooted in the Christian values of their civilization, but few of them could give a coherent account of why they continue to believe in such things.
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Facing the Past to Liberate the Future: Colonial Africa in the German Mind
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.