International Workshop
Rethinking Humanitarian Actors
Programme 6 March 2026
09:30-17:00
Folkehyset, 17 Elvegata
09:30–10:00
Coffee and welcome
10:00–11:15 – First session (1h 15min) – Chair Madeleine Dungy
- Elisabeth Piller (University of Freiburg), Anti-blockade activists in the era of the world wars and the making of a generation of humanitarians
- Daniel Maul, (University of Oslo), Elisabeth Rotten (1882-1964), Swiss-German humanitarian, educational reformer and Quaker
11:15–11:30 – Break (15 min)
11:30–12:45 – Second session – Chair Elisabeth Piller
- Francesca Piana (University of Trento), Suzanne Ferrière and evolving ideas about humanitarian work
- Patrick Houlihan (Trinity College Dublin, Irish-American Catholic humanitarians with War Relief Services/Catholic Relief Services during WWII
12:45–13:30 – Lunch
13:30–14:45 – Third session – Chair Grazia Sciacchitano
- Margot Tudor (University of London) Becoming A Moral Force: Blurring Humanitarian and Military Identities on the Frontlines of UN Peacekeeping
- Kalliopi Geronymaki (University of Florence) Where did Humanitarianism and Political Freedoms Intersect? A Transnational Gaze on Amalia Fleming’s Life (1912-1986)
14:45–15:00 – Break
15:00–16:15 – Fourth session Chair – Chair Silvia Salvatici
- Grazia Sciacchitano (University of Florence, NTNU), Politics and Aid: Elena Flores and the Social-Democratic Support for Democracy in 1980s Latin America
- Madeleine Dungy (NTNU), Marcelle Trillat and the Institutionalization of Migrant Integration in France and the EEC
16:15–17:00 – Concluding Discussion