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In response to the Haiti earthquake disaster, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is playing a lead role in supporting the coordination of the Harvard-wide response including that of the Harvard-affiliated hospitals within Partners Health Care System. By leveraging HHI’s unique position as an academic and research center with long-standing ties to leading medical and public health personnel, HHI has been able to facilitate the deployment of more than 70 surgeons, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists and nurses to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.

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Undergraduate Courses Taught by HHI Faculty

  • Freshman Seminar on "Human Rights in Peace and War"
    Catalog Number: 8408 Enrollment: Limited to 12.
    Jennifer Leaning (Public Health, Medical School) and Jacqueline Bhabha (FAS, Law School)
    Half course (fall term). W., 3–5.
    Studies how human rights perspective illuminates relations between state authority and individuals and defines standards of behavior that societies agree to aspire to reach. Topics include the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, rights in political and economic spheres, the rights of women, children, and refugees, international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and the state, regional, and international processes and structures that establish and monitor the regime of international human rights law.
    Note: Meets at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Open to Freshmen only.
  • Junior Seminar on "Environmental Crises and Population Flight"
    Catalog Number: 9841
    Jennifer Leaning (Public Health, Medical School)
    Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4.
    War, disaster, drought, or famine force people to flee their land. The humanitarian consequences of this loss of place and livelihood are filled with complexity, relating to the extent and permanence of environmental destruction wrought by these crises, people's attachment to their homes and ecosystems, the circumstances of departure, the destinations of refuge, and the possibilities for return. These issues will be examined through case studies and review of literature on forced migration and calamity.

 

Humanitarian Studies Course Guide

To download HHI's Humanitarian Studies Course Guide for the 2009-2010 academic year, which contains additional relevant course offerings in humanitarian studies within the Faculty of Arts & Science, click here.

 

Useful Links for Undergraduates

  • Harvard Departments & Research Centers
  • Student Groups
    • Harvard College Friends of Physicians for Human Rights
    • Harvard College Social Enterprise Club
    • Harvard Undergraduate Global Health Forum
    • Harvard Darfur Action Group
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    • Harvard Friends of the American Red Cross
    • Harvard Friends of Amnesty International
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    • Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children - Harvard College
    • Reconstructive Relief
    • Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition

 

Educational Programs Contact:

Vincenzo Bollettino
Phone: 617-384-8368
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