From the transfer of ideas and people across borders through the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine civilizations to today's large-scale distress migration, Greece is an important location for studying the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of mobility in the Eastern Mediterranean. In this year's Worldwide Week at Harvard, the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, in cooperation with the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, the Department of History of…

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In partnership with Harvard Public Health magazine, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights will host a free, in-person symposium at Harvard University’s Martin Center. Throughout the day, we will be examining the challenging question of how to redress centuries of anti-Black racism – and how to ensure that reparations are designed with the long-term health of Black communities and individuals in mind. Speakers will bring a wide range…

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This event will entail a fireside chat led by Dr. Brittney Butler, PhD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University and will focus on how carceral states undermine reproductive justice rights for birthing people in the U.S. During our time we will use a critical and interdisciplinary lens to understand what can be done to mitigate the harms of these systems for…

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The Health and Human Rights Journal has recently published a special section on the Palestinian right to health aiming to explore the conceptual and material connections between settler colonialism, structural racism, and human rights approaches to Palestinian health. Please join the editors and authors as they engage in discussions on their paper contributions to this special edition. Introductory Remarks: Dr. Carmel Williams is the executive editor of Health and Human Rights,…

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Join this event hosted by the Harvard Scholars at Risk (SAR) Program, Heal Ukraine Group (HUG), and the Global Medical Knowledge Alliance (GMKA) in collaboration with Harvard Medical School affiliated physicians and scientists. Ukrainian clinicians participating in the SAR program at MGH and BWH currently, will discuss their work in healthcare in Ukraine, the needs of the country's healthcare system and ongoing challenges. Panel of Visiting Scholars: Sofiya Hrechukh, MD…

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Conference Dates: June 1-2, 2023 Proposal submission deadline: February 26, 2023 Location: Central European University, Vienna and online The Romani Studies Program and the Environmental and Social Justice Action Research Group at Central European University, the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, in cooperation with the Critical Romani Studies Department at Södertörn University and the European Institute for Arts and Culture are pleased…

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Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023 (All day) to Friday, March 24, 2023 (All day) Location: Thompson Room (Barker Center 110) In the fall of 1972, the men incarcerated at the state prison in Walpole, Massachusetts organized themselves into a labor union—the National Prisoners Reform Association (NPRA). In March of 1973, when Walpole’s guards went on strike, the NPRA took over the prison and ran it peacefully for two months. Seizing on the…

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