{"title": "Humanitarian Assistance in International Law: book talk and discussion", "start": "2026-11-09T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T18:00:00Z", "place": "Hong Kong Alumni Room (Room 221), Bentham House", "address": "4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG, United Kingdom", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "society/law"], "description": "A book talk and discussion marking the publication of Humanitarian Assistance in International Law. Author Marina Sharpe presents the book, exploring how international law shapes humanitarian assistance during conflict, disaster and displacement, followed by expert discussants Yulia Ioffe and Marc DuBois reflecting on its findings and an audience discussion, with a drinks reception afterwards. It is free to attend and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/humanitarian-assistance-in-international-law-book-talk-and-d-136889/", "official_url": "https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/nov/humanitarian-assistance-international-law-book-talk-and-discussion", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-09T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T18:00:00Z", "place": "Hong Kong Alumni Room (Room 221), Bentham House", "address": "4-8 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG, United Kingdom", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "IGHI Special Lecture 2026: Global Challenges, Human Solutions", "start": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/humanitarian"], "description": "A special lecture hosted in person and online, open to all with advance registration. 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The talk also looks at where academic institutions can contribute to humanitarian medicine.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ighi-special-lecture-2026-global-challenges-human-solutions-74067/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213463/ighi-special-lecture-2026-global-challenges-human-solutions/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bedfc8984c5a29d014c9fd68eb0bf33fde754c8abbc982bcb706a7229e9aa57f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "MEDICINE IN CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTER: SHOULD IT BE A SUBJECT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM?", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Medical Society of London", "address": "Chandos Street 11, W1G 9DQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine", "society/conflict"], "description": "An Ordinary Meeting of the Medical Society of London, a talk titled \"MEDICINE IN CONFLICT AND NATURAL DISASTER: SHOULD IT BE A SUBJECT IN THE UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM?\". It is given by Air Vice-Marshal Aroop Mozumder and asks whether medicine in conflict and natural disaster should be a subject in the undergraduate medical curriculum.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/medicine-in-conflict-and-natural-disaster-should-it-be-a-sub-41691/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Book launch: Escaping the Conflict Trap?", "start": "2026-11-09T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "King's College London, Strand Campus", "address": "Strand, WC2R 2LS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/africa", "literature"], "description": "A book launch at King's College London's Strand Campus for 'Escaping the Conflict Trap?: Seeking Stability in Liberia and Sierra Leone'. It is hosted by the Africa Research Group, with Alan Doss and David Harris discussing the book they wrote together. Drawing on his experience as a practitioner and his as an academic, they explore the peace processes in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the actors involved and the factors that shaped peacebuilding, comparing the two with the Democratic Republic of Congo. A panel with Mats Berdal, Felix Marco Conteh and chair Kieran Mitton follows, ending with questions from the audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/book-launch-escaping-the-conflict-trap-80732/", "official_url": "https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-launch-escaping-the-conflict-trap", "image": ""}, {"title": "Book launch: 'Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power'", "start": "2026-11-10T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "SOAS University of London", "address": "10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG London", "price": "Free to attend, but registration is required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "society/media"], "description": "A book launch for 'Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power', hosted by the SOAS Middle East Institute and the SOAS South Asia Institute at SOAS University of London. The book, published by Duke University Press, is edited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews and offers cross-disciplinary, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan, focusing on the US intervention that began in 2001. Contributors Dawood Azami, Marya Hannun and Wazhmah Osman will discuss media narratives, information warfare and knowledge production, and how visual tropes and ideologies shape portrayals of Afghanistan. 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Drawing on NGO reports, first-hand observations and refugee testimonies, he examines conditions in Poland's migrant detention centres following the refugee crisis at the country's eastern border. The lecture offers a critical perspective on detention, border control and human rights in contemporary Europe. 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It is presented by Visible Justice, the ICA Research Collective in Residence, as part of their year-long residency at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/visible-justice-anatomies-of-disappearance-diana-matar-and-h-80693/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/talks/visible-justice-anatomies-of-disappearance", "image": "https://noky.io/images/24ced7b26267412544ae80a326f933ef8ac09b2dabfbbc9050dc23e33af85ce9-1200.webp"}]}