Bertrand Taithe
Director of research
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute University of Manchester
| Location | Holmfirth, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Gender and Title | Male, Professor |
| bertrand.taithe@manchester.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 07703337167 |
| Website | https://hcri.ac.uk |
| Bio | Bertrand Taithe is professor of Cultural History at the University of Manchester and a founder member of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute. He works on the history of humanitarian aid and of its representations. His most recent articles and books include L’Humanitaire s’exhibe – The Humanitarian Exhibition, Geneva, Georg, 2022; 2025, Humanitarian Handicraft: History, Materiality and Trade, 2025; Unpacking the Emergency Health Kit of International Humanitarian Medical Aid 1978-1990: How Humanitarian Standards and Supply Chains became Global. Journal of Global History, Sep 2025 co authored Maria Cullen, Janelle Winters; Making Hepatitis C history: Medecins sans frontières, hepatitis C and humanitarian Medicine in Cambodia, Social History of Medicine, submitted April 24, Bertrand Taithe, Mickael le Paih, DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkaf040 and Living Humanitarian Dreams: The Oneiric and spiritual Life and Activism of Elizabeth Wilson (1909-2000)" ,Journal of Cultural and Social History DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2022.2161806 and Moving on: remembering humanitarian aid and the shaping of normative experiences, Emotions: History, Culture, Society, 1-24. He is currently the principal investigator of the Wellcome discovery Award ‘Developing Humanitarian Medicine: from Alma Ata to Bio-Tech, a history of norms, knowledge production and care (1978-2020)’. See the full list of publications on: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/bertrand.taithe |
Expertise
| Expertise | Country | Affiliation | Local |
|---|---|---|---|
| History | Algeria, Cambodia, Cameroon, France | ||
| History of humanitarian aid | |||