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Conference Convenors:Professor Melanie OppenheimerProfessor of History, Flinders Universitymelanie.oppenheimer@flinders.edu.auProfessor Neville WylieProfessor of International Political History, University of Nottingham, UKneville.wylie@nottingham.ac.ukDr Christine Winter ARC Future FellowUniversity of Sydney, Australiachristine.winter@sydney.edu.auDr James CrosslandSenior Lecturer in International History, Liverpool John Moores University UKJ.N.Crossland@ljmu.ac.ukThis conference acknowledges the growing number of historians and researchers working in the rapidly expanding area of the history of the international Red Cross Movement. With its origins in the mid-nineteenth century, this global humanitarian organisation includes the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) originally formed in Geneva in 1863, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) created in 1919, as well as the 189 (at last count) national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.The convenors seek to bring together scholars and those interested in the Red Cross Movement from around the world to explore a number of themes that related to the historical development of this large, multifaceted, complex organisation. More information can be found here: http://redcrosshistoryconference.com.au/