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At St Antony's College Oxford, the Richard von Weizsäcker fellow organizes a conference on humanitarianism and aid. The meeting takes place at the European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, on 19 -20 June 2015. It focuses on the media as an essential feature of the history of humanitarianism. Contributors discuss both the role of the media in humanitarian activities, and the imagery produced in print or on screen. Scholars from history, media studies, and anthropology present recent research with a view on the visual discourse, the meanings and materiality of the images since the beginning of the 20th century. Critically considering the medialisation of the humanitarian, they analyse the interaction between humanitarian agencies and media actors.Speakers and topics:(Detailed Programme Hum &#38; Media 2015)Johannes Paulmann (Oxford/ Mainz)IntroductionI Humanitarian ImageryKatharina Stornig (Mainz)Promoting Distant Children in Need: Christian Imagery in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturiesRose Holmes (Sussex)'Make the situation real to us without stressing the horrors': Children, photography and British humanitarianism in the Spanish Civil WarDaniel Palmieri (ICRC, Geneva)Humanitarianism on the Screen: The ICRC Films from the 1920's to the 1960'sUlrike Weckel (Gießen)‘People who once had been human beings like you and me’: Why Allied Atrocity Films of Liberated Nazi Concentration Camps in 1945/46 Universalized the VictimsTobias Weidner (Göttingen)The Human Gaze: Photography after 1945Paul Betts (Oxford)The Politics of Pity: Allied Snapshots of Post-Nazi EuropeHilary Roberts (Imperial War Museum)Don McCullin: Humanitarian and PhotographerIlana Feldman (George Washington University)Humanitarianism and Revolution: Samed, the Palestine Red Crescent Society, and the work of liberationII Medialisation of the HumanitarianPatrick Merziger (Leipzig)Medialisation of the Disaster Relief since the Second World WarHeike Wieters (Berlin)Media relations of CARE: Global Food Campaigns 1945-1980Valérie Gorin (Geneva)Advocacy strategies of the Western humanitarian NGOs, from the 1960s to the 1990sJan Eckel (Freiburg)Information Battles: Knowledge, Media, and Transnational Human Rights Campaigns in the 1970sSuzanne Franks (City University London)The view from the BBC – Public Broadcasting on Humanitarian Disaster and Relief since the 1980sMaria Kyriakidou (East Anglia)Watching the Pain of Others: Audience Reactions to Media Reports of Distant DisastersJean Seaton (University of Westminster)Armed Forces, the Media and Aid: A Contemporary Conundrum?