On Friday, March 4, 2022, the earlier (due to storm Eunice) postponed ceremony event of the Humanitarian Communication Thesis Prize 2021 will take place in cultural student centre CREA in Amsterdam. After an absence of one year, it is the third time that the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom) awards this prize for the best master's thesis on humanitarian communication and the representation of international development. The hybrid event, which can be followed both on location and online, will be held from 15:15-17:15hrs in CREA’s theatre and includes the screening of the short film Without Shoes, You Won't Survive (2021) and presentations by the nine nominees.
With the Humanitarian Communication Thesis Prize, the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication aims to annually highlight, stimulate, and recognize research in the specialized field of humanitarian communication. For this third edition, the centre received a record-number of theses that were submitted to a Dutch or Belgian university in the past year and graded with a 7.5 or higher. After assessing the many entries, the jury – consisting of Gabriel Ramirez Acevedo (HuCom board member, Political Science, UvA), Judith van de Kamp (Julius Center for Global Health, UMC Utrecht), Esther Philippen (University Centre for Development Cooperation, Brussels), and Dani Haudenschild (University Kassel, winner of the previous HuCom Thesis Prize) – arrived to the following nine nominees (in alphabetical order):
1. Alejandra Nino Aguirre (New Media and Digital Culture, Utrecht University)
2. Katie Banks (International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam)
3. Femke van Heun (International Development Studies, Utrecht University)
4. Josh McDonald (New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam)
5. Elaine O'Donnell (Gender Studies, Utrecht University)
6. Manon Peek (International Development Studies, Wageningen University)
7. Isabelle Persson (International Development Studies, Utrecht University)
8. Marrit Woudwijk (Conflict Studies, Utrecht University)
9. Katerina Zejdlova (Latin American Studies, University of Amsterdam)
During the Humanitarian Communication Thesis Prize 2021, the nominated students will present their thesis in Pecha Kucha style (i.e. 20 slides to be shown for 20 seconds each). In addition to the honor, the winner will receive a cash prize of 250 euro. The best presentation will also be rewarded by the jury.
The ceremony event in CREA’s Theatre Hall (Theaterzaal) will start with a short welcome by host Audilla Vaughn aka Femmetastic and the screening of the short film Without Shoes, You Won't Survive (2021, 15’) by director Christine Pawlata, who will also introduce and discuss the film with the audience.After the screening, it is time for the nominated students to present their research and for the jury to announce the winner. Following the ceremony there will be drinks and bites in the adjoining CREA Café. The Humanitarian Communication Thesis Prize 2021, which is supported by ASCA and BuzzHouse, is free of charge and open for all to attend. As we are not facing capacity restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic anymore, you do not need to register in advance if you want to join on location. To attend the event on Zoom, please follow https://bit.ly/hucom-thesis-prize on the day and time of the event.
BuzzHouse is one of the partners of the Humanitarian Communication Thesis Prize 2021. Please note that the event is not hosted in our space, but at CREA. BuzzHouse will thus remain open for the general public this day.
