We invite scholars from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Law to submit papers that analyze humanitarian responses to narratives of suffering infl icted by states, political groups and/or social, economic, or cultural forces. Panels will address apartheid, genocide, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the media, and the law. The Foundations of Humanitarianism program will pay panelists’ expenses. Please submit a one-page abstract and current c.v. (up to 3 pages) by March 1, 2006 to either of the e-mail addresses provided below.