Evelin's 2008 pictures

2009 pictures

Pictures until the end of 2007

These pictures are meant to document Evelin's efforts and whereabouts to the HumanDHS network. Many photos are made by accidental bypassers, kindly asked to take a picture. Evelin dislikes posing for pictures, however, has been persuaded by our network members that she should make an effort because this is a good way to document her work.


December 18, 2008, NYC: Judit and Ikhlaq got married! They had Nikah, the Muslim ceremony, on December 18, and the Jewish/interfaith ceremony on December 19 (pictures at the bottom). This is our first HumanDHS wedding! After Victoria gave us our first HumanDHS baby in 2007! Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos from December 18. The pictures at the bottom are from December 19, please click on each of them to see it larger.

December 13, 2008, NYC Westside: Judit picked up the wedding gift offered to her and dear Ikhlaq by our HumanDHS network! Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos from December 13.


December 17, 2008, NYC, thanking Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Juliette de Wolfe, and Molly at the ICCCR, Alba Taveras at SIPA, and Camilla Hsiung. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.


December 13, 2008, NYC Westside: 1. Judit Revesz picked up the wedding gift offered to her and dear Ikhlaq by our HumanDHS network! 2. Metropolitan Opera, with Judy Kuriansky's shoes! (I usually buy the cheapest Opera tickets online in advance, for the Family Circle under the roof of the Opera, for something like 15 dollars each, which means that I only have partial view of the stage. This serves me well because I am usually so tired that I would fall asleep if I did not have to engage in the continuous exercise of bowing forward to see the stage and backward to read the subtitles! This is my very special "vacation and exercise program" in NY! This year I went to five performances, in four weeks (Madama Butterfly, La Damnation de Faust, The Queen of Spades, Tristan and Isolde, Don Giovanni)!) 3. Demonstrating Evelin's office Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

December 13, 2008, NYC Westside:
1. Judit Revesz picked up the wedding gift offered to her and dear Ikhlaq by our HumanDHS network!
2. Metropolitan Opera, with Judy Kuriansky's shoes! (I usually buy the cheapest Opera tickets online in advance, for the Family Circle under the roof of the Opera, for something like 15 dollars each, which means that I only have partial view of the stage. This serves me well because I am usually so tired that I would fall asleep if I did not have to engage in the continuous exercise of bowing forward to see the stage and backward to read the subtitles! This is my very special "vacation and exercise program" in NY! This year I went to five performances, in four weeks (Madama Butterfly, La Damnation de Faust, The Queen of Spades, Tristan and Isolde, Don Giovanni)!)
3. Demonstrating Evelin's office
Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

December 11-12 2008, Fifth Workshop on Humiliation and Violent Conflict, representing the Twelfth Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS) at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City

Morton Deutsch honored us with his presence, and we celebrated his profoundly influential, important, and eminent life and life-work. Please click on the picture above to see it larger.

Thursday, December 11, 2008: Pictures of all of Day One of the workshop. - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla Hsiung's camera. Thank you dear Camilla for taking such great pictures!

Thursday, December 11, 2008: The morning of Day One of our workshop. - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla Hsiung's camera. Thank you dear Camilla for taking such great pictures!


Thursday, December 11, 2008: Lunch on Day One of our workshop. - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla Hsiung's camera. The text of the song we sang: The Rose Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed; Some say love it is a razor that leaves the soul to bleed; Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need; I say love it is a flower and you its only seed. It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long, And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong, Just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes the rose.

Thursday, December 11, 2008: Round Table 1 on Day One of our workshop. - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Thursday, December 11, 2008: Public Event on Day One of our workshop. We open the evening with traditional Japanese music. - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Pictures of all of Day Two of our workshop. - Please click on the pictures on the upper left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the lower right or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Don Klein Memorial Lecture by Michael Britton on Day Two of our workshop. Michael uses Don's metaphor of a scrim, a transparent stage curtain, where one believes that what one sees is reality only as long as the light shines on it in a certain way: see Don's explanation. - Please click on the pictures on the upper left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the lower right or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Round Table 2 on Day Two of our workshop. - Please click on the pictures in the first row or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture in the second row or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Lunch on Day Two of our workshop. We sing together: - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera

Friday, December 12, 2008: Round Table 3 on Day Two of our workshop. - Please click on the pictures in the first row or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the pictures in the second row or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Closing of Day Two of our workshop. - Please click on the picture on the left or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera. - Please click on the picture on the right or here to see more photos from Camilla's camera.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Post-workshop get-together on Day Two of our workshop. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.


December 10, 2008, first pre-workshop meeting: We are kindly invited by Alison Anthoine into her office overlooking Ground Zero. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

December 10, 2008, second pre-workshop meeting: We are kindly invited by Zuzka Kurtz. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

December 10, 2008, third pre-workshop meeting: We have our Board of Directors meeting with Kristabelle Munson and Tiffany Melendez presenting us with ab IT solution that can move our work forward, and they kindly offer to mentor us also in the future. Thank YOU, dear Kristabelle and Tiffany! Your help is life-saving for us! Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.


This laptop is the headquarters of our HumanDHS network. It is slowly breaking down since about one year, both with respect to its inner and its outer workings. The outer damage shown above (all buttons are worn down and I had to remove the space bar, since its underlying mechanism no longer works) would be easier to repair than the inner failings, which require about half a day of repeated re-booting after crushes for half a day of work. The HumanDHS network has generously collected the resources to buy a new computer, which Evelin will receive in Norway in January 2009. Our warm thanks go to all the sponsors of the new laptop and the IT engineers at the Department of Psychology at the University in Oslo for their untiring selfless support. In October 2008, they kindly invested three days into re-installing Windows on the old computer, in a last-ditch attempt to prolong its life, unfortunately in vain; the general break-down of the system is too severe. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

This laptop is the headquarters of our HumanDHS network. It is slowly breaking down since about one year, both with respect to its inner and its outer workings. The outer damage shown above (all buttons are worn down and I had to remove the space bar, since its underlying mechanism no longer works) would be easier to repair than the inner failings, which require about half a day of repeated re-booting after crushes for half a day of work.
The HumanDHS network has generously collected the resources to buy a new computer, which Evelin will receive in Norway in January 2009. Our warm thanks go to all the sponsors of the new laptop and the IT engineers at the Department of Psychology at the University in Oslo for their untiring selfless support. In October 2008, they kindly invested three days into re-installing Windows on the old computer, in a last-ditch attempt to prolong its life, unfortunately in vain; the general break-down of the system is too severe.
Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

Friday, December 12, 2008: Post-workshop get-together on Day Two of our workshop. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Ikhlaq Hussain's sitar concert on December 6, 2008 (at the The BodyTalk Center in New York City at 1123 Broadway, Suite 1205) Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.


International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR), Teachers College, Columbia University, Party on December 4, 2008. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

The International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and Their Families after Disaster, convened by Adenrele Awotona, at the College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts at Boston, USA, November 16-19, 2008. See all abstracts and presenters.

The International Conference on Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and Their Families after Disasters conference. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

Panel "Disasters and Innovative Solutions," on Tuesday, November 18, 4:15pm-6:15pm. Panel participants: 1. Disasters As a Chance to Implement Novel Solutions that Highlight Attention to Human Dignity: Evelin Lindner 2. Some Strategies for the Promotion of Human Dignity for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters: Ravi Katherashalai 3. Social and Economic Mobility for the Roma in Hungary: A Look at Government Initiatives and International Responses: Nichole Fiore 4. Lessons to Learn: Roles of Government, Private Sector and NGOs in Disaster Reconstruction in Fragile States and Impoverished Communities: Julia A. Demichelis. Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

The hospitality of the Helena Halperin and her husband was extraordinary! Thank you, dear David Kimball for your wonderful connecting work! (November 15-20, 2008) Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

Wonderful visit to Virginia Swain and her husband in Worcester, on November 17, 2008, made possible through the selfless help of David Kimball! Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

Wonderful visit to Elise Boulding, on November 19, 2008, made possible through the help of David Kimball! Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.

Wonderful meeting with Donna Hicks, on November 19, 2008, made possible through the help of David Kimball! Please click on the picture above or here to see more photos.


Château de Chillon, Montreux-Veytaux, Sunday, October 26th, 2008. The picture on the left side is taken from http://www.myswitzerland.com/. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos. The Château de Chillon was not always inhabitated, but visited from time to time. In the Middle Ages, there were no capitals or seats of government. Rulers were always on the move. The reason was that local communities, with their lords, based on agriculture, were rather sedentary and not yet interconnected in the same way as today. Anybody who wished to forge larger communities from smaller ones, who aimed at creating a higher level of unity so to speak, had to begin with bringing local units together by traveling to them. Today, global mobility and communication are much more advanced. However, even today, global unity is lacking. By being globally mobile, I attempt to stimulate this global unity. Clearly, I have no power, and I am not like a king of the Middle Ages. What I do, however, is taking the unifying task very seriously. I regard our HumanDHS network as a seed for an alternative global community. Not only am I not a kind, the other difference is that unification in former times was typically imposed from above, not just by traveling persuasion, but also by the sword. I wish to forge a new global identity and consciousness bottom up.

Château de Chillon, Montreux-Veytaux, Sunday, October 26th, 2008. The picture on the left side is taken from http://www.myswitzerland.com/.
Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.
The Château de Chillon was not always inhabitated, but visited from time to time. In the Middle Ages, there were no capitals or seats of government. Rulers were always on the move. The reason was that local communities, with their lords, based on agriculture, were rather sedentary and not yet interconnected in the same way as today. Anybody who wished to forge larger communities from smaller ones, who aimed at creating a higher level of unity so to speak, had to begin with bringing local units together by traveling to them. Today, global mobility and communication are much more advanced. However, even today, global unity is lacking. By being globally mobile, I attempt to stimulate this global unity. Clearly, I have no power, and I am not like a king of the Middle Ages. What I do, however, is taking the unifying task very seriously. I regard our HumanDHS network as a seed for an alternative global community. Not only am I not a kind, the other difference is that unification in former times was typically imposed from above, not just by traveling persuasion, but also by the sword. I wish to forge a new global identity and consciousness bottom up.


The Swiss National Museum – Château de Prangins celebrates its 10th anniversary, on Saturday, October 4th, 2008, from 3 pm to 11:30 pm with Le Jardin des Lumières, a social sculpture orchestrated by Muma. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos. The castle of Prangins on Lake Geneva or Lac Leman was once owned by Katharine Dexter McCormick, who almost single-handedly financed the development of the birth control pill.

The Swiss National Museum – Château de Prangins celebrates its 10th anniversary, on Saturday, October 4th, 2008, from 3 pm to 11:30 pm with Le Jardin des Lumières, a social sculpture orchestrated by Muma.
Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.
The castle of Prangins on Lake Geneva or Lac Leman was once owned by
Katharine Dexter McCormick, who almost single-handedly financed the development of the birth control pill.


30th September 2008, "Dignity or Humiliation: The World at a Crossroad," Lecture at the Department of Psychology (part of PSYC3203 - Anvendt sosialpsykologi), 10.00-12.00. Please see early versions of this introductory talk/paper here or at http://ssrn.com/abstract=668742 (this paper's SSRN ID is 668742); see a more recent version in the first issue of the Journal of HumanDignity and Humiliation Studies, March 2007. These pictures are taken on 2nd October, upon departure from Oslo. Please click on the pictures to see them larger.

30th September 2008, "Dignity or Humiliation: The World at a Crossroad," Lecture at the Department of Psychology (part of PSYC3203 - Anvendt sosialpsykologi), 10.00-12.00.
Please see early versions of this introductory talk/paper here or at http://ssrn.com/abstract=668742 (this paper's SSRN ID is 668742); see a more recent version in the first issue of the Journal of HumanDignity and Humiliation Studies, March 2007.
These pictures are taken on 2nd October, upon departure from Oslo.
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The unspeakable Brunswick Monument in Geneva in September 2008. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.


Katharine Dexter McCormick almost single-handedly financed the development of the birth control pill. She once owned the castle of Prangins on Lake Geneva or Lac Leman, see the picture from the http://www.myswitzerland.com/ website. For exercise, I attempt to swim for 15 minutes in the early morning in front of her castle. (By the way, dear Zsuzsa, I don't need to dry my hair afterward swimming, because I put it up! See the picture above which I took for you!) Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

Katharine Dexter McCormick almost single-handedly financed the development of the birth control pill. She once owned the castle of Prangins on Lake Geneva or Lac Leman, see the picture from the http://www.myswitzerland.com/ website.
For exercise, I attempt to swim for 15 minutes in the early morning in front of her castle. (By the way, dear Zsuzsa, I don't need to dry my hair afterward swimming, because I put it up! See the picture above which I took for you!)
Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.


Maja Neff & Eric Van Grasdorff get married on 16th August 2008. The celebration lasted throughout 15-17th August in the Beaujolais region of France. These pictures are taken on the 17th. Please read also our congratulations from the HumanDHS network. From left: Maja, Eric, Becca, Birgit. Please click on the picture at the top to see it larger. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

Maja Neff & Eric Van Grasdorff get married on 16th August 2008. The celebration lasted throughout 15-17th August in the Beaujolais region of France. These pictures are taken on the 17th. Please read also our congratulations from the HumanDHS network.
From left: Maja, Eric, Becca, Birgit.
Please click on the picture at the top to see it larger.
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3rd August 2008, visting Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Yverdon, Switzerland. Please click on the pictures avove or here to see more photos.


24th July 2008, Varda Mühlbauer & her husband Arik visit Hameln. Please click on the pictures above to see them larger.


16th-17th July 2008, with Color Line (MS Color Fantasy), from Norway (Oslo) to Continental Europe (Kiel), a journey of 20 hours. The journey begins with waiting in Oslo (before driving onboard), then MS Color Fantasy leaves the harbour of Oslo, and arrival is next morning in Kiel, when everybody drives off the ship again. MS Fantasy is a veritable cruise ship and these picture document this. Since 1994, I am used to its predecessor MS Prinsesse Ragnhild, a much more modest ship, where I always got an inexpensive cabin under the car deck and shared it (first with several people, in later years with one person). Through sharing a cabin I met many very interesting people on these ship journeys, and I regret that this option is no longer available on MS Fantasy and MS Magic (which replaced MS Kronsprins Harald). Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photo.

16th-17th July 2008, with Color Line (MS Color Fantasy), from Norway (Oslo) to Continental Europe (Kiel), a journey of 20 hours. The journey begins with waiting in Oslo (before driving onboard), then MS Color Fantasy leaves the harbour of Oslo, and arrival is next morning in Kiel, when everybody drives off the ship again.
MS Fantasy is a veritable cruise ship and these picture document this. Since 1994, I am used to its predecessor MS Prinsesse Ragnhild, a much more modest ship, where I always got an inexpensive cabin under the car deck and shared it (first with several people, in later years with one person). Through sharing a cabin I met many very interesting people on these ship journeys, and I regret that this option is no longer available on MS Fantasy and MS Magic (which replaced MS Kronsprins Harald).
Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photo.

23rd June -1st July 2008, 11th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies (HumanDHS) in Norway as part of the Wergeland Year for Human Dignity

These are the pictures dear Svanibor Pettan made. Please see Lasanthi Manaranjanie, Svanibor, and Kjell Skyllstad on the pictures above. Please click on the pictures or here to see all the photos from Svanibor's camera. Please see also videos by Svanibor: 1. Midsummer Eve Party, 23rd June 2. Midsummer Eve Party, 23rd June 3. Trio Mediaeval members Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman singing for us, 25th June.

These are the pictures dear Brian Lynch selected from the collection of photos he created of our conference (see Brian on the picture to the right), see also http://www.kodakgallery.com/. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Brian's camera. Please see also the videos from our conference by Brian Lynch.

Here (and further down), you see the pictures from Evelin's camera, for each day separately - here you see the photos of Monday, 23rd June 2008: Midsummer Eve Party on Bygdøy. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Tuesday, 24th June 2008, at the Centre for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Wednesday, 25th June 2008, at the Centre for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Thursday, 26th June 2008, at the Centre for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Friday, 27th June 2008, at the Centre for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

28th June 2008, Norway in a Nutshell - Oslo-Myrdal-Flåm-Gudvangen-Stalheim-Voss-Bergen. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Sunday, 29th June 2008 1. Bergen Art Musuem (Bergen Kunstmuseum): • Left: Kinetic Art by Argentine Julio Le Parc - "Multiple" (1968, a motor propels polished metal bands, which reflect and rotate the painted background strips, thus creating novel perspectives - this could be a suitable metaphor for our HumanDHS work: taking core ideas and creating something new), see here the pictures taken by Svanibor Pettan • Middle: Arne Ekeland - "Sisters of Liberty" (1938) • Right: two pictures of humiliation - Reidar Aulie "The Brothel" (1933), and Christian Krohg - "The Fight for Survival" (1890) 2. Fløyen, see here the pictures taken by Svanibor Pettan 3. Bryggen Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Monday, 30th June 2008, on Hurtigruten, MS Finnmarken - celebrating one birthday and two wedding anniversaries. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Tuesday, 1st July 2008, Trondheim - Nidaros Dome and Restaurant "Grenaderen." Oeyvind Eikrem joined us, Vegar Jordanger, Hildegunn Nordtug, Kjell Oversand (founder of the Trondheim World Music Ensemble), Kjell's second sister came, with her niece Sissel. Please click on the picture or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Wednesday, 2nd July 2008, Oslo, with Linda Hartling, Rick Slaven, and Finn Tschudi: From left: 1. Frognerseter (in front of a picture of Arne Næss, who participated in our 2nd Annual Conference in Paris, France, in 2003) 2. The Norwegian Nobel Institute (Det Norske Nobelinstitutt), with Alfred Nobel guarding the entrance 3. The Castle (Slottet), then we paid Norsk Design, and Juhls' Silvergallery in Kautokeino a visit 4. City Hall (Rådhuset) 5. Meeting with Finn Tschudi Please click on the picture or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Thursday, 3rd July 2008, Oslo, with Linda Hartling, and Rick Slaven From left: 1. University in Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo), Blindern campus, which is situated about 5 kms from downtown Oslo; here you see the University Library (also known as Georg Sverdrup's house); 2. Department of Psychology (Psykologisk institutt); 3. The Munch Museum (Munch museet), Scream (Skrik); 4. Some traditional Norwegian food: ekte geitost with flatbrød, nøkkelost, multe berries, pølse with lompe... Please click on the picture or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Friday, 4th July 2008, Oslo, with Linda Hartling, and Rick Slaven From left: 1. Henie Onstad Art Centre (Sonia Henie Kunstsenter); 2. A ker Brygge, celebrating our conference; 3. Aker Brygge, with Akershus Castle (Akershus Festning) in the background, which houses the Norwegian Resistance Museum. Please click on the picture or here to see more photos from Evelin's camera.

Stephanie Heuer's pictures, 26th and 27th June 2008. Please click on the pictures to see more photos from Safa's camera.

With Eva Christine Hyge in Oslo on 11th July 2008. Please click on the pictures or here to see them larger.

With Ragnhild S. Nilsen in Oslo Ekeberg, 15th July 2008. Please click on the pictures or here to see both photos larger.

Saying good bye and thanking Maria Rosvoll on 16th July 2008 at the Holocaust Centre. Please click on these photos or here to see the pictures larger.


15th-16th June 2008, with Color Line (MS Color Fantasy), from Continental Europe (Kiel) to Norway (Oslo), a journey of 20 hours. The journey begins with waiting in Kiel (before driving onboard), then MS Color Fantasy leaves the harbour of Kiel, and arrival is next morning in Oslo, when everybody drives off the ship again. Please click on the pictures or here to see more photos.


18th May 2008, Choral / Classique, Musique ancienne TRIO MEDIAEVAL de Norvège, Abbaye de Bonmont Trio Mediaeval: Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman, Torunn Østrem Ossum. The pictures on the right show Bonmont church (12th May 2008). Please click on the pictures to see them larger.


11th May 2008, Yvoire, on Lac Leman/Lake Geneva. Please click on the picture to see it larger.


26th April 2008, the castle of Nyon: "Having conquered Gaul, Julius Caesar decided to establish a colony on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Colonia Iulia Equestris. Its urban centre, Noviodunum ('new fortress' in the Gallic language) was built on the same spot as the modern town centre of Nyon, which owes its modern name to the colony. Imposing public monuments were constructed there from the early years AD. The town prospered during the first two centuries AD." Please click on the pictures to see them larger.

26th April 2008, the castle of Nyon:
"Having conquered Gaul, Julius Caesar decided to establish a colony on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Colonia Iulia Equestris. Its urban centre, Noviodunum ('new fortress' in the Gallic language) was built on the same spot as the modern town centre of Nyon, which owes its modern name to the colony. Imposing public monuments were constructed there from the early years AD. The town prospered during the first two centuries AD."
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21st April 2008, meeting with Alain d'Iribarne, Senior Fellow, CNRS, Administrator Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. April 2008, walking through my beloved Paris: Centre Pompidou; Pont Neuf with Eiffel Tower in the background; Saint Michel, la Seine, Louvre; Sacré Cœur (from afar), the amazing new (since 2007) public bicycle fleet. Each minute, while walking through Paris, I am happy that Hitler's order to burn the city was disobeyed. Likewise, I am so glad that Corbusier was not permitted to replace the city's wonderful buildings with his "living machines." Please click on the pictures or here to see more.

21st April 2008, meeting with Alain d'Iribarne, Senior Fellow, CNRS, Administrator Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.
April 2008, walking through my beloved Paris: Centre Pompidou; Pont Neuf with Eiffel Tower in the background; Saint Michel, la Seine, Louvre; Sacré Cœur (from afar), the amazing new (since 2007) public bicycle fleet.
Each minute, while walking through Paris, I am happy that Hitler's order to burn the city was disobeyed. Likewise, I am so glad that Corbusier was not permitted to replace the city's wonderful buildings with his "living machines."
Please click on the pictures or here to see more.


15th April 2008, with Jean-Damascène Gasanabo in Geneva. Damas presents his chapter in the book "Comprendre les Génocides." Please click on the picture to the left or here to see more photos, and click on the book cover to see it larger.


16th March 2008, Geneva Motor Show. Lifecar: "A 'zero-emission' sports car with a top speed of nearly 100mph is unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The hydrogen-powered Lifecar, based on the design of the Morgan Aero-8 roadster, produces little noise and only water vapour from its exhaust," writes Jonathan Fildes, Science and technology reporter, BBC News, please read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/technology/7265267.stm. Please click on the pictures above to see them larger.

16th March 2008, Geneva Motor Show.
Lifecar: "A 'zero-emission' sports car with a top speed of nearly 100mph is unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The hydrogen-powered Lifecar, based on the design of the Morgan Aero-8 roadster, produces little noise and only water vapour from its exhaust," writes Jonathan Fildes, Science and technology reporter, BBC News, please read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/technology/7265267.stm.
Please click on the pictures above to see them larger.


Budapest, Hungary, NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Indigenous Terrorism: Understanding and Addressing the Root Causes of Radicalisation among Groups with an Immigrant Heritage in Europe,' 7-9th March, 2008. From left: 1. 9th March: Group photo! 2. 9th March: Zsuzsa and Evelin 3. Danubius Hotel Gellert, photos taken from the hotel's own photo gallery 4. 6th March: National Gallery in the Buda Castle Royal Palace 5. 6th March: Walk along the Danube, being sad about the sight of the Sofitel, Intercontinental, and Marriott hotels (with respect to their architecture and design) 8th March: Evelin's talk: 'The Relevance of Humiliation Studies for the Prevention of Terrorism' (long first draft) Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

Budapest, Hungary, NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Indigenous Terrorism: Understanding and Addressing the Root Causes of Radicalisation among Groups with an Immigrant Heritage in Europe,' 7-9th March, 2008.
From left:
1. 9th March: Group photo!
2. 9th March: Zsuzsa and Evelin
3. Danubius Hotel Gellert, photos taken from the hotel's own photo gallery
4. 6th March: National Gallery in the Buda Castle Royal Palace
5. 6th March: Walk along the Danube, being sad about the sight of the Sofitel, Intercontinental, and Marriott hotels (with respect to their architecture and design)
8th March: Evelin's talk: 'The Relevance of Humiliation Studies for the Prevention of Terrorism' (long first draft)
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17th February 2008, Paris, Opera Garnier. Walking around in Paris makes palpable how elite culture rises (to be copied around the world), and how it may be destroyed when elitism is despised (the French Revolution's motto of egalité). Hierarchical societies, on their way to more egalitarian structures, may move from imitation to destruction of elite culture, to finally admiring the mere artistic achievements of elite culture in publicly accessible monuments and museums (see also my comments to Versailles further down). Please click on the picture above to see it larger.

17th February 2008, Paris, Opera Garnier. Walking around in Paris makes palpable how elite culture rises (to be copied around the world), and how it may be destroyed when elitism is despised (the French Revolution's motto of egalité). Hierarchical societies, on their way to more egalitarian structures, may move from imitation to destruction of elite culture, to finally admiring the mere artistic achievements of elite culture in publicly accessible monuments and museums (see also my comments to Versailles further down).
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27th January 2008, Lausanne, Beau-Rivage Palace: This place is an interesting case-study of how globalisation and tourism were (and still are) connected, and how an elite trend (tourism) can grow more mainstream over time. Please click on the picture above to see it larger.


20th January 2008, Chamonix, France. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.


13th January 2008, revisiting Versailles. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos. Relevance: Please see Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict, p. 67: "Globalization as love story: My experience is that the coming into being of the global village is a love story that carries the risk of all love stories – it can turn into hatred when betrayed and can be destroyed by rash reactions that may later be regretted. Elites are typically admired, loved, and envied, and the rich West is not excluded from this phenomenon. What the French court was to Europe, the West is to the global village. Copies of the castle of Versailles can be found everywhere in Europe and copies of the Western style of life over the entire earth's surface..."

13th January 2008, revisiting Versailles.
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Relevance: Please see Making Enemies: Humiliation and International Conflict, p. 67: "Globalization as love story: My experience is that the coming into being of the global village is a love story that carries the risk of all love stories – it can turn into hatred when betrayed and can be destroyed by rash reactions that may later be regretted. Elites are typically admired, loved, and envied, and the rich West is not excluded from this phenomenon. What the French court was to Europe, the West is to the global village. Copies of the castle of Versailles can be found everywhere in Europe and copies of the Western style of life over the entire earth's surface..."


14th January 2008, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, with Hinnerk Bruhns, Directeur de Recherche. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos. Please see our 2003 and 2004 HumanDHS conferences at the MSH!


14th January 2008, Hotel Lutetia, a place that is profoundly inscribed into painful European history. The text of the sign outside of the hotel reads: D'AVRIL A AOUT 1945 EN CET HOTEL ALORS TRANSFORME EN CENTRE D'ACCEUIL FUT RECUE UNE GRANDE PARTIE DES RESCAPES DES CAMPS DE CONCENTRATION NAZIS HEUREUX DE RETROUVER LA LIBERTE ET LES ETRES CHERS AUXQUELS ILS AVAIENT ETE ARRACHES. LEUR JOIE NE POUVAIT EFFACER L'ANGOISSE ET LA PEINE DES FAMILLES DE DISPARUS QUI ATTENDIRENT VAINEMENT LES LEURS EN CES LIEUX. 40EE ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA LIBERATION ES CAMPS - 21 MAI 1985. Please click on the pictures above or here to see more photos.

14th January 2008, Hotel Lutetia, a place that is profoundly inscribed into painful European history.
The text of the sign outside of the hotel reads:
D'AVRIL A AOUT 1945 EN CET HOTEL ALORS TRANSFORME EN CENTRE D'ACCEUIL FUT RECUE UNE GRANDE PARTIE DES RESCAPES DES CAMPS DE CONCENTRATION NAZIS HEUREUX DE RETROUVER LA LIBERTE ET LES ETRES CHERS AUXQUELS ILS AVAIENT ETE ARRACHES. LEUR JOIE NE POUVAIT EFFACER L'ANGOISSE ET LA PEINE DES FAMILLES DE DISPARUS QUI ATTENDIRENT VAINEMENT LES LEURS EN CES LIEUX. 40EE ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA LIBERATION ES CAMPS - 21 MAI 1985.
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