From 15th Conference to 37th One...

Dear Friends,

This week Amman is hosting the 37th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network and World Dignity University initiative. President Evelin Lindner opened the Conference yesterday. Most of the participants joined it online like me. 12 years ago, I was the convener of the 15th one and Bo?azi?i University was the venue. When I looked back I feel sadness due to the loss of Ramazan Ba? who was the president of TOFD. RIP. However, all the other participants are safe and still go on working hard on the way of bringing dignity and peace to the world. I wanted to share one part of the Report of the 15th Conference:

CONFERENCE REPORT of ISTANBUL CONFERENCE in 2010 15th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, "Peace at Home, Peace in the World", was held on 28th - 30th April 2010, at Bo?azi?i University in Istanbul, Türkiye. Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies is a global transdisciplinary fellowship of concerned academics and practitioners who wish to promote dignity and transcend humiliation. HumanDHS wishes to stimulate systemic change, globally and locally, to open space for mutual respect and esteem to take root and grow, thus ending humiliating practices and breaking cycles of humiliation throughout the world. We are currently around 1,000 personally invited members, and our website is being accessed by up to 40,000 people from 160 to 180 countries per year. During the closed part of the event, which was on 28 and 29th April, the "frame of appreciative inquiry" was used as the main vehicle for beginning the conference dialogue. Guests coming from different countries shared their views and created some solutions for the issues reviewed.

The conference’s Public Event was on the 30th of April 2010, in the Albert Long Hall/BTS & BTS Fuaye. This event was free and open to everyone. The Public Event featured speakers from Türkiye who spoke on topics related to dignity and humiliation, as did the President and the Director of Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies. These were the speakers:

? From Humiliation to Human Dignity: Toward a Science of Right Relationships, by Linda Hartling, Director, HumanDHS; Former Associate Director, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College, Boston, USA.

? Introduction of international participants of the conference, by Evelin Lindner, Founding Director and President of HumanDHS. ?

Education as a Vehicle for Social Transformation: How to Promote Dignity, Unity and Transcend Humiliation, by Vineeta Kamran, Principal of the City Montessori School, Kanpur Road Branch, Lucknow, India.

? The Role of Dignity and Humiliation for Refugee Law, by Paresh Kathrani, Director, Centre for Global Morality, is currently undertaking his Ph.D. in Refugee Law and Philosophy at the School of Law, Kings College, London.

? Disability, Dignity, and Humiliation, by Ramazan Ba?, President of the Spinal Cord Paralytics Society of Türkiye (SCPST), an NGO whose work is related to the wellness and empowerment of the disabled.

? Human Rights of Women, by Nazan Moro?lu, author of Human Rights Treaty of Women. She is the general coordinator of the Istanbul Women Associations Unity. She teaches the course: Women Law at Yeditepe University Law School.

The Meaning of “Peace at Home, Peace in the World" by Hayal K?ksal, Ph.D., Member of the HumanDHS Global Advisory Board, and the HumanDHS Education Team.

? From Shock to Awe: From Humiliation to Dignity, by Evelin Lindner, Founding Director and President of HumanDHS.

? A Peace Exhibition painted by world children and designed by the famous Turkish Sculpture Füge Demirok was also opened during the event in the lobby.

We know and believe: TOGETHER WE STAND!

Please also visit the webpage: www.humiliationstudies.org and https://www.hayalkoksal.com/V1/index.php .?