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2025 Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture - Mobilising Compassion

'Mobilising Compassion' was presented by Professor Michael Barnett (George Washington University), with comments from Professor Bina D'Costa (ANU) and Dr Fiona Terry (formerly ICRC) on Thursday 4 December 2025. This thought-provoking event confronted one of the most urgent challenges of our time: how to mobilise compassion amid a crisis of humanitarian ideals and dwindling support. The lecture honours Emma Hutchison’s legacy and took place within a broader workshop and collaborative project she co-led, exploring the Politics and Ethics of Visualising Humanitarian Crises. Guest speakers: Michael Barnett is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the George Washington University. He is one of the leading scholars on humanitarian politics and international relations. Among his many books are Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda; Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism; Sacred Aid (co-edited with Janice Stein); Humanitarianism in Question (co-edited with Thomas Weiss) and Humanitarianism and Human Rights (co-edited with Jon Pevehouse and Kal Raustiala). Barnett’s new book, co-authored with Unni Karunaka, is called The End of Humanity: Humanitarianism in a Post Liberal Age and will be forthcoming with Cambridge in 2026. Two prominent scholars on humanitarian affairs will comment on the lecture: Bina D’Costa, who is Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University; and Fiona Terry, who was until recently Director of Research at the International Committee of the Red Cross and an Honorary Professor at UQ. About the Emma Hutchison Memorial Lecture: This annual lecture is held in honour and memory of Emma Hutchison, who was Associate Professor of International Relations at The University of Queensland at the time of her passing in November 2024. The annual lecture honours Emma’s creative and pioneering work on the role of emotions and images in international relations and on broader political and ethical challenges, including those related to conflict resolution and humanitarian responsibilities.