Caresse Crosby (April 20, 1891 – January 24, 1970) was one of the more colorful figures of the early world citizens movement, heading the World Citizen Information Center in Washington, D. C. Her autobiography The Passionate Years was first published in 1953 and more recently republished by the Southern Illinois University Press in 1968. The … More Caresse Crosby: A World Citizen’s Passionate Years by René Wadlow

Benjamin Ferencz, champion of World Law and World Citizenship, died on April 7, 2023 at the age of 103, leaving a strong heritage of action for world law. He was particularly active in the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) located in the Hague. He was born in March 1920 in what is now … More Benjamin Ferencz, Champion of World Law, Leave a Strong Heritage on Which To Build by Rene Wadlow

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) whose birth anniversary we note on 7 April was a leading professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics during the 1920s and 1930s.  He was to do six months of field work in the Trobriand Islands of what is now New Guinea in 1914. He was there when the First … More Bronislaw Malinowski: Understanding Cultures and Cultural Change by Rene Wadlow

Hans Küng was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian who died on 6 Apr 2021 at the age of 93. He always stressed the Swiss aspect of his life, its democratic traditions, and the need to discuss widely before making a decision. He wrote his doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne University in Paris on the Swiss … More Hans Küng: Towards a Global Ethic by René Wadlow