This is an episode of Behind the Pages - the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies. Join us for these exciting and timely conversations with JEiE authors about their work on education in regions affected by crisis and conflict. Emergency relief prioritizes basic survival needs like food, water, medical aid, sanitation, and shelter. But increasingly some humanitarians have begun to think of education not only as capable of improving lives, but indeed as lifesaving. In "Asking 'Why' and 'How': A Historical Turn in Refugee Education Research" Christine Monaghan identifies key shifts in the motivation behind refugee education through the lens of a historical perspective. Drawing from oral histories, interviews, and archival research, Monaghan constructs a narrative of "why" and "how" refugee education programming has become a form of immediate emergency response. This article is available, in its entirety, for free here: https://inee.org/collections/journal-education-emergencies-volume-5-number-1