Sexual Violence in the Context of the Holocaust, Genocide and War
Organized by the Azrieli Foundation, in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, the conference will include two sessions:
Session 1:聽Sexual Violence in War and Genocide
Discussants:
Ren茅 Provost聽(Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, 香蕉视频): Sexual violence in the context of genocide : legislative history and recent jurisprudence
Tommy Curry聽(Philosophy and Racial Theory, Texas A&M University):聽From Gendercide to Phallicism: A Theory of Racialization, Otherness, and Male Rape in Genocides, War, and Racially Repressive Regimes
Na鈥檃ma Shik聽(History, Yad Vashem): Women鈥檚 testimonies about sexual violence in Auschwitz-Birkenau
Myriam Denov聽(Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, 香蕉视频):聽鈥淚 Asked Myself if I Would Ever Love My Baby鈥�:聽 Mothering Children Born of Genocidal Rape in Rwanda
Session 2:聽Sexual Violence and Holocaust Testimony: A Case Study of聽Buried Words: The Diary of Molly Applebaum
Discussants:
Jan Grabowski聽(University of Ottawa). Presentation of the historical context of Molly鈥檚 story and background information about how the diary was discovered.
Deborah Barton聽(History,聽Universit茅 de Montr茅al): Analysis of聽Buried Words聽from a historical perspective
Sophia Koukoui聽聽(Psychology,聽Universit茅 de Montr茅al):聽Analysis of聽Buried Words聽from a psychological perspective
Ariela Freedman (Liberal Arts, Concordia University): Analysis of聽Buried Words聽from a literary perspective
Registration recommended to guarantee your seat. To register, contact聽catherine [at] azrielifoundation.org.
This conference is open to scholars and students.
