Social Violence and Religious Conflict in Late Medieval Valencia …interested in analyzing the forms, rituals, and meanings of verbal and physical violence perpetrated within each religious community. The practice and control of violence in each community were distinct, as…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholars …Medieval Studies, University of Toronto). Social Violence and Religious Conflict in Late Medieval Valencia Kaivan Munshi (Economics, Brown University). Intra-Household Income Inequality and Conflict: Testing an Economic Model of Domestic…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholars …The Psychosocial Process of Going Straight Vjekoslav Perica (History, University of Minnesota). Religious Revival and Ethnic Mobilization in Yugoslavia, 1965-1991: A History of the Yugoslav Religious Question From the Reform…
An Anatomy of Sectarian Violence: Jews and Christians in Premodern Poland …religious crimes did not result in prosecution, much less in religious violence against Jews. This project establishes that religion and, sometimes, religious violence were used in establishing religious boundaries and…
“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz …women during times of high political violence. When armed conflict-related violence decreases or during post-conflict times, however, high intimate partner violence levels persist. The Colombian armed conflict intensified adherence to…
‘Political Polarization Has Become Almost a Form of Entertainment’: A Conversation with Clionadh Raleigh …depressing conclusion: global rates of conflict are rising dramatically. Raleigh tracks global conflict with the help of researchers at Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), an organization she helped…
What Do Historians Have to Say About Violence? …South poured into the city. Social, religious, and political tensions were more explicit and raw than today, and conflict relating to the labor movement was far more volatile than in…
Resisting Genocidal Violence …we similarly found that religious social networks shaped rescue efforts, including where these efforts took place (e.g., religious spaces or homes of religious individuals), how they unfolded, and who they…
Ethnic Conflict and Socioeconomic Development in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria …Most of these ethnic conflicts take place in Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America, with Africa accounting for roughly 50 percent of these varied conflicts. In Nigeria, the…
Irish Religious Demography and Conflict, 1659–1926 The goal of this project was to collect and analyze historical data (official and unofficial) on the numbers of Irish Catholics and Protestants (the latter divided between Anglicans and Dissenters),…
