Fighting and Bargaining Across Two Centuries of International Conflict …have ended through a negotiated settlement that stops conflict short of complete military victory or defeat. Nonetheless, scholarship has failed to adequately address when, why, and how belligerents choose to…
Violent Territorialities and the Cultural Politics of Belonging in West Kalimantan Indonesia …separated from the specific historical and environmental conditions of the forested regions where the shaping and claiming of these agrarian landscapes have taken place. I will also examine the parallel…
The Kayapo Conjuncture: An Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance with International Civil Society Against Violence and Rights Abuse by the State and National Security …attract the support of national and international civil society (in the form of nongovernmental organizations devoted to environmental conservation, human rights, and indigenous support), and important sectors of the Brazilian…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2022 Distinguished Scholars …are exploring important problems of violence in the world. The Distinguished Scholars are investigating a myriad of issues, including violence against women, policing and crime, radicalization, and the environmental parameters…
Social Violence and Religious Conflict in Late Medieval Valencia My HFG-supported project explores violence within the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities of the kingdom of Valencia (Spain) as well as violence between these communities in order to shed new…
The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for…
From Coltan to Cattle: Unearthing Violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo …different conflict actors. In addition to well-known conflict resources such as minerals and timber, more mundane commodities, such as marijuana and palm oil, were found to be significant valuables in…
“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” …panel discussed how government and non-state actors can formulate humanitarian responses to conflict-related sexual violence. They also suggested new areas for research in the fields of gender, international relations, and…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows …University of Pretoria), Narratives of Male Perpetrators on Factors Contributing to Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Lameck Kachena (Environmental and Geographical Sciences, University of Cape Town),…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Welcomes Its 2025-2026 African Fellows …conflict, and counterterrorism. The fellowship provides each recipient with a research grant and support on research design, writing, and publishing. Additionally, leading scholars serve as mentors to the recipients throughout…
