“Reckoning with Intimate-Partner Violence after the Pandemic” …Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana Lotte Houwink ten Cate, Department of History, Columbia University The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series provides timely research…
“Weapons of War: Examining Gender-Based Violence in Conflict Zones” …these experts on gender-based violence: Abby Cordova, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame Romina Istratii, School of History, Religions and Philosophies, SOAS The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation…
Geographic Perspectives on the Indonesian Killings of 1965–66 in Central and East Java …hundred thousand, these killings comprised the single most traumatic political event in the history of independent Indonesia. Directed against people affiliated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), the violence killed…
Violence Reduction and Social Inclusion in Ecuador: Legalizing Street Gangs and Declining Rates of Homicide …our research shifted to the street organization known as the Masters of the Street on the Pacific Coast. Thirty life history interviews were carried out with group members as well…
When Militaries Turn Against Authoritarians: Lessons from Tunisia and the Arab Spring …who know how to act decisively to shape expectations and trigger snowballing processes of defection or repression. At a terrifying moment of indecision, the course of history may be determined…
In the Name of Christ: Religious Violence and Its Legitimacy in Mexico (1920–2020) …genuine interest in defending their faith. By going beyond the Cristero Wars and a focus on the history of the state-Church conflict in Mexico, my project arrived at four main…
The 1947 Taiwanese Rebellion: Last Battle of the Sino-Japanese War? …of state- and nation-building in early twentieth-century China. Since the 228 Incident has been extensively memorialized in Taiwan, the thesis begins with a history of the successive narratives of the…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows …and the Rural in Sudan Between Revolution and War Tamia Botes (Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand), Eldorado Park as Demonic Grounds: A Social History from 1960s–Present Nonhlanhla Gumede (Social Work,…
Drugs, Violence, and National Honor: British Foreign Policy and the Opium Crisis, 1833–1840 The first Opium War (1840–1842) was a defining moment in Anglo-Chinese relations, and since the 1840s the histories of its origins have tended to be straightforward narratives suggesting that the…
An Anatomy of Sectarian Violence: Jews and Christians in Premodern Poland Based on extensive research in nearly twenty archives in Poland and Rome, this project combines political, legal, and cultural historical approaches and tells a story of the role the sacred …
