Rebel Sex: Male Combatants and Desire in Coercive Circumstances

Dr Holly Porter, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies & Deputy Director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies

*Please note that this seminar will be held in-person in S1, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP, and online via Zoom. If you would like to attend in-person no registration is required. If you would like to attend online please register your place in advance. Registration will close at 9.00am on Monday 21 October 2024.

Dr Holly Porter is an anthropologist focusing on Africa and her work centres around issues of gender, sexualities, violence, and local notions of healing and justice after war—particularly in northern Uganda where she lived for more than ten years. Previously, Holly worked in South Sudan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Azerbaijan, and Palestine in the fields of access to justice, gender-based violence, transitional justice, peacebuilding and human rights. Prior to coming to Cambridge, she held positions at the London School of Economics, and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship at the University of Antwerp and Gent University. Holly is the author of many articles and the 2018 Herskovitz Book Prize finalist for After rape: violence justice and social harmony in Uganda, published by Cambridge University Press.

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar for the Michaelmas term 2024 on Monday 21 October at 12.30pm. The Gender Research Seminars offer academics and graduate students an opportunity to present their work-in-progress to a multi-disciplinary audience interested in gender, in a friendly and informal atmosphere. Seminars are held on specified days during Michaelmas and Lent and everyone is welcome to attend.

The seminars are organised and chaired by Sigal Spigel. If you would like more information about this series, or are interested in presenting your work at a Gender Research Seminar, please visit the Centre's website at: https://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/genderseminars

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