Category Archives: Gender and Warfare

Rape in the Syrian Civil War

Posted on April 14, 2013 by briansandberg

Sexual assault often accompanies military conflict. In many wars, some soldiers use their armed power to inflict sexual violence on prisoners and civilians. Sexual violence can at times become systematic, targeting specific groups of combatants or civilians to intimidate and … Continue reading →

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Inside the Syrian Civil War

Posted on April 12, 2013 by briansandberg

The Syrian Civil War continues to rage. Approximately 70,000 Syrians have already been killed and an estimated 4 million Syrians have fled their homes as refugees. PBS’s Frontline recently aired a gripping documentary on “Syria Behind the Lines.” The documentary … Continue reading →

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Age of Christian Martyrs Questioned

Posted on April 1, 2013 by briansandberg

New research challenges the idea of an Age of Christian Martyrs during the early centuries of Christian expansion in the Mediterranean world. Candida Moss, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame explains: “For the … Continue reading →

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Sexual Violence in the U.S. Armed Forces

Posted on March 21, 2013 by briansandberg

Sexual violence in the United States Armed Forces has become a major problem. Numerous studies and public scandals have highlighted incidents of rape and sexual harassment, which have often gone unpunished. Women who report sexual harassment and rape claim that … Continue reading →

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Women Already in Combat

Posted on March 18, 2013 by briansandberg

American women are already serving in combat. Although news analysts and commentators continue to debate the merits of placing women in combat roles, many women soldiers and veterans have been dealing with the realities of combat duty for quite some … Continue reading →

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US Women in Combat

Posted on January 24, 2013 by briansandberg

The Department of Defense has announced that it will lift the ban on women serving in combat positions in the United States military. The move in some ways confirms the already-existing situation in the Iraq War and Afghan War over … Continue reading →

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Political Assassinations in Paris

Posted on January 10, 2013 by briansandberg

Three Kurdish women were murdered in Paris yesterday in the offices of the Kurdish Institute. The women were all political activists affiliated with the PKK, a Kurdish nationalist group active in Turkey and Iraq. Sakine Cansiz, one of the co-founders … Continue reading →

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Women and War

Posted on December 6, 2012 by briansandberg

Warfare is often assumed to be a purely masculine sphere of human activity. This gendered conception is a myth. Women have historically been participants in diverse aspects of warfare: recruitment, training, mobilization, strategic formulation, military intelligence, war finance, logistical services, … Continue reading →

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Cultural History of Violence

Posted on August 21, 2012 by briansandberg

The cultural history of violence is finally being recognized as a major scholarly field. A sign of the growing prominence of violence studies is the recent announcement of the Penn Humanities Forum’s theme for 2013-2014 on Violence. The Penn Humanities … Continue reading →

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Cultural History of Violence

Posted on May 21, 2012 by briansandberg

The cultural history of violence is finally being recognized as a major scholarly field. A sign of the growing prominence of violence studies is the recent announcement of the Penn Humanities Forum’s theme for 2013-2014 on Violence. The Penn Humanities … Continue reading →

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