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Please join the Department of International Development for a book talk with Tatiana Sanchez Parra about her new book, "Born of War in Colombia: Reproductive Violence and Memories of Absence".
About the book
Born of War in Colombia addresses why people born of conflict-related sexual violence remain unseen within transitional justice agendas. In Colombia, there are generations of children born of conflict-related sexual violence across the country. Whispers of their presence have traveled outside their communities. They also exist within the country’s domestic reparations program, which entitles them to reparations. Drawing on an immersive feminist ethnography with a community that endured a paramilitary confinement, the book reveals how a past-oriented and harm-centered model of transitional justice has converged with a restricted notion of gendered victimhood and the patriarchal politics of reproduction to render the bodies and experiences of people born of conflict-related sexual violence unintelligible to those seeking to understand and address the consequences of war in Colombia.
About the author
Tatiana Sánchez Parra
Tatiana Sánchez Parra is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Her background is in anthropology, human rights, and sociology. Tatiana’s research is situated at the intersection of socio-legal, feminist, and Latin American studies. Her research focuses on issues related to feminist peacebuilding, reproductive justice, and reproductive violence in contexts of war and political transitions. Her first book, Born of War in Colombia: Reproductive Violence and Memories of Absence, was published by Rutgers University Press in 2024.
About the speaker
Jelke Boesten
Professor Jelke Boesten is the Associate Dean Doctoral Studies and Professor in Gender and Development. Over the years, Jelke has looked at different aspects of violence against women in war and in peace, social policy and transitional justice, and persistent intersecting inequalities. At King’s, she founded and convenes the Gender Studies Network as well as co-convenes the Visual and Embodied Methodologies (VEM) network.
About the Interrogating Development Seminar Series
The 'Interrogating Development' seminar series is organised by the Department of International Development at King's College London. The series examines some of the most pressing issues of development facing global society today, with the authors of new books presenting cutting-edge research on a variety of topics related to development.
The talk will be followed by a wine reception. The event is open to everyone.
At this event
Associate Dean Doctoral Studies
Event details
Room 1.02Bush House North East Wing
Bush House North East Wing, 30 Aldwych, WC2B 4BG