Teaching About Rape in War and Genocide

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: Tackling Overlooked Issues

   • Carol Rittner, John K. Roth

   Pages 1-7

3. Why Teach?

   • Carol Rittner, Ernesto Verdeja, Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Hugo Slim, Maria Eriksson Baaz, Maria Stern et al.

   Pages 8-25

4. Who Should Teach and Learn?

   • John K. Roth, Cheyney Ryan, Ernesto Verdeja, Roselyn Costantino, Ruth Seifert, Robert Skloot

   Pages 26-41

5. What Needs to Be Taught?

   • Roselyn Costantino, Carol Rittner, Ruth Seifert, Alex Alvarez, Lee Ann De Reus, Doris Schopper et al.

   Pages 42-63

6. How Should One Teach?

   • John K. Roth, Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Alex Alvarez, Maria Eriksson Baaz, Maria Stern, Andrea Pető et al.

   Pages 64-84

7. When and Where?

   • Henry C. Theriault, Paul R. Bartrop, Andrea Pető, Doris Schopper, Lee Ann De Reus, Hugo Slim

   Pages 85-104

8. Conclusion: Time Will Tell

   • Carol Rittner, John K. Roth

   Pages 105-106

9. Back Matter

   Pages 107-115

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This edited volume is both a guide for educators and a resource for everyone who wants to strengthen resistance against a major atrocity that besieges human development. Its contributors explore a crucial question: how to teach about rape in war and genocide?

• development
• genocide
• teaching
• war
• human rights
• international relations
• law
• political science
• politics
• teaching
• war

“A sensitive, nuanced, and ethically and psychologically insightful work on an extraordinarily important and difficult topic. The diversity of voices and perspectives provide thoughtful commentary on pedagogy that contribute to teaching that is responsible, respectful, critical, and characterized by humility and care for survivors of rape in war and genocide and genuine concern for providing students with challenging but supportive opportunities for learning that inspires and empowers.” (Dr. Noam Schimmel, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, Oxford University, UK)

“Teaching About Rape in War and Genocide is a major contribution. Together with an international, interdisciplinary team of scholar-teachers, Rittner and Roth address fundamental questions: why, who, how, and what to teach about this urgent subject. The editors and authors approach their topicwith a judicious blend of empathy and rigor, authority and humility.” (Doris L. Bergen, author of War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust)

“This is a long-overdue volume. Mapping a wide range of approaches to teaching about rape in war and genocide, it offers insights that are simultaneously accessible, practical, and profound. Anybody planning to teach about sexualized violence should read this book. Perhaps more important, those who have avoided the topic should too.” (James Dawes, author of Evil Men and That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity)

“Rittner and Roth convincingly argue not only that we must teach about rape in war and genocide but also hone our teaching like a craft. This book speaks directly to the heart of every teacher and parent. Would that every teacher - of whatever field - will read it and ask the questions of who should teach, and how, and why.” (Roger Brooks, President and Chief Executive Officer of Facing History and Ourselves)

• Stockton University, USA

  Carol Rittner

• Claremont McKenna College, USA

  John K. Roth

Alex Alvarez, Northern Arizona University, USA Maria Eriksson Baaz, Nordic Africa Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Paul R. Bartrop, Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA Roselyn Costantino, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, USA Lee Ann De Reus, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona, USA Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Stockton University, USA Andrea Petö, Central European University, Hungary Cheyney Ryan, Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford, UK Doris Schopper, University of Geneva, Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH), Switzerland Ruth Seifert, University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany Robert Skloot, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Hugo Slim, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Switzerland Maria Stern, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Henry Theriault, Worcester State University, USA Ernesto Verdeja, Kroc Institutefor International Peace Studies, USA

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