Aflyst - Gender Lunch Talks II: Gender, War and Peace

The Gender Lunch Talks turns its gaze to the potency of the military (as a social institution) and the force of war through the eyes of gender studies and feminist theory. 

This theme of war, military and peace simultaneously builds on, as well as challenges, traditional perceptions of and approaches to studying gendered dynamics of military life and war.

Talk by

Senior researcher Robin May Schott presents a paper titled: "Sexualized violence in war: How can it be prevented?"

Robin May Schott is a philosopher who works in the areas of gender studies, genocide studies, ethics, political theory. She focuses on issues of gender and (in) security, including the production of gendered insecurities through sexual and gender-based violence in conflict and in peacetime contexts. 

Robin May Schott works with a broad range of issues related to gender, violence and conflict, including topics of trauma and resilience, moral injury, sexual violence, victims and vulnerability, civilian-military relations, and technologies of warfare.  She also writes on current political issues related to gender, including the burqa bans, LGBT rights, and international agendas on gender, peace and security.

About Gender Lunch Talk

Gender Lunch Talks at the University of Copenhagen will this spring semester put focus on gendered aspects of war, military and peace. an array of researchers will look into the complexities, conceptualizations, and lived realities of the theme.

The Gender Lunch Talks is an online event with a Zoom link sent to the participants. Though this semester we will sum up the theme with a panel on the 28th of June.

It is free to participate, but registration is required for each event.