Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Introduction

+ Aims & Scope

+ Structure

+ History


Announcements

+ Updates

+ Calls for Papers

+ New Lectures

+ New Publications


Alphabetical Index

+ Author Index

+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

+ Medieval History

+ Modern History


Geographical Index

+ African History

+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

+ Oceanian History


Topical Index

+ Prosecution

+ Cases

+ Types

+ Offenders

+ Victims

+ Society

+ Research

+ Representations


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Announcements: Updates
UPDATE - MAY 2025

I. N e w   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Alban, Gilian M.E. »Bernardine Evaristo, from Novel to Memoir: The Hu/Woman Self and Other Seen in Manifesto and Girl, Woman, Other.« Edebiyat, Dil ve Kültürde Insan - Disiplinerarasi ve Kültürlerarasi Okumular Istanbul 2025: 208-220.

[Info] Cetin, Selcuk, et al. »Medicolegal evaluation of violence against women in the Ottoman Empire with the light of qadi registry records between the 17th and 20th centuries.« Medicine Science 14 (2025): 248-260.

[Info] Conter, Rafael. »Animais Assassinos: As Fronteiras do Filme Natural Horror.« Ilha do Desterro 77 (2024).

[Info] Cooper, Mariah. The Body of Proof: Representations of Rape and Consent in Medieval England’s Laws and Literature. Ph.D. Thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2022.

[Info] Cooper, Mariah L. Representations of Rape and Consent in Medieval English Laws and Literature. Leeds 2024.

[Info] Cooper, Mariah L. »'Let's Bring the Boys In': Group Rape and the Culture of Silence.« The Sundial (April 9, 2024).

[Info] Dadon, Kotel. »Književna i komparativna analiza pripovijesti o Amnonu i Tamari (2 Sam 13,1-22).« Nova prisutnost 23 (2025): 37-59.

[Info] Dill, Helga, et al., eds. Verratenes Vertrauen: Analysen zum Umgang mit sexualisierter Gewalt in der Evangelischen Kirche und der Diakonie in Deutschland. Weinheim 2025.

[Info] Discher, Lisa V. Männlichkeit und Gewalt in Wolframs von Eschenbach Parzival. Bachelorarbeit, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., 2023.

[Info] Dória Cardoso Gois, Yasmim, et al. »Fatores associados à recorrência do estupro na população brasileira: um estudo transversal, 2018-2022.« Caderno Pedogógico 22(5) (2025).

[Info] Ferrari, Carlyn E. »(Re)Making Generations: Gayl Jones’s Corregidora and Black Women’s Ecologies.« ISLE (February 20, 2025).

[Info] Funnell, Lisa. »Patricia Fearing, Sexual Violence, and Thunderball (1965).« Lisa Funnell Blog (February 10, 2020).

[Info] Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret, et al. »Associations between media exposure to sexual violence during the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict and sexual, psychological, and relational well-being.« Journal of Sexual Aggression (April 2, 2025).

[Info] Gregersen, Andreas B., et al. »“It is like night and day”: The Disruptive Development of Danish Feminism in the Light of the #MeToo Movement.« Feminist Movements in Time and Space: A European Perspective. Edited by Giada B. Rosenkranz et al. Cham 2025: 39-65.

[Info] Gümüş, Florentina, et al. »Medea as a rape narrative: Edward Bond’s Dea.« European Journal of Women's Studies 32 (2025): 7-19.

[Info] He, Zhiyan, et al. »Sexual violence in the Nanjing massacre: Emotional narratives and cultural trauma.« Violence (March 28, 2025).

[Info] Hoose, Anahita. »The god with a thousand vulvas: Heroic feminisation in ancient India and Greece.« Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (2025).

[Info] Hyo-won, Lee. Rise of South Korean ‘Comfort Women’ Films as Mainstream Entertainment in the 2010s. Master’s Thesis, Seoul National University, 2024.

[Info] Karčić, Hikmet. Torture, Humiliate, Kill: Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System. Ann Arbor 2022.

[Info] Kebaneilwe, Mmapula D. The Bible and Gender-Based Violence in Botswana. London 2024.

[Info] Klein, Renate. »„Tatort Campus“: Ergebnisse von fast 70 Jahren Forschung zu Gewalt- und Missbrauchserfahrungen an amerikanischen Hochschulen.« Gewaltfrei arbeiten und leben: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, Theorien, empirische Erkenntnisse und Handlungsoptionen. Edited by Ruth Abramowski et al. Baden-Baden 2025: 125-148.

[Info] Ławniczak, Remigiusz. »The Rapes of Polish Women by Red Army Soldiers in 1945 in the Pomerian Voivodeship.« Kwartalnik Historyczny 131 (2024): 85-129.

[Info] Romano, Carman. »Rape and Revenge in the Homeric Hymn to AphroditeArethusa 58 (2025): 75-100.

[Info] Uzair, Muhammad, et al. »Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) In Indian Occupied Kashmir: An Examination of Rape Incidents Committed by Indian Forces.« Journal of Women, Peace & Security 1 (2024): 28-58.

[Info] Vigneswaran, Kate, et al. Conflict-Related Sexual and Reproductive Violence in Tigray.Washington, D.C. 2025.

[Info] Westendorf, Jasmine-Kim, et al. »Elusive accountability: Governing sexual exploitation and abuse under the grip of sexual violence in war.« International Affairs 101 (2025): 603-622.

[Info] Wu, Jinyi. »A Reflection of Gender Inequality: The Analysis of Bridget Jones's Diary through the Gender Perspective.« International Journal of Linguistics, Literature & Translation 8 (2025): 11-15.


2. Speaker Index

[Info] Gaullier-Bougassas, Catherine. »Satyrs in French Renaissance: Contrasting Representations, between Fertility of Nature and Violence against Women.« 71st Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. Boston 2025.

[Info] Kim, Hyun G. »“Comfort Women” Transformed into Mata Hari: Postcolonial Cold War Memories in the Korean TV Series Eyes of Dawn (1991-1992).« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.

[Info] Kim, Juwon. »What’s in a Proper Name? Censorship and “Comfort Women” in Seven Female POWs (1965).« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.

[Info] Mühlhäuser, Regina. »Militär, Gewalt, Körper: Anmerkungen zu sexueller Gewalt in bewaffneten Konflikten und als Kriegswaffe.« Die Rückkehr des Krieges? Feministische Perspektiven auf Krieg, Militarismus und Gewalt. Berlin 2025.

[Info] Mühlhäuser, Regina. »Militär und Männlichkeit: Sexuelle Gewalt im Krieg.« Hörsaal. Deutschlandfunk Nova 2025.

[Info] Riedel, Lennart. »In Search of Fang Siqi’s Legal Paradise: Reforming PRC Law Through Literature.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.

[Info] Xie, Miya, chair. »Lin Yihan’s Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise: Exploring the Multiverse of Trauma Literature.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.

[Info] Zamperini, Paola. »Teaching to Express: Lin Yi-Han’s Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise and the Pedagogical Im/Possibilities of Trauma Literature.« Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Columbus 2025.



II. R e v i s e d   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Beliveau, Ralph, et al., eds. #MeToo TV: Essays on Streaming Rape Culture. Jefferson 2025.

[Info] Ko, Ñusta C., ed. New Ways of Solidarity with Korean Comfort Women: Comfort Women and What Remains. Singapore 2023.

[Info] Lehner, Ulrich L. Inszenierte Keuschheit: Sexualdelikte in der Gesellschaft Jesu im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Berlin 2024.

[Info] Tranchese, Alessia. From Fritzl to #metoo: Twelve Years of Rape Coverage in the British Press. Cham 2023.

[Info] Weikert, Katherine. »Translating between the lines: The rape of Constance Mauduit and histories of violation.« Historical Research No. 274 (2023): 446-458.


2. Speaker Index

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III. N e w   S u b d i r e c t o r i e s

Topical Index

1. Prosecution: Trials: General Eyre

2. Cases: Fictional Offenders: James Bond, Parzival; Fictional Victims: Patricia Fearing, Jeschute, Bridget Jones, Carole Williams; Mythological Offenders: Anchises, Pandu; Mythological Victims: Aphrodite, Madri; Real Incidents: Doda Rape Case, Handwara Rape Case, Hockey Canada Sexual Assault Scandal, KunanPoshpora Gang Rape Case, Langate Rape and Murder Case, Shopian Rape and Murder Case, Srinagar Gang Rape Case, Wavoosa Gang Rape Case

3. Types: -

4. Offenders: -

5. Victims: -

6. Society: -

7. Research: -

8. Representations: Films: Bridget Jones's Diary, Herstory, Seven Female POWs, Thunderball; Literary Texts: Homeric Hymns, Livre des échecs amoureux moralisés, Recueil Robertet