Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Alphabetical Index

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+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

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Geographical Index

+ African History

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+ Asian History

+ European History

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Topical Index

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Announcements: Updates
UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2025

I. N e w   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Ahsan, Md F.M. The trauma of rejection: Contemporary literary encounters with the 1971 Bangladesh war. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, 2025.

[Info] Aitazzn, Fatima Z. »La dualité de l’amour dans L’Heptaméron de Marguerite de Navarre.« Complexus 2 (2025): 221-235.

[Info] Baader, Meike S., et al. Ergebnisbericht „Helmut Kentlers Wirken in der Berliner Kinder- und Jugendhilfe – Aufarbeitung der organisationalen Verfahren und Verantwortung des Berliner Landesjugendamtes“. Hildesheim 2024.

[Info] Bai, Jian. »Indelible Trauma: The Case of Geraldine in The Round HouseProceedings of the 2025 4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2025). Edited by Sun Jing et al. Paris 2025: 117-123.

[Info] Baigorria, Judizeli. Violência sexual relacionada à gestação e aborto previsto em lei no Brasil: Dados do SINAN entre 2016 e 2022. Tese (doutorado), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2025.

[Info] Basu, Koyel. »Sexual violence as a smokescreen on war crimes and human rights violations.« International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies 12 (2025): 230-243.

[Info] Beccarelli, Marine. »Occulter la réalité du viol: Une histoire de la radio et de la télévision publiques françaises (1970-1990).« Cahiers du Genre No. 78 (2025): 71-97.

[Info] Bhattacharjee, Bhaswati. »The Muffled Memories: Tracing the Traumatic History of the Comfort Women of World War II through Jan Ruff O’Herne’s Memoir Fifty Years of SilenceBetween Trauma and Memory: Reflections Beyond Boundaries. Edited by Neha Soman et al. Singapore 2025: 3-16.

[Info] Bisevac, Andjela. »From Tartan to Turmoil: Sensory Engagement and Historical Narratives in Alexander McQueen’s “Highland Rape”.« dObra[s] No. 44 (2025): 106-120.

[Info] Bourne, Paul. A., et al. »Macroeconomic Determinants of Sexual Violence: An ARIMAX Approach to Rape in Jamaica, 2001-2023.« International Journal of Economics & Finance Research & Applications 9 (2025): 25-46.

[Info] Calabresi, Elisabetta. »“Be a man”: Male unemployment and rape in Mexico.« Review of Economics of the Household (June 30, 2025).

[Info] Chandra, Giti. »Why do white women get raped in Raj Nostalgia literature? Violence, gender, and the decolonisation of trauma.« Decolonial Feminisms, Decolonising Feminisms: Transnational Perspectives. Edited by Deevia Bhana et al. London 2026: 188-202.

[Info] Cooper, Mariah L. »Re-Reading Medieval Cases of Raptus: Group Rape and Homosociality in England.« Florilegium 38 (2025): 31-57.

[Info] Cormier, E. Margaret. Regarding Rape: Representations of Sexual Violence on the Twenty-First-Century Operatic Stage. Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University, 2020.

[Info] Cunha, Bárbara M. da. Perspectivas sobre o aborto legal em caso de gravidez decorrente de estupro na história do direito penal brasileiro (1940-1998): Interpretações jurídicas e estratégias de resistência feminina. Tese (doutorado), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2024.

[Info] Dadon, Kotel. »Grijeh i kazna: Književna analiza božanske kazne i odgojnih neuspjeha u Abšalomovoj trilogiji (2 Sam 13–15).« Nova prisutnost 23 (2025): 243-262.

[Info] Dayan, Hava, et al. »Nassar’s sexual abuse of Olympic athletes: Nassar’s sexual abuse of Olympic athletes.« Journal of Gender-Based Violence (July 25, 2025).

[Info] Devi, N.K. Sandhya. »Unweaving the accustomed silence: A study of comfort women using How We Disappeared by Jing Jing Lee (2020).« Journal of Gender-Based Violence (April 11, 2025).

[Info] Devi, Shamurailatpam G. »Representation of Female Characters in Shashi Deshpande's Novels: Small Remedies and The Binding Vine.« Anusandhanvallari No. 1 2(2025): 75-80.

[Info] Dreij, Carla. »Le continuum des violences sexuelles dans les films libanais (2005-2019): Une lecture intersectionnelle.« Les Cahiers des Jeunes Chercheurs (2025).

[Info] Dyachkov, Ilya V., et al. »Issues of the Historical Past in Current Relations Between Japan and the Countries of the Korean Peninsula.« Japan’s Historical Disputes with Neighboring States: Russian Perspectives. Edited by Dmitry Streltsov. London 2025: 108-141.

[Info] Elia, Nada. »The Israel Exemption.« Journal of Palestine Studies 54 (2025): 66-74.

[Info] Embaye, Tsegalem K. »Empowering Voice: Overcoming Stigma to Enhance Recovery for Wartime Rape Survivors in Ethiopia's Tigray Region.« Mekelle University Journal of Political Science and Strategic Studies 3 (2025): 46-70.

[Info] Ford, Angela. »Sex for Life: Conditions that Necessitated Sexual Barter in the Holocaust.« A Space of Her Own: Women in the Holocaust. Edited by Dragana Stojanović et al. Belgrade 2025: 25-39.

[Info] Givisiez, Luiz G.V.B., et al. »Eufemismo como estratégia: O projeto de engenharia conceitual do dossiê Comfort WomenPerspectiva Filosófica 52 (2025): 1-30.

[Info] Hansson, Karin, et al. »Sexual Harassment as Reification: #MeToo in the Cultural and Creative Industries in Sweden.« Gender, Work & Organization (August 1, 2025).

[Info] Harper-Scott, J.P.E. »Britten's opera about rape.« Cambridge Opera Journal 21 (2009): 65-88.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »„Wider die Gewalt-Verhältnisse“: Sexualisierte Gewalt als Leerstelle der Ausbildung bundesdeutscher evangelischer Pfarrer*innen und die Intervention feministischer Theolog*innen (1980er und 1990er Jahre).« Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg (2023): 119-142.

[Info] Herzig, Tamar. »Contending with interreligious rape in the 16th and 17th centuries: Social realities and literary representations.« European Journal of Women’s Studies (2025).

[Info] Hubbe, Sophie. Erinnerungen einer ungewünschten Generation: Besatzungskinder und ihre Nachkommen auf der Suche nach den eigenen Wurzeln. Göttingen 2025.

[Info] Jung, Grace. »Feminist Realism in K-Dramas: My Mister and Something in the RainJournal of Cinema and Media Studies 64 (2025): 277-299.

[Info] Kulp, Kevin. Geweihte Sünder: Sexueller Kindesmissbrauch und Sodomie im mittelalterlichen Kirchenrecht. Frankfurt/Main 2025.

[Info] Madar, Revital. »Beyond Male Israeli Soldiers, Palestinian Women, Rape, and War: Israeli State Sexual Violence against Palestinians.« Conflict and Society 9 (2023): 72-88.

[Info] Medien, Kathryn. »Israeli settler colonialism, “humanitarian warfare,” and sexual violence in Palestine.« International Feminist Journal of Politics 23 (2021): 698-719.

[Info] Nausia Pimoulier, Amaia. »«De palabra y no de corazón»: Las criadas y el estupro ante los tribunales civiles navarros en los siglos XVI y XVII.« Memoria y Civilización: Anuario de Historia 28 (2025): 73-114.

[Info] Osokin, Mikhail. »Male rape, female dominance and new sexual economics in GereonPorn Studies (June 19, 2025).

[Info] Pasau, Agustinus B., et al. »Dosa yang Mewarisi Luka: Penyimpangan Seksual sebagai Dampak Pelecehan dalam Kejadian 19:8.« Formosa Journal of Applied Sciences 4 (2025): 1345-1360.

[Info] Pasquier, Florent, et al. »Discourses of Japanese History Textbooks: From Doxa to Critical Thinking.« Impacts of Museums on Global Communication. Edited by Maiko Sawada et al. Hershey 2025: 45-86.

[Info] Paul, Shraman. »Shattered Lives, Unbroken Spirits: Women’s Resilience and Recovery in Lalithambika Antharjanam’s “A Leaf in the Storm” and Manik Bandopadhyay’s “The Final Solution”.« International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research 7 (2025): 1-8.

[Info] Perminova, Vera A. »The Japanese Colonial Heritage in Taiwan as a Problem of the Historical Past.« Japan’s Historical Disputes with Neighboring States: Russian Perspectives. Edited by Dmitry Streltsov. London 2025: 75-107,

[Info] Ruffio, Claire. »Juger au cas par cas ? L’influence du droit sur l’individualisation du viol dans la presse écrite française (1980-2020).« Cahiers du Genre No. 78 (2025): 99-128.

[Info] Streltsov, Dmitry. »“Apology Diplomacy” in Japan’s Relations With East Asian Countries.« Japan’s Historical Disputes with Neighboring States: Russian Perspectives. Edited by Dmitry Streltsov. London 2025: 142-161.

[Info] Streltsov, Dmitry, ed. Japan’s Historical Disputes with Neighboring States: Russian Perspectives. London 2025.

[Info] Svirčev, Žarka. »Women’s Holocaust Narratives in the Yugoslav Jewish Almanac.« A Space of Her Own: Women in the Holocaust. Edited by Dragana Stojanović et al. Belgrade 2025: 151-170.

[Info] Torres Cendales, Leidy J. »Cuerpos jerarquizados, violencias irrelevantes: El estupro por la fuerza en Santafé y Tunja a principios del siglo XVII.« Fronteras de la Historia 30 (2025): 19-48.

[Info] Wiesner, Reinhard. »Ergebnisbericht „Helmut Kentlers Wirken in der Berliner Kinder- und Jugendhilfe“: Ein rechtlicher Blick.« unsere jugend 77 (2025): 261-266.

[Info] Yttermyr, Ebba. Unnecessarily Graphic or Brutally Honest? Online discussions about the sexual violence in Isabella Eklöf’s Holiday (2018). Master thesis, Stockholms universitet, 2025.

[Info] Zhouting. »Heterotopian Narratives and Audience Subjectivity in Korea’s Post-War Urban Commemorative Spaces: A Case Study of the Seoul War and Women’s Human Rights Museum.« 강원문화연구 51 (2025): 229-261.


2. Speaker Index

[Info] Beccarelli, Marine. »La représentation du viol dans les médias radiophoniques français (fin des années 1960-fin des années 1990).« Médias et violences sexistes et sexuelles. Informer, dénoncer, sensibiliser. Paris 2023.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Eine Leerstelle? Sprechen über Macht, Sexualität und sexualisierte Gewalt in der evangelischen Pfarrausbildung der westdeutschen Landeskirchen (1960er bis 1990er Jahre).« Protestantismus und Sexualität(en) – Konzepte, Institutionen und Personen seit 1945. Eine Forschungswerkstatt. Schwerte 2023.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Between Consent and Violence: What Court Files Tell Us About Sexual Practices in German Cities, c. 1920s-30s.« Beyond Norms and Categories. Towards a History of Sexual Practices, 1850-1960. Bremen 2024.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Grenzüberschreitungen in der Großstadt: Sexualisierte Gewalt in Hamburger Gerichtsakten, ca. 1919–1937.« Forum Stadtgeschichte 2024 – Nachwuchstagung der Gesellschaft für Stadtgeschichte und Urbanisierungsforschung. Salzburg 2024.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Writing an Urban History of Sexual Violence: Rape Trials in German and English Cities, 1920s–1960s.« German Historical Institute London Colloquium. London 2024.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Frühe Politisierungen: Auseinandersetzungen der bürgerlichen englischen Frauenbewegung mit sexualisierter Gewalt an Mädchen, 1930er bis 1950er Jahre.« Sechste Jahrestagung des AK Sexualitäten in der Geschichte. Hamburg 2025.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Grenzüberschreitungen in der Großstadt: Sexualisierte Gewalt in deutschen und englischen Städten, ca. 1920 bis 1970.« Colloquium zur Zeitgeschichte. Berlin 2025.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Unlikely Alliances? NVA, AMSH and (Feminist) Activism against Child Sexual Abuse, 1930s and 1950s.« 1885 and Its Long Shadow: Sexual Offences in Historical Context. Virtual 2025.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Von Sittlichkeit zu Selbstbestimmung? Eine Geschichte sexualisierter Gewalt in deutschen und englischen Großstädten, 1920er bis 1960er Jahre.« Kultur/Geschichte: Politik, Bild, Materialität. Bielefeld 2025.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Von Sittlichkeit zu Selbstbestimmung? Sexualisierte Gewalt in deutschen und englischen Großstädten, 1920er bis 1960er Jahre.« Let's talk about sex! – Sexualität in Deutschland und Großbritannien, 1945-1990. Tübingen 2025.

[Info] Hellriegel, Lisa. »Wissen über Gewalt: Polizeiliche, medizinische und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven auf sexualisierte Gewalt in deutschen und englischen Großstädten (1920er–1960er Jahre).« Hamburger Vorlesungen zur Wissensgeschichte. Hamburg 2025.

[Info] Kamba, Chifundo. »Towards the Making of the Legal Culture: uropean Conceptualisations of Sexual Violence among the Local Population of Malawi, c. 1891–1920.« Beyond Norms and Categories. Towards a History of Sexual Practices, 1850-1960. Bremen 2024.

[Info] Mompó, Sabina. »Rape in Franco’s Spain through Medical Reports and Legal Proceedings: Sexed Violence, Infanticide and Moral-Catholic Judgment.« Beyond Norms and Categories. Towards a History of Sexual Practices, 1850-1960. Bremen 2024.

[Info] Reus, Julia, chair. »Sexual Violence and Law.« Beyond Norms and Categories. Towards a History of Sexual Practices, 1850-1960. Bremen 2024.



II. R e v i s e d   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Beyer, Charlotte. Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo. London 2025.

[Info] Cormier, Margaret. Rape at the Opera: Staging Sexual Violence. Ann Arbor 2024.


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

1. Geographical Index

African History: Malawian History


2. Topical Index

1. Prosecution: -

2. Cases: Fictional Offenders: Michael | Fictional Victims: Jyotirmoyi Devpal, Mallika, Sascha | Real Offenders: Thomas de Ardern, Stephen de Berthamsted, John de Dalton, Robert de Holand, Edmund de Mamcestre, Henry Dent, William le Hare, Hugh Lepage, Henry Walter, Alexander R., Richard, Robert. Sir Hugh Thomas, son of William | Real Victims: Cecilia Walter, Heloise, Juliana le Hare, Matilda, Margery de la Beche

3. Types: States of Emergency: Settler Colonialism

4. Offenders: Circumstances: Unemployment

5. Victims: -

6. Society: -

7. Research: -

8. Representations: Films: My Mister, Something in the Rain | Literary Texts: 1. Authors: Nekesa Afia, Lalithambika Antharjanam, Manik Bandopadhyay, Lauren Henderson, Dorothy Koomson, Đorđe Lebović, Julija Najman, Alex Reeve, Eva Tićak Vajler, Susan White; 2. Texts: The Story of the English Lord Gereon