Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Introduction

+ Aims & Scope

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Announcements

+ Updates

+ Calls for Papers

+ New Lectures

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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 2026

I. N e w   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Álvarez Cuartero, Izaskun. »Violencia sexual en Yucatán, 1830-1875.« Historia Crítica No. 86 (2022): 17-38.

[Info] Álvarez Cuartero, Izaskun. »Delitos sexuales contra las mujeres en Michoacán en el siglo XVIII.« Temas Americanistas No. 50 (2023): 135-158.

[Info] Arnaldi, Giulia. Media e Violenza di Genere: Venezia e il racconto della violenza di genere attraverso i mezzi d'informazione (XVI-XVII secolo). Tesi di Laurea, Università degli Studi di Padova, 2025.

[Info] Bailo, Paolo, et al. »Sexual Violence, Judicial Seizures, and Forensic DNA Analyses: An Archive-Based Study in Milan (2016–2024).« Forensic Sciences 6 (2026).

[Info] Blum, Rebekka. Antifeministische Kräfte zur Absicherung patriarchaler Verhältnisse: Struktureller und bewegungsförmiger Antifeminismus in Westdeutschland zwischen 1945 und 1990. Opladen 2026.

[Info] Breitenfeld, Sarah B. »One of the Olynthians: Dem. 19.196–98 and Violence against Enslaved Female War Captives.« Brill’s Companion to War Violence in the Ancient Mediterranean. Edited by Lennart Gilhaus. Leiden 2026: 389-419.

[Info] Bunt, Laura. »A Quest for Justice in Cuzco, Peru: Race and Evidence in the Case of Mercedes Ccorimanya Lavilla.« PoLAR 32 (2008): 286-302.

[Info] Bunt-MacRury, Laura. »The Coloniality of Law in Peru: Legal Positivism, Rape & Racialized Morality in Early Twentieth-Century Courts.« Historia Crítica No. 86 (2022): 59-80.

[Info] Cavalli, Angelica. Omosessualità e vampirismo dall’Ottocento a oggi. Tesi di Laurea, Università degli Studi di Padova, 2025.

[Info] Cho, Kyounghee, et al. »The Japanese Military “Comfort Women” Issue From the Perspective of Memory Politics: A Comparative Study of South Korea and Taiwan.« Pacific Focus (March 4, 2026).

[Info] Faggioli, Massimo. »The Abuse Crisis as a Turning Point in Church History.« Contemporanea 29 (2026): 141-156.

[Info] Featherstone, Lisa. »Sexual Violence: A Short History.« Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History. Edited by Amanda Capern. New York 2026.

[Info] Giolo, Margherita. L’Evoluzione del Rape-Revenge: “Non violentate Jennifer” e “Revenge. Tesi di Laurea Magistrale, Università degli Studi di Padova, 2025.

[Info] Gispert, Marie. »Otto Dix's Soldier and Nun (Rape) (1924): A Testimony to War or Sexual Violence?« Erotic Art in Modern Germany: Visual Cultures of Sex, 1871-1945. Edited by Camilla Smith et al. London 2026: 191-208.

[Info] Grey, Daniel J.R., et al. Historias de violencia sexual en la América Latina de los siglos XIX y XX. Bogota 2022.

[Info] Grey, Daniel J.R., et al. »Histories of Sexual Violence in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Latin America: An Introduction.« Historia Crítica No. 86 (2022): 3-16.

[Info] Koehler, Phyllis. »Against Inarticulation: Sexual Violence and the Limits of the Verbal in Unica Zürn’s Dunkler FrühlingLiterary Acts of Agency: Negotiating the Rule of Law. Edited by Ivana Perica et al. Berlin 2026: 75-90.

[Info] Loera, Pamela. »El atentado al pudor y la violación de niños en México a través del periódico El Foro (1873-1899).« Historia Crítica No. 86 (2022): 39-58.

[Info] Loera García, Pamela. La aparición de la violencia sexual infantil (1810-1895). Mexico City 2026.

[Info] Mohan, Amrutha, et al. »(Post)Memory and resistance in Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s Grass (2019) and the Waiting (2021).« Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (March 21, 2026).

[Info] Mulholland, Kaylee. »Sexually Violent Women: As Seen on TV.« UWL Journal of Undergraduate Research 22 (2019): 1-8.

[Info] Mulholland, Kaylee. »“Breaking the silence”: excavating cultural trauma at the Survivors Memorial.« Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (March 15, 2026).

[Info] Nikkanen, Ida. Kuka teki ja kuka joutui? Tekijyyden ja vastuun ilmeneminen Ylen raiskausuutisoinnin kielellisissä valinnoissa vuosina 2011–2021. Magisterarbete, Åbo Akademi, 2026.

[Info] Nunes Sofía, Huerta. »Militarized Security and Sexualized Torture: The Case of Mexico (2009-2022).« 言語・地域文化研究 No. 32 (2026): 193-214.

[Info] Pagels, Elaine. Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus. New York 2025.

[Info] Pavez Ojeda, Jorge. »El violador es la verdad del grupo: sicopolítica de la violencia sexual en los centros de tortura (Chile, 1974-1976).« Historia Crítica No. 81 (2022): 81-106.

[Info] Prunckun, Henry W. »U.S. Presidential Parties and Violent Crime, 1960–2019.« American Journal of Criminal Justice (March 27, 2026).

[Info] Schmidt, Nora. »Literarische Aspekte einzelner Berichte über sexualisierte Gewalt in der evangelischen Kirche.« Zeitzeichen No. 3 (2026).

[Info] Sommer, Jessica. »Embodying Sexual Abuse in Voice: Babbitt’s PhilomelIndiana Theory Review 41 (2026): 85-111.

[Info] Trimm, Charlie. »Wartime Rape in Ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Israel: the Differing Perspectives of the Powerful and the Weak.« Brill’s Companion to War Violence in the Ancient Mediterranean. Edited by Lennart Gilhaus. Leiden 2026: 365–388.

[Info] Umoren, Imaobong. »Woman Speak!: documenting and detailing the Caribbean women's movement, 1979–1992.« Women's History Review (April 14, 2026).

[Info] Walde, Christine. »Versuch über den Schlaf in der römischen Dichtung.« Schlaf in der Literatur: Zu Narratologie und Ästhetik einer alltäglichen Extremerfahrung von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Berlin 2025: 9-33.


2. Speaker Index

[Info] Ahn, Hakyoung. »Rape Culture and Sexual Empowerment in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah.« Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Chicago 2020.

[Info] Armenti, Daniel. »‘Pulcra Erat’: Arnulf of Orleans Reads Rape in Ovid’s Metamorphoses.« Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Chicago 2020.

[Info] Buhrer, Tanja, et al, org. Gender and Violence in Colonial Wars, Colonial Rule and Anti-colonial Liberation Struggles. Potsdam 2025.

[Info] Deußen, Carl. »Sexuality and Sexual Violence in Imperial Ethnographic Collecting: The Case of German Anthropologist Wilhelm Joest.« Gender and Violence in Colonial Wars, Colonial Rule and Anti-colonial Liberation Struggles. Potsdam 2025.

[Info] Garfinkel, Renee, int. »Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus.« Van Leer Jerusalem Series on Ideas. New Books Network 2025.

[Info] Karamoy, Agnesha P.A., et al. »Sexual Violence and the Absence of Justice in Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones.« International Lecturer-Students Multidisciplinary Conference. Hybrid 2025.

[Info] Letz, Carmen. »Women in German Southwest Africa: The Theme of Violence against Women in Historical Novels and Films.« Gender and Violence in Colonial Wars, Colonial Rule and Anti-colonial Liberation Struggles. Potsdam 2025.

[Info] Liem, Bellinda S.N., et al. »Childhood Sexual Abuse Trauma in Gregg Araki’s Mysterious Skin.« International Lecturer-Students Multidisciplinary Conference. Hybrid 2025.

[Info] Pitt, Kristin, org. »Brutality and Resistance: Protraying Gendered and Sexualized Violence in Literature and Film.« Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Chicago 2020.

[Info] Siebrecht, Claudia. »The Testimony of Maria III: Sexual Violence and the Archival Grain, German South West Africa, 1906.« Gender and Violence in Colonial Wars, Colonial Rule and Anti-colonial Liberation Struggles. Potsdam 2025.

[Info] Verwey, Jonathan. »The Dutch Military Leadership’s Approach to Intimate Encounters and Sexual Violence by Dutch Soldiers during the Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1949).« Gender and Violence in Colonial Wars, Colonial Rule and Anti-colonial Liberation Struggles. Potsdam 2025.

[Info] Wauran, Jeffy R. »Hazing as Trauma in Sharon M. Draper's The Battle of Jericho: A Study of Bullying and Sexual Harassment in Young Adult Literature.« International Lecturer-Students Multidisciplinary Conference. Hybrid 2025.

[Info] Zakai, Orian, org. »Rape Culture, Rape and Culture: Literary Perspectives.« Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. Chicago 2020.



II. R e v i s e d   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Owens, Emily A. Consent in the Presence of Force: Sexual Violence and Black Women's Survival in Antebellum New Orleans. Chapel Hill 2023.


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: -

2. Cases: Fictional Offenders: Fictional Victims: Cynthia | Real Offenders: Panthera | Real Victims: Mary, Mercedes Ccorimanya Lavilla

3. Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: First Achaemenid Conquest of Egypt, Saxon Uprising

4. Offenders: -

5. Victims: -

6. Society: -

7. Research: Disciplines: Ethnology

8. Representations: Films: Literary Texts: Sharon M. Draper, Propertius, Unica Zürn | Music: Milton Babbitt | Speeches: Apollodorus of Acharnae