Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Chronological Index

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Geographical Index

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UPDATE - OCTOBER 2026

I. N e w   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Baechle, Sarah, et al. »Documentary Chaucer: Cecily Chaumpaigne, the Archive, and the Future of Chaucer Studies.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 287-309.

[Info] Bergsma, Dirkje D. Revisiting Bathsheba and David: A Recuperative Reading with Julia Kristeva. Academisch Proefschrift, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2014.

[Info] Bouchet, Marie, et al. »Introduction.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Bouchet, Marie, et al., eds. Les 60 ans de Lolita - Lolita at 60. Toulouse 2017.

[Info] Bouchet, Marie. »Publicités, magazines, et autres textes non littéraires dans Lolita: pour une autre poétique intertextuelle.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Breed, Claudia. »Chronicling Film Portrayals of The Rape of Nanjing: The Metamorphosis of a Tragedy’s International and Domestic Legacy.« The Chicago Style (2026): 48-59.

[Info] Brzeziński, Oskar. Analiza przemian społecznej roli i sytuacji Japonek w latach 1868–1952. Prace licencjackie, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, 2026.

[Info] Burger, Glenn D. »What Kind of Man Are You? Chaucer, the Matter of Woman, and Rape Culture in the Canterbury Tales.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 358-377.

[Info] Burkard, Dominik. »Kirchlicher Umgang mit sexuellem Missbrauch durch Kleriker: Fragen, Probleme und Überlegungen aus kirchenhistorischer Sicht.« Neue Aspekte einer Geschichte des kirchlichen Lebens. Zum 10. Todestag von Erwin Gatz (1933-2011). Edited by Clemens B. Rodkorb et al. Regensburg 2021: 283-331.

[Info] Canfield, Isabel. »When is Sexualized Violence Genocidal?.« Draft (2026).

[Info] Canizo, Marcela, et al. »Trauma, Memory and Reparation from a Transnational Perspective: A Conversation with Cecilia Kang.« L'Atalante No. 42 (2026): 154-169.

[Info] Cannon, Christopher. »Cecily Chaumpaigne’s Claim.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 345-357.

[Info] Caspari, Peter, et al. Die pädagogische Praxis und der Umgang mit Gewalt im St. Augustinusheim des SkF Freiburg e.V. zwischen 1985–1997: Eine empirische Studie als Beitrag zur Aufarbeitung. Wiesbaden 2026.

[Info] Černevičiūtė, Sigita. »Femicide and Fatal Family Violence in the First Republic of Lithuania (1918–1940).« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 171-198.

[Info] Chupin, Yannicke. »Les « Variations Dolores » - 2010-2016: Nouvelles lectures-réécritures de Lolita.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Corjanus, Marjolein. »Solipsizing Martine in Le Roi des Aulnes by Michel Tournier: Thematic, stylistic and intertextual similarities with Nabokov's Lolita.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Cuenca, Esther L. »Cecily Chaumpaigne: A Microhistorical Biography.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 310-325.

[Info] D’Antonio, Vittoria. UNSCR 1325 and Beyond: Women, Conflict, and Wartime Sexual Violence in Iraq. A case study on the Yazidi Genocide by ISIS with an international comparative perspective. Tesi di laurea, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2025.

[Info] Dhanda, Kunal. »Does Political Alignment Deliver Justice? SC Rape Reporting, Conviction, and Trial Pendency Under Partisan Alignment in India, 2001–2022.« Preprint (July 23, 2026).

[Info] Edel-Roy, Agnès. »Lolita, le livre « impossible » ? L'histoire de sa publication française (1956-1959) dans les archives Gallimard.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Edwards, Suzanne M. »The Fragmentary Poetry of Cecily Chaumpaigne’s De Raptu Meo.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 326-344.

[Info] Eglitis, Daina S., et al. »Displacement and Danger: Women in Ghettos and Camps of Eastern Europe During the Holocaust.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 253-282.

[Info] Fraysse, Suzanne. »Fallait-il annoter Lolita?« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Gaca, Kathy L. »Continuités historiques dans la guerre déprédatrice, le viol martial et l’asservissement pendant et depuis l’âge du Bronze.« Violences extrêmes et transgression en temps de guerre. Edited by Nathalie Barrandon et al. Rennes 2026: 219-238.

[Info] Gaya, Alexander. The Gendered Depiction of Violence in the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti. 2016.

[Info] Havas, Júlia, et al. »Netflix Feminism: Binge-Watching Rape Culture in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Unbelievable.« Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies . Edited by Mareike Jenner. Edinburgh 2021: 250-273.

[Info] Heinhold, Laura. Das »Dritte Reich« im Spielfilm: Geschlechterrollen und Handlungsmuster in deutschen Kino- und Fernsehproduktionen, 2000-2020. Bielefeld 2026.

[Info] Hussein, Zainab S., et al. »“Blood Messages never Arrive”: A Cultural Study of Manar’s Rape Trauma in Ibrahim Nasrallah’s Balcony of Disgrace.« Journal of Education for Humanities No. 23 (2026): 1097-1116.

[Info] Hyden, Anastasia R. How Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Jessica Jones Fight and Subvert Rape Culture. M.A. Thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2026.

[Info] Jager, Katharine W. »“Thilke wombe in whiche youre children leye”: Bodily Sovereignty and Non-Freedom in the Clerk’s Tale.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 396-412.

[Info] Jahner, Jennifer. »Cecily Chaumpaigne Cries Quits: Chaucer, Quitclaims, and Compromise.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 378-395.

[Info] Kuriakose, Anu. »Fractured consent and disrupted desires: Decoding the representational politics of marital rape and cohabitant sexual abuse in Malayalam Cinema from India.« Women's Studies International Forum 120 (2027).

[Info] Liang, Jiaqi. »Local visitors’ affective engagement with dark heritage: the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre.« Tourism Geographies (August 2, 2026).

[Info] Lipša, Ineta, et al. »Violence Against Women and the 1905 Revolution in the Baltic Provinces of the Russian Empire.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 115-144.

[Info] Loison-Charles, Julie. »Nabokov et la censure.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Lorenzo Rodríguez, Abel de. »Out of the village: Short-distance exile and local communities in Iberia (c. 700–1200).« Mobility in the Early Middle Ages, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Edited by Laury Sarti et al. Berlin 2026: 81-99.

[Info] Lynch, Michael. »“Compromise with Lawlessness”: The Relationship between Lynching and the Death Penalty in Arkansas, 1895-1925.« The Ozark Historical Review 53 (2026).

[Info] McNamara, Rebecca F. »Teaching Documentary Chaucer Now: A Trauma-Informed Approach.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 413-433.

[Info] Melo, Letícia dos Mentos. »Os crimes sexuais contra a mulher na São Paulo do final do século XIX: análise de um Auto de Defloramento de 1885.« Faces da História 13 (2026): 83-96.

[Info] Menéndez Menéndez, María I., et al., eds. Narrativas de violencia sexual. Lo que el #MeToo nos dejó. A Coruña 2026.

[Info] Menéndez Menéndez, María I., et al. »Presentación del monográfico: Narrativas de violencia sexual. Lo que el #MeToo nos dejó.« Atlánticas 11 (2026): 1-17.

[Info] Muravyeva, Marianna. »Body as Evidence: Forensics and Physical Evidence in Eighteenth-Century Prosecutions for Sexual Violence.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 45-79.

[Info] Muravyeva, Marianna, et al. »Introduction: Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law, and Legacy.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 1-20.

[Info] Ni, Sen. »Más allá de la memoria nacional: Testimonios multilingües y supervivencia transnacional en 63 Years On.« L'Atalante No. 42 (2026): 122-137.

[Info] Orozco, Wilson. »The patterning of obsessive love in Lolita and Possessed.« Miranda No. 15 (2017).

[Info] Oster, Sharon B. »The Graphics of Sexual Violence in Miriam Katin's We Are on Our Own and Letting It Go.« The Story's Not Over: Jewish Women and Embodied Selfhood in Graphic Narratives. Edited by Victoria Aarons. 2025: 213-236.

[Info] Raybin, David, et al. »About This Issue.« The Chaucer Review 61 (2026): 285-286.

[Info] Rogers, Monika. »Who Is the Victim to Blame? Ideal Victim and Violence Against Women in Soviet Lithuania.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 307-337.

[Info] Sagatienė, Dovilė. »Sexual Abuse of Women in Soviet-Occupied Lithuania: Political Dimensions of Rape.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 283-305.

[Info] Schlosser, Andrea. »Specters of the Past: Transgenerational Memory in Miriam Katin’s Graphic Memoirs We Are On Our Own and Letting It Go.« Genealogy 4(2) (2020).

[Info] Seabourne, Gwen. »‘Escapades’ and Labour: Chaucer, Chaumpaigne and Legal History.« Bristol Centre for Law and History Research Blog (May 9, 2023).

[Info] Seabourne, Gwen. »‘Escapades’ and Labour: Chaucer, Chaumpaigne and Legal History.« University of Bristol Law School Blog (June 5, 2023).

[Info] Sukmana, Logissa. Women under Occupation: Rape as a Weapon of War in the Israel-Palestine Genocide. Undergratuate Thesis, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 2025.

[Info] Szép, Eszter. »Discourses of Trauma and Representation: Motherhood and Mother Tongue in Miriam Katin’s Graphic Memoirs.« Documenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage. Edited by Dominic Davies et al. Cham 2020: 243-262.

[Info] Szymańska, Monika. »Narratives About Raped and Abducted Women in the Bible as a Source for Research on Raptus Puellae in Polish Literature from the 16th to 18th Centuries.« Folia linguistica et litteraria No. 54 (2026): 87-103.

[Info] Whitney, Isabella. The Politics of Weaponized Rape in the Yugoslav Wars: A Case Examination of Kosovo. New York 2026.

[Info] Zima-Marjańska, Maria. »Violence Against Women-Prisoners of Ravensbrück.« Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al. Cham 2026: 225-252.


2. Speaker Index

[Info] Anderson, Kiera. »“The Real Story Lies with the Pain, the Real Story Lies with the Ugliness”: Navigating Conflicts in Oral History Research.« 52nd Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Montreal 2018.

[Info] Berg Burin, Nikki. »Taking a Victim-Centered Approach to the History of Sexual Violence and Exploitation: A Case Study in Early North Dakota.« Gender and Sexuality in the Midwest. Athens 2024.

[Info] Chubin, Fae. »Personal Narratives of Street Sexual Harassment: How Autoethnography Can Give Voice to Women’s Silence.« 49th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Tampa 2015.

[Info] de Langis, Theresa. »Speaking Private Memory to Public Power: Oral History and Breaking the Silence on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence during the Khmer Rouge Genocide.« 52nd Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Montreal 2018.

[Info] Freedman, Estelle B., et al. »Sexual Violence and Sexual Silence in Digital Oral History Collections.« 52nd Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Montreal 2018.

[Info] Gallo, Marcia M. »Kitty Genovese and Feminist Organizing Against Sexual Violence: Successive “Waves” Respond to A Story of Apathy.« 49th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Tampa 2015.

[Info] Legal-Miller, Althea. »“The unmentionable ugliness of the jailhouse”: Black Girl Protesters, Sexualized Violence, and the Leesburg Stockade Imprisonment of 1963.« 44th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Atlanta 2010.

[Info] Pae, Keun-joo C. »From Forgetfulness to the Spirit of Courage: Korean Women’s Storytelling of Sexual Slavery during the Time of War.« 44th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Atlanta 2010.

[Info] Pohlman, Anne E. »Small Boxes of Sexual Crimes: Turning Oral Histories into Evidence for the International People’s Tribunal for 1965.« 50th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Long Beach 2016.

[Info] Richey, Anna. »Fighting Back: How Anti-Rape Activists Fostered Feminism on Campus.« 55th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Virtual 2021.

[Info] Richey, Anna. »Fighting Back: How Anti-Rape Activists Fostered Feminism on Campus.« 4th Annual John W. Chambers II Oral History Graduate Fellowship Lecture . Virtual 2022.

[Info] Sartorius Kelly C. »Lessons from Life History: Learning Stories of Unplanned Pregnancy, Abortion and Rape.« 49th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Tampa 2015.

[Info] Stange, Jenniger. »Wie Heilige bis heute das Bild von weiblichem Schmerz prägen.« Aus Religion und Gesellschaft. Deutschlandfunk 2026.

[Info] Swadhin, Amita. »Mirror Memoirs: Oral History as a Tool for Healing, Justice, and Movement-Building.« 52nd Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Montreal 2018.

[Info] Valk, Anne, chair. »#Metoo: Oral histories of Sexual Violence and Harassment.« 52nd Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Montreal 2018.



II. R e v i s e d   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Baechle, Sarah. »Rape Myth, Trauma Reality: Reading Survival in Chaucer’s Reeve’s Tale.« Chaucer and Trauma. Edited by Susanna Fein et al. University Park 2025: 23-41.

[Info] Baechle, Sarah, et al., eds. Documentary Chaucer: Cecily Chaumpaigne, the Archive, and the Future of Chaucer Studies. University Park 2026.

[Info] Baeza Ruiz, Ana. »Una’s Becoming Unbecoming, Visuality, and Sexual Trauma.« Documenting Trauma in Comics: Traumatic Pasts, Embodied Histories, and Graphic Reportage. Edited by Dominic Davies et al. Cham 2020: 221-241.

[Info] Berg Burin, Nikki. »Taking a Victim-Centered Approach to the History of Sexual Violence: A Case Study in Early North Dakota.« Gender and Sexuality in the Midwest. Edited by Katherine Jellison. Athens 2026.

[Info] Muravyeva, Marianna, et al., eds. Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe: History, Law and Legacy. Cham 2026.


2. Speaker Index

[Info] High, Steven. »The Unexpected Interview: Florence Richard, Sexual Violence, and the Disruption of Local History.« 54th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association. Virtual 2020.



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

1. Geographical Index

European History: Kosovar History


2. Topical Index

1. Prosecution: Trials: International People’s Tribunal for 1965

2. Cases: Fictional Victims: Esther | Real Incidents: Indonesian Mass Killings of 1965–66, Leesburg Stockade, St. Augustinusheim Sexual Abuse Case

3. Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: Russian Revolution of 1905

4. Offenders: -

5. Victims: -

6. Society: Museums: Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders

7. Research: -

8. Representations: Comics: Miriam Katin | Films: Das Bernsteinamulett, Elser – Er hätte die Welt verändert, The Flowers of War, Die Flucht, Die Gustloff, Der Hauptmann, Die Holzbaronin, Landgericht – Geschichte einer Familie, John Rabe, Die Kinder der Villa Emma, Leo und Claire, Meine Tochter Anne Frank, Ottamuri Velicham, Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam, Partió de mí un barco llevándome, Die Ungewollten – Die Irrfahrt der St. Louis, Die Unsichtbaren – Wir wollen leben, Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, Die verlorene Zeit, Vier Tage im Mai, Vivekanandan Viralanu | Literary Texts: Ibrahim Nasrallah, Michel Tournier | Religious Texts: Biblia Brzeska, Biblia Gdańska, Biblia Jakuba Wujka, Biblia Leopolity