Join Oxford University International Relations Society and Professor Sjoberg for an exciting discussion on feminist international relations. In her seminal work Women as Wartime Rapists (NYU, 2016), Prof Sjoberg explores women’s engagement with genocidal rape and how some orchestrated the ethnic cleansing of entire regions. Prof Sjoberg's feminist perspective elevates a number of causal variables in war decision-making. These include structural gender inequality, cycles of gendered violence, state masculine posturing, the often overlooked role of emotion in political interactions, gendered understandings of power, and states' mistaken perception of their own autonomy and unitary nature. 

This event is only open to Members of Oxford University International Relations Society. 

Both annual and termly membership can be purchased here.

Please note that this is NOT a lecture, but a small group discussion. Places are very limited. Please use the button below to register. You will receive an email by Monday 18 November to inform you if you have successfully secured a place. The location will be provided shortly before the event to those who have been allocated a spot. Please note that spots are not transferrable to non-members. 

The event itself will take place from 17:00-18:30 November 19.

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