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Professor Philip Dwyer

Professor Philip Dwyer

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Vanda 16 April 2019

University of Newcastle (Australia)

Professor Ivan Crozier

Dr Carine Minne

SHaME: Stories of Survival

17 Apr 202418 Apr 2024

Public Engagement

SHaME: Stories of Survival is a survivor-led documentary film co-produced by SHaME and filmmaker Sophie MacCorquodale exploring the stories of four survivors of sexual violence sharing their reflections on the aftercare they received.

SHaME at Engage Online 2023

31 Jan 202402 Apr 2024

Rhea Sookdeosingh

Shameless! Festival

SHaME Public Engagement Lead, Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, was a contributor at the NCCPE's annual Engage Conference, facilitating a conversation on ethics and public engagement and showcasing the Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence.

An Evening Celebrating Professor Joanna Bourke

31 Jul 202303 Apr 2024

Allison McKibban

In July 2023, colleagues, friends, and students of Professor Joanna Bourke (PI of the SHaME Project) came together to mark Joanna's retirement from Birkbeck, University of London. SHaME's Allison McKibban shares about the evening, which included a panel discussion of her work, an interview, and a video tribute.

Historicising the Perpetrators of Sexual Violence: Global Perspectives - Special Issue: Women’s History Review

21 Jun 202321 Jun 2023

SHaME's Associate Fellow Dr Stephanie Wright and Director Dr Ruth Beecher present a special issue of Women's History Review aimed at historicising the perpetrators of sexual violence from a global perspective.

Rape Revisited: Joanna Bourke reflects on historicizing sexual violence for Women's History Review

08 Jun 202302 Apr 2024

SHaME Director Ruth Beecher sits down with Principal Investigator Joanna Bourke to reflect on changing understandings, societal developments, and new perspectives between two of her groundbreaking works on sexual violence: Rape (2007) and Disgrace (2022).

(Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

25 Apr 202302 Apr 2024

How has sexual violence been produced through different institutional cultures of harm? And what strategies have survivors used to counter silence, shame, and stigma? The SHaME team explores various forms of institutional sexual violence in a series originally published with History Workshop Online in 2022.

Shameless! Festival London: The Virtual Experience

10 Jun 202224 Mar 2024

Shameless! Festival

A variety of talks from the 2021 Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence are now available to stream on the Birkbeck Youtube channel with captions.

The Shameless! Podcast: Voices From the Festival

17 May 202208 Nov 2022

SHaME Postdoctoral Research Fellows Dr George Severs and Dr Rhian Keyse speak to contributors from the 2021 Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence about their work, their reflections on the festival, and their insights on creating a rape-free world.

Sexual Harms + Medical Encounters

17 Jun 201921 Mar 2020

Professor Joanna Bourke is the Principal Investigator for Sexual Harms + Medical Encounters, a five-year Wellcome Trust-funded interdisciplinary research group based at Birkbeck, University of London. In this inaugural post, Joanna discusses what motivated her return to studying sexual violence.

Collaborating with care: Creating inclusive public engagement programmes with survivors of sexual violence

Rhea Sookdeosingh

Public Engagement

On Wednesday 06 March 2024, The SHaME Project and Birkbeck's Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Mental Health hosted an online seminar on public engagement with lived experience research with Zara Asif and Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, chaired by Dr Sarah Marks.

Challenging Conceptions: Children Born of Wartime Rape and Sexual Exploitation

Public Engagement

On 05 March 2024 SHaME is held its final online event, a book launch for Challenging Conceptions: Children Born of Wartime Rape and Sexual Exploitation in collaboration with Tufts University.

Writing Narratively on Difficult Subjects by Julie Wheelwright

20 Mar 202420 Mar 2024

Writer and historian Julie Wheelwright reflects on the Writing Narratively on Difficult Subjects workshop series she led for The SHaME Project, which brought together academics and practitioners researching and writing about sexual violence.

Beam of light against cement wall. Photo by Callum Wale on Unsplash

Spotlight On: Fiona Ellis

17 Jul 202305 Jan 2024

In this edition of Spotlight On, SHaME Director Dr Ruth Beecher interviews Fiona Ellis from Survivors In Transition.

Bureaucracy, Emotion and Sexual Violence: A Podcast from Marybeth Hamilton with Rhian Keyse and Ruth Beecher — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

20 Jun 202302 Apr 2024

How can historians meaningfully and ethically research past experiences of sexual violence? History Workshop Online's Dr Marybeth Hamilton and SHaME's Dr Ruth Beecher and Dr Rhian Keyse discuss the often surprising dynamics of the histories they’ve uncovered – and the strategies and supports they’ve developed for navigating their own emotions in conducting such emotionally challenging research.

Activism Against Sexual Violence: A Podcast from Marybeth Hamilton with Allison McKibban, George Severs, and Rhea Sookdeosingh — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

20 Jun 202302 Apr 2024

Allison McKibban

What is the history of activism against sexual violence? History Workshop Online's Marybeth Hamilton and SHaME's Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, Dr George Severs, and Allison McKibban complicate the dominant histories, strategies, narratives, and stigmas associated with sexual violence.

‘Speaking Out’, Colonialism and Forced Marriage by Dr Rhian Keyse — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

16 Jun 202302 Apr 2024

Child marriage is often conceived of as embedded in the past, but there is little attention to its historical context. Rhian Keyse explores how this obscures the shifting dynamics and social meanings of such practices.

'Speaking Out' against Colonialism and Sexual Violence by Allison McKibban — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

12 Jun 202302 Apr 2024

Allison McKibban

When does the call for ‘speaking out’ against sexual violence begin to silence? Reflecting on the #MeToo moment, Allison McKibban argues mainstream Western movements against sexual violence are often insidiously laced with colonial violence. She calls on activists and researchers to embrace a self-reflective and decolonial listening to create a truly transformative movement against sexual violence.

Child Sexual Abuse in the Family by Dr Ruth Beecher — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

05 Jun 202302 Apr 2024

Is the family a place of safety or a trap? SHaME Director Dr Ruth Beecher explores the institution of the family and the (lack of) recognition of child sexual abuse within it.

Hearing Male Survivors by Dr George Severs — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

15 May 202302 Apr 2024

Dr George Severs argues that the history of male victims of rape and sexual violence should make us all alert to the ways in which gender norms silence male experiences of abuse, and prompt us to hear hear male survivors who are so often both silent and silenced.

Involuntary Sterilization by Allison McKibban — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

12 May 202302 Apr 2024

Allison McKibban

Can medical institutions participate in colonial violence? SHaME's Allison McKibban argues the involuntary sterilization of tens of thousands of Native American women in the 1970s must be rehistoricised as part of the U.S. government’s broader campaign of genocide.

Between Vulnerability and Sexual Agency by Dr Stephanie Wright — (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

03 May 202302 Apr 2024

Stephanie Wright

SHaME Associate Fellow Dr Stephanie Wright explores how society approaches the sexual desires of those with disabilities. She establishes how the historical lack of acknowledgement of vulnerable people's sexual autonomy can result in an increased possibility of harm.

An Introduction to (Un)Silenced: Institutional Sexual Violence

25 Apr 202302 Apr 2024

Allison McKibban

SHaME Public Engagement Coordinators Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh and Allison McKibban introduce (Un)Silenced, a series in collaboration with History Workshop Online, which explores how sexual violence relates to various societal institutions.

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