Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Start: Announcements: Lectures:

Announcements: Lectures
CONFERENCES AND LECTURES - MAY 2025

C o n f e r e n c e s

United States

Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies
Organizer: Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States and in a hybrid format
Date: May 14-16, 2026
Language: English
More information: Website

Conference: 34th Annual 18th- and 19th-Century British Women Writers Conference
Theme: Collections & Collectives
Place: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States
Date: May 7-9, 2026
Language: English
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Conference: Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association
Theme: Sanctuary
Place: San Francisco, California, United States
Date: May 28-31, 2026
Language: English
More information: Website

Ireland

Conference: 50th Annual Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society - 49e Congrès Annuel de la Société d’histoire coloniale française
Theme: Après la tempête: Afterlives of Colonial Crisis and Conflict
Place: Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
Date: June 25-27, 2026
Language: English
More information: Website



L e c t u r e s

May 14, 2026

Speaker: Megan B. Abrahamson
Title: Medievalizing Aredhel
Subtitle: -
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 15 - Queer and Feminist Medievalisms in Tolkien's Legendarium (Presider: Christopher Vaccaro)
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States and in a hybrid format
Date: May 14, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program

Speaker: Marisa J. English
Title: Missing the Point
Subtitle: Mis/Disinformation, Sexual Assault, and the Medieval Fable (Presider: Sarah Baechle)
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 128 - Violence and Women in Late Medieval Literature
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States and in a hybrid format
Date: May 14, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program

Speaker: Julia A. Nephew
Title: The Allure of the Monstrous
Subtitle: Mélusine
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 31 - Constructing the Horrible: Monsters, Apparitions, and Prodigies in the Greater/Global Fifteenth Century (Presider: Linda Burke)
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States and in a hybrid format
Date: May 14, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program


May 15, 2026

Speaker: Robin Anne Reid
Title: Robin Reid
Subtitle: -
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 241 - Adaptations of Tolkien: Medieval Traces in Movies, Games and Other Transmedial Texts (A Roundtable) (Presider: Danielle Dupuis)
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Date: May 15, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program


May 16, 2026

Speaker: Sarah Baechle
Title: "Dede(s) of men"
Subtitle: Theorizing Masculinity and Political Consent in the Legend of Good Women
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 4 - Chaucer's Dearth of Good Men (1): The Legend of Good Women (Presider: Betsy McCormick)
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Date: May 16, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program

Speaker: Julia Salkind
Title: Pincers, Sherds, and Coals
Subtitle: Object-Based Sexual Violence in Saint Agatha's Narratives
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 406 - Violence Against Virgin Martyrs and the War on Women (Presider: Maeve Callan)
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States and in a hybrid format
Date: May 16, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program

Speaker: Chelsea L. Skalak
Title: Marital Rape in Medieval English Hagiography
Subtitle: -
Conference: 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026)
Session: 406 - Violence Against Virgin Martyrs and the War on Women (Presider: Maeve Callan)
Place: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States and in a hybrid format
Date: May 16, 2026
Language: English
More information: Online Program