Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

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Alphabetical Index

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+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

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Geographical Index

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+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

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Topical Index

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Announcements: Updates
UPDATE - JANUARY 2026

I. N e w   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Ahmed, Osman S., et al. »Is calling the SAF-RSF conflict a ‘dirty war’ an objective description or a moral judgment? A critical analysis of the ongoing war in Sudan (2023–present).« Cogent Social Sciences 11 (2025).

[Info] Aprile, Lucia. »Il dottore in guerra: violenze sessuali e saperi medico-legali nel Mezzogiorno in armi (1860-1865).« Rassegna storica del Risorgimento 112 (2025): 126-146.

[Info] Arief, Verdico, et al. »The Factors Causing Discrimination Against Indonesian Women in the Workplace, Mapping of Problems from 2012 to 2022.« Eduvest 5 (2025): 14333-14345.

[Info] Bal, Mieke. »NEIN! zu den Weinsteins dieser Welt: Susanna in Aufruhr.« Feministische Bibelwissenschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Edited by Ilse Müllner et al. Stuttgart 2025: 200-210.

[Info] Beatty, Aidan. »From the SLL to the WRP: Violence, gender and the perils of Leninism.« In solidarity, under suspicion: The British far left from 1956. Edited by Daniel Frost et al. Manchester 2025: 94-117.

[Info] Beecher, Ruth, et al. »Historicising the perpetrators of sexual violence: global perspectives from the modern world.« Women's History Review 32 (2023): 927-938.

[Info] Béraud, Céline, et al. eds. From Cases to Scandals: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church. Leiden 2025.

[Info] Bianchini, Ginevra. »The “Unreliable Narrator of a Historical Manifesto”: Reimagining and Re-historicising Depictions of Sexual Violence During American Slavery in Kara Walker’s Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good IntentionsAngles No. 20 (2025).

[Info] Blokh, Adele. “Stories that are silenced for way too Long”: Silence on sexual violence during the Holocaust and the importance of accurate depiction of it. B.A. Thesis, Fordham University, 2025.

[Info] Bosman, Tiana. »‘Hush-hush’: Hearing the Silent and Silenced Screams of Bathsheba and Tamar in 2 Samuel 11 and 13.« Scriptura 124 (2025).

[Info] Bourke, Joanna. »Sexual violence, deviance, and the paraphilias in American psychiatry, 1952–2013.« Women's History Review 32 (2023): 960-976.

[Info] Bullard, Angela D. The Representation of Rape in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadias. M.A. Thesis, California State University, San Bernardino, 2005.

[Info] Byrne, Rosemary, et al., eds. Archives of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones. Cambridge 2025.

[Info] Chare, Nicholas, et al. The Auschwitz Sonderkommando: Testimonies, Histories, Representations. Cham 2019.

[Info] Corti, Alessia. »“It’s just a song, don’t make a big deal out of it!”: How Italian Rap Lyrics Normalise Gender-Based Violence and Rape Culture.« The Beacon Journal of Human Rights (December 6, 2025).

[Info] Cosgrave, Elinor. »Sexual Violence against Women in the Process of Captive-Taking in the Late Roman Republic and Early Empire.« Brill's Companion to Ancient Women and War in the Mediterranean World. Edited by Elizabeth Carney et al. Leiden 2025: 304-325.

[Info] Eichinger, Christoph, et al. »Das Hexenverhörprotokoll Fürsteneck (1703): Linguistische Analyse, kulturgeschichtliche Einordnung und Neuedition.« Passauer Jahrbuch 67 (2025): 1-113.

[Info] Eron, Abby. »Race, Contemporary Art, and Historical Memory.« The Brooklyn Rail (November 2025).

[Info] Fernández Soto, Alba. “Tis a Shame to Live”: The Loss of Feminine Virtue and “la Honra” in the Stage Plays of the Golden Age in England and Spain. Tesis, Universidad de Valladolid, 2025.

[Info] Garza-Lopez, Elisa N. A Silenced History: Sexual Violence in the Holocaust. M.A. Thesis, Texas Tech University, 2023

[Info] Gil, Idit, et al. »The Beauty of Ugliness: Naomi Judkowski’s Cugangi (New Prisoners), Sexual Violence and Aesthetic Capital in the Holocaust.« New Microhistorical Approaches to an Integrated History of the Holocaust. Edited by Frédéric Bonnesoeur et al. Berlin 2023: 199-219.

[Info] Kumari, Sheetal. »Is She Still There? Child Sex Trafficking, Traumatic Memory and Resilience in Mischa Marcus’ Film I Am Still Here.« Cinej 13 (2025): 390-425.

[Info] Lampinen, Antti. »Boudica’s Daughters: Conquest and Rape in the Ancient Roman Discourse.« Ancient Rape Cultures: Sexual Violence in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Early Christian World. Edited by Elina Pyy. Rome 2025: 151-169.

[Info] Mahajan, Sucheta. »Archives of Sexual Violence: Archives of Sexual Violence.« Law and History Review 43 (2025): 279-299.

[Info] Maier, Christl M. »Krieg und sexualisierte Gewalt: Traumastudien als neue Perspektive.« Feministische Bibelwissenschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Edited by Ilse Müllner et al. Stuttgart 2025: 139-151.

[Info] Masferrer, Aniceto, ed. The Making of Criminal Law: The Role of Case Law in the 19th and 20th Centuries. London 2026.

[Info] Maweranga, Jones, et al. »Digital Feminist Citizenship in Malawi: Mwiza Chavura’s rape song.« Feminist digital citizenship in Africa: Agency, Rights and Resistance. Edited by Tanja Bosch et al. London 2025: 169-182.

[Info] Meier, Frank. »Prostituierte in mittelalterlichen Städten – zwischen Achtung und Verachtung.« Marginalization and Marginal Groups in Byzantium: Prostitutes, Actors, and Tavernkeepers. Edited by Despoina Ariantzi. Berlin 2025: 147-177.

[Info] Müllner, Ilse, et al., eds. Feministische Bibelwissenschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Stuttgart 2025.

[Info] Odo, Damian O., et al. »Genesis 34:1-4 Read in the Context of Sexual Violence Against Female Teenagers in Nigerian Society.« Nsukka Journal of Religion and Cultural Studies 13 (2025).

[Info] Oosterhuis, Janwillem. »The Dutch Supreme Court on rape and sexual assault between 1886 and 1991.« The Making of Criminal Law: The Role of Case Law in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Edited by Aniceto Masferrer. London 2026: 178-200.

[Info] Palmer, Margaret M. »“Stop Acting Like a Diva”: Responses to Sexual Violence in Young Adult Romance Novels.« SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 9 (2026).

[Info] Phillips, Carson. »Muted Memories: Reconciling Memories of Sexual Violence and Abuse in Holocaust Survivor Narratives.« Word and Text 15 (2025): 181-194.

[Info] Pyy, Elina, ed. Ancient Rape Cultures: Sexual Violence in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Early Christian World. Rome 2025.

[Info] Radonić, Ljiljana. »Globalized Memorial Museums.« The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict. Edited by Ihab Saloul et al. Cham 2025.

[Info] Roskam, Andrea. »Rape Regiment: Sexual Violence against Women during War.« History in the Making 4 (2011): 1-20.

[Info] Scholz, Susanne. »Sexualisierte Gewalt in der Bibel: Im Gespräch mit feministischen Theorieansätzen.« Feministische Bibelwissenschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Edited by Ilse Müllner et al. Stuttgart 2025: 187-199.

[Info] Silva Prada, Natalia. »Putas, bellacas y alcahuetas: voces indias contra injurias en los estrados judiciales de Santafé de Bogotá, 1609-1616.« ntre injurias y devociones: autoridades, cuerpos y voces indígenas en los Andes del Norte en los siglos XVI al XVIII. Edited by Héctor Cuevas Arenas. Cali 2025: 21-56.

[Info] Silva-Jiménez, Diego, et al. »Desentrañando la realidad: Análisis del femicidio y denuncias de violencia intrafamiliar en Chile, 2007 a 2022.« Rumbos TS No. 34 (2025): 143-158.

[Info] Suciu, Marian. »The Korean Girl during the Japanese Occupation.« Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Philologica 26 (2025): 81-92.

[Info] Sunnqvist, Martin. »Case law between the adoption of two criminal codes, Sweden 1864–1962: The definition of rape and aspects of criminal intent.« The Making of Criminal Law: The Role of Case Law in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Edited by Aniceto Masferrer. London 2026: 261-271.

[Info] Wang, Q. Edward, ed. The Study of "Comfort Women": Revealing a Hidden Past. London 2020.

[Info] Williams, Jessie. »Sexual Violence Against Women during the Holocaust: Inside and Outside of Extermination Camps.« History in the Making 14 (2021): 81-102.


2. Speaker Index

[Info] Davies, Hannah C. »Rechtsstaat und Patriarchat: Eine Geschichte sexueller Gewalt in der Bundesrepublik, 1973 bis 1997.« Institutskolloquium des Leibniz-Zentrums für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam. Potsdam 2026.

[Info] Schmidt-Ott, Hannah, int. »Wie patriarchal ist der Rechtsstaat?« Mittelweg 36: Der Podcast. Acast 2025.



II. R e v i s e d   E n t r i e s

1. Author Index

[Info] Beecher, Ruth, et al, eds. Historicising the perpetrators of sexual violence: Global perspectives. London 2023.

[Info] Bonnesoeur, Frédéric, et al., eds. New Microhistorical Approaches to an Integrated History of the Holocaust. Berlin 2023.

[Info] Byrne, Rosemary, et al. »Archives of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones.« Law and History Review 43 (2025): 207-.

[Info] Davies, Hannah C. Rechtsstaat und Patriarchat: Eine Geschichte sexueller Gewalt in der Bundesrepublik 1973 bis 1997. Hamburg 2025.

[Info] Dill, Helga, et al. »Subjektive Reflexionen zum partizipativen Forschungsprozess.« Verratenes Vertrauen: Analysen zum Umgang mit sexualisierter Gewalt in der Evangelischen Kirche und der Diakonie in Deutschland. Edited by Helga Dill et al. Weinheim 2025: 34-68.

[Info] Gaca, Kathy L. »The Historicity and Import of Martial Rape against Girls and Women in Cvilian-Assault Warfare for Conquest.« Brill's Companion to Ancient Women and War in the Mediterranean World. Edited by Elizabeth Carney et al. Leiden 2025: 278–303.

[Info] Kelley, Erin L. Law, Literature, and Violence Against Women: Ending the Victim Blame Game. London 2025.

[Info] McCarthy, Mary M., ed. Knowledge Production and Activism on the ‘Comfort Women’ in Northeast and Southeast Asia. London 2023.

[Info] Morris, Benny. »Collective Sexual Violence in Turkey, 1894–1924: What we know and how we know it.« Law and History Review 43 (2025): 259- .

[Info] Sastre, Camila, et al. »They were their boyfriends : The construction of the image of the perpetrator in cases of sexual assault in the community of Manta during the Peruvian internal armed conflict.« Women's History Review 32 (2023): 996- .


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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: Real Offenders: Gerry Healy

3. Types: Purpose: Stalking; Wartime Sexual Violence: Italian Wars of Independence, Sudanese civil war (2023–present)

4. Offenders: -

5. Victims: -

6. Society: Museums: Kyoto Museum for World Peace

7. Research: -

8. Representations: Art: Kathleen Gilje, Fabiola Jean-Louis, Naomi Judkowski, Nalini Malani, David Olère, Kara Walker | Films: I Am Still Here, Testimony: Narrative of a Negress Burdened by Good Intentions | Religious Texts: Book of Jonah | Song Texts: Mwiza Chavura