Kimberly Theidon
Professional affiliation
Wilson Center Projects
"Speaking of Silences: Gender, Violence and Redress in Peru"
Full Biography
Kimberly Theidon is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America. Her research interests include gender-based and sexual violence, transitional justice, reconciliation, and the politics of post-war reparations. She is the author of Entre Pr贸jimos: El conflicto armado interno y la pol铆tica de la reconciliaci贸n en el Per煤 (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. first edition 2004; 2nd edition 2009) and Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). She is currently working on two book manuscripts. The first is 鈥淧asts Imperfect: Working with Former Combatants in Colombia,鈥 drawing upon her research with former combatants from the paramilitaries, the FARC and the ELN. The second is 鈥淪peaking of Silences: Gender, Violence and Redress in Peru,鈥 an ethnographically grounded study of reparations, gender and justice.
Major Publications
Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru
Reconstructing Masculinities: Working with Former Combatants in Colombia
Truth with Consequences: Justice and Reparations in Post-Truth Commission Peru