Sexual Violence Wrong(ed) Bodies and Global Politics

Marysia Zalewski is Professor of International Relations in the School of Law & Politics at Cardiff University. She has published widely in the areas of critical and feminist theory in international relations, violence, gender and creative methodologies. She was awarded an Eminent Scholar Award by the International Studies Association in 2013 for her international research profile and mentorship of junior colleagues. She is currently working on creative writing and knowledge production in international politics. Her latest book Ripping, Cutting, Stitching: Feminist Knowledge Destruction and Creation in International Politics. Co-authored with shine choi, Saara Särmä, Cristina Masters, Michelle Brown & Swati Parashar and Michelle Lee Brown was published by Rowman & Littlefield International in 2024.

Paula Drumond is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of International Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (IRI/PUC-Rio). She is research coordinator of the Inclusive Feminist Foreign Policy Observatory of Brazil (OPEFI) and a researcher at the Global South Unit for Mediation (GSUM). She holds a PhD in International Relations/Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Her research focuses on gender, peace, security, and the gendered politics of the contemporary right-wing backlash. She is co-editor of Human Rights and Conflict Resolution: Bridging the Theoretical and Practical Divide (Routledge, 2018) and Sexual Violence against Men in Global Politics (Routledge, 2018), and has published in International Affairs, the International Feminist Journal of Politics, and other outlets.

Maria Stern is Professor in Peace and Development Studies at the School of Global Studies (SGS). She holds a B.A. in Political Science (Cornell University, USA) and a Ph.D. in Peace and Development Studies from the University of Gothenburg. Her work focuses on the question of violence in relation to security, warring, militarism, development, peace, identity and belonging, coloniality and sex. She explores these subjects through a feminist lens that seeks to recognize intersecting relations of power, and that is attuned to the politics of methodology. She has published in a variety of journals and publishing houses, enjoy the collaborative process of co-authorship, and have served as editor/associate editor at Security Dialogue for many years.