Good Victims (2024): A Book Talk with Roxani Krystalli, PhD
On Monday, October 21 join the MA in Conflict Resolution and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program for a conversation with Roxani Krystalli, PhD about her new book Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question (Oxford Press). See below for more details about the author and book.
Seating is limited. Register in advanced via this Google Form to claim a seat.
Location: ICC 662, Department of Government Conference Room
Seating Begins: 1:45 PM ET
Doors Close: 2:00 PM ET
This event is for students, faculty, and staff of Georgetown University.
About Roxani Krystalli, PhD
Dr Roxani Krystalli is an Assistant Professor at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Her interdisciplinary research and teaching focus on feminist peace and conflict studies, as well as on the politics of nature and place. She is currently the co-Principal Investigator of a research project on the politics of love and care in the wake of violence, ecological loss, and mass grief. Roxani’s first book, Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question was published by Oxford University Press in 2024.As of 2023, over nine million Colombians have secured official recognition as victims of an armed conflict that has lasted decades. The category of “victim” is not a mere description of having suffered harm, but a political status and a potential site of power. In Good Victims, Roxani Krystalli investigates the politics of victimhood as a feminist question. Based on in-depth engagement in Colombia over the course of a decade, Krystalli argues for the possibilities of politics through, rather than in opposition to, the status of “victim.” Encompassing acts of care, agency, and haunting, the politics of victimhood entangle people who identify as victims, researchers, and transitional justice professionals. Krystalli shows how victimhood becomes a pillar of reimagining the state in the wake of war, and of bringing a vision of that state into being through bureaucratic encounters. Good Victims also sheds light on the ethical and methodological dilemmas that arise when contemplating the legacies of transitional justice mechanisms.
About Good Victims: The Political as a Feminist Question (Oxford Press)
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