Kimberly Theidon

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 Prójimos: El conflicto armado interno y la política de la reconciliación en el Perú (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 “Pasts Imperfect: Working with Former Combatants in Colombia,” drawing upon her research with former combatants from the paramilitaries, the FARC and the ELN. The second is “Speaking of Silences: Gender, Violence and Redress in Peru,” an ethnographically grounded study of reparations, gender and justice.