Gendercide: The Strategic Logic of Rape During War

Dr. Bloom provides an “explanation of the unexplainable,” a comprehensive overview of the historical roots and contemporary motivations of suicide terror and the deliberate use of rape during war, a practice termed “Gendercide.”

Mia Bloom is the acclaimed author of Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror, a critically acclaimed study on suicide terrorism.  She is currently an associate professor of women’s studies and international studies at the Pennsylvania State University in

University Park, PA and a fellow at the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State.  Previously she was an assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

Bloom has a PhD in political science from Columbia University, a Masters in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelors from McGill University in Russian and Middle East Studies. She has held research or teaching appointments at Rutgers, Princeton, Cornell, Harvard, and McGill Universities and speaks eight languages. She regularly appears on Fox News, CNN, CSPAN, CBC and CTV and has been interviewed by Jim Lehrer for PBS, Ted Koppel for Nightline, and Jesse Pearson for MTV.

 Date: Wednesday May 18, 2011

Time: 7:30 – 9:15 AM (includes breakfast)

Venue: The Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Pl.

Price: $25 for members/$35 for non-members