Lecture: Gender and Justice in the Archives of International Criminal Law

Professor Kirsten Campbell delivers the annual Katrina Honeyman Memorial Lecture in the School of History.

This is a free public talk in memory of Katrina Honeyman, who was Professor of Social and Economic History and an esteemed and beloved colleague in the School of History, University of Leeds for many years. Professor Honeyman was a distinguished historian of women, industrialisation and business history, as well as an active mentor to women, postgraduates and early career scholars within the School.

About the lecture

Since the 1990s, the proliferation of international criminal courts and trials has also resulted in the creation of numerous archives.  These archives include a range of materials, from objects to audio–visual evidence, and may run to millions of physical and digital items. 

Drawing on the example of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, this talk explores why legal archives are more than a collection of records.  What is a legal archive?  What can it tell us about justice for sexual and gender-based violence in war?  And can it contribute to peace and reconciliation?

About the speaker

Kirsten Campbell is Professor of Law and Society, Department of Law, Loughborough University. Her current research investigates sexual and gender-based violence in conflict, focusing on transitional and international criminal justice.  An interdisciplinary scholar of sociology and law, Kirsten recently published a major socio-legal study of international justice, The Justice of Humans: Subject, Society, and Sexual Violence in International Criminal Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2022).  Kirsten’s research draws on her European Research Council funded projects, ‘The Gender of

How to attend

This lecture will take place in the Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, on the lower ground floor of the Michael Sadler Building. Doors will open at 17:00, with the lecture beginning at 17:30.