We are delighted to welcome two researchers at the Research Center “Transformations of Political Violence” (TraCe):
Since January, 2025 Prof. (Univ. of South Africa) Dr. phil. Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel is a TraCe Visiting Fellow and stays at the Center for Conflict Studies of Marburg University. Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel recently served as a Professor for Peace and Development Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Among her publications, she is the author of the book Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda (Routledge) and co-editor of the volume Gewalt, Krieg und Flucht. Feministische Perspektiven auf Sicherheit (Budrich) as well as the Routledge Series Gender in a Global/Local World. During her stay she will contribute to research area 3: Interpretation, looking at endeavours towards peace as they pertain to feminist international relations.
Dr. Kristine Andra Avram is a researcher at the Center for Conflict Studies of Marburg University She investigates processes of meaning-making and interpretation in the context of (past) political violence. Her regional focus is on Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe. In the context of research area 3: Interpretation, she examines how narratives shape perceptions of violence, the ascription of responsibility, and processes of dealing with the past and reconciliation.