The first international workshop on sexual violence in World War II will take place at the University of Bonn from February 19 to 21, 2009.

It is co-sponsored by the Northeast Asian History Foundation.

The Goals of the workshop are:

(1) Review the state of current research (facts and methods) on sexual violence in World War II in

(a) East Asia (focus: "comfort women" of the Japanese military);

(b) Europe (focus: military and concentration camp brothels of the German military);

(2) Review politics of memory and processes of reconciliation and recompensation in war-related issues (with focus on sexual violence) in

(a) the Japanese case;

(b) the German case;

(3) Identify meaningful research topics and tasks for joint comparative research from the perspectives of

(a) Gender history;

(b) Historical anthropology;

100. (c)History education.
     

The language of the workshop will be English.

The program of the workshop can be downloaded here.