Kimberly Theidon is the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies at Tufts University. She earned her B.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz, MPH in Behavioral Sciences, M.A. in Anthropology, and Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Her research interests include political violence, transitional justice, reconciliation, and the politics of post-war reparations in Latin America.
Representative Publications
Theidon, Kimberly. “Peace in Colombia: A Time to Believe?.” Current History 115.778 (2016): 51-56.
Theidon, Kimberly. “Pasts Imperfect: Talking about Justice with Former Combatants in Colombia.” Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom, and Recovery (2014): 321-341.
Theidon, Kimberly. “Gender in Transition: Common Sense, Women, and War.” Journal of Human Rights 6.4 (2007): 453-478.
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