Jessica Taylor Doctorate of Philosophy
“Come and See What God Has Done”: Religious Violence and Sexual Violence in the Bosnian War, 1992-1995 by Jessica Taylor Master of Arts in Women’s Studies, University of Ottawa, 2010 Bachelor of Theology, Saint Paul University, 2009 A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy In the Graduate Academic Unit of Interdisciplinary Studies Supervisor: Lisa Todd, Ph.D., Dept. of History Committee Member: Cathy Holtmann, Ph.D., Dept. of Sociology, Dir. of the Muriel McQueen Ferguson Center Examining Board: Jula Hughes, Ph.D., LL.B., Faculty of Law David Hofmann, Ph.D., Dept. of Sociology Suzanne Hindmarch, Ph.D., Dept. of Political Science External Examiner: Janet Jacobs, Ph.D., Dept. of Women and Gender Studies, Uni- versity of Colorado Boulder This dissertation is accepted by the Dean of Graduate Studies THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK July 2017 © Jessica Taylor, 2017 Abstract During the Bosnian War (1992-1995), between 20,000 and 50,000 women, and an unknown number of men, were victims of systematic and strategic sexual violence, leading to the rapid evolution of international law and jurisprudence around sexual vio- lence in war. The lines of conflict in the former Yugoslavia were drawn across ethno- religious lines, leading to the use of religiously imbued rhetoric, symbols, and violence. Religious and sexual elements of violence can be mapped using mass graves, rape camps, destroyed religious buildings, and the bodies of the dead. Despite repeated dis- courses, witness statements, and images that illustrate elements of both religious vio- lence and sexual violence, there is very little literature about the Bosnian War that dis- cusses the impact religion has on sexual violence.
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