PhD Title

Mediated Voices: Nation/State-Building, NGOs and Survivors of Sexual Violence in Postconflict Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina

 

Doctoral Research

My research explores the post-conflict experiences of some women who experienced wartime sexual violence in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina. More precisely, I am exploring their need for social/ethnic belonging and analysing how some non-governmental organisations mediate the social reintegration of these women. 

Qualifications

MSc (Nationalism Studies), University of Edinburgh.

B.A. (Political Science and History) McGill University.

Publications

Hamel, M. (2016). 'Ethnic Belonging of the Children Born out of Rape in Post-Conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda’, Nations and Nationalism. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nana.12151/abstract

Hamel, M. (2015). 'Book Review of Elisabeth King, From Classrooms to Conflict in Rwanda.', Nations and Nationalism, 21(4): 836-837.

Hamel, M. (2014) “Story of A Conflict: The Impact of the School System on Post-Conflict Ethnic Identities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda”, Working Paper in Nationalism Studies, http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/163533/Hamel_WPiNS_7.pdf.

Hamel, M. (2014). 'Book Review of Kevin Avruch, Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution: Culture, Identity, Power, and Practice.', Canadian Journal of Sociology, 39(1): 120-123.

Conferences

Hamel, M. 'Understanding "Rwandaness" and "Womanhood" for Survivors of Sexual Violence', Paper presented at the 20th ASN World Convention, Columbia University, 23-25 April 2015.

Hamel, M. 'Understanding "Rwandaness" and "Womanhood" for Survivors of Sexual Violence in Postconflict Rwanda', Paper presented at New Directions Conference, University of Edinburgh, 30-31 March 2015.

Hamel, M. 'Identity Construction of the Children Born out of Rape in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda', Paper presented at the 19th ASN World Convention, Columbia University, 24-26 April 2014.

Hamel, M. 'Ethnic Belonging of the Children Born out of Rape', Paper presented at New Directions Conference, University of Edinburgh, 3-4 April 2014.

Hamel, M. “The Body of the Nation: Survivors of Sexual Violence and Nation-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda”, Paper presented at New Directions Conference, University of Edinburgh, 18 April 2013.

Hamel, M. “The Body of the Nation: Survivors of Sexual Violence and Nation-Building in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda”, Paper presented at The Contemporary Other conference, University of York, 15 April 2013.

Supervisors

Dr. Liliana Riga

Dr. James Kennedy

Teaching

Tutor for:

- Sociology 1A, 1st year class (Fall 2014)

- Doing and Designing Social Research, Honours level (Fall 2014)

- Gender and Development, Masters level (Winter 2015)

Guest lecturer in:

- Researching Global Social Change, Masters level (Winter 2014)

- Genocide & Ethnic Conflict, Masters level (Winter 2015)

Course Co-Convener and Guest Lecturer for:

- Contemporary Issues in Sociology: Refugees and Displacement (Winter 2016)

Projects

Project Coordinator, LIVED

http://www.livedprojects.org/

Co-Project Director, Voices of Post-Conflict Project

https://voicesofpostconflict.wordpress.com/

Ethnicity, Nationalism and National Identity Network (ENNIN)

https://nationalismstudies.wordpress.com/ethnicity-nationalism-and-national-identity-network/

Staff Writer, It Ain't Necessarily So

http://www.itaintnecessarilyso.org/

Awards

Sociological Review Conference Funding

Fran Trust Conference Award

Gilchrist Educational Trust

Director's Prize for the Best Masters Dissertation, 2012