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Dr. Dubravka Zarkov

Dr. Dubravka Zarkov

Human Resources and Local Development (SG3)

International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Associate Professor

 

T: +31 70 4260775

E: zarkov@remove-this.iss.nl

Room: 4.13

Personal website: http://www.iss.nl/CV_Zarkov


 

Profile

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Professional experience

Present position
Associate Professor
University Erasmus University Rotterdam
School International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Department Human Resources and Local Development (SG3)
   

Research

Associate Professor of Gender, Conflict & Development

Field of expertise:
Gender - femininities and masculinities; the female/male body; intersections with sexuality, ethnicity, religion, race;
Violent conflict/war/militarism - conflict analysis; globalization, development and violent conflict; gender based sexual violence; peace-keeping, peace-building; conflict transformations; nationalism; communalism; militarism;
Media and the politics of representation - visual and textual representations of war, violence, soldiering; press, press photography, cinema;
Methodology - intersectional analysis; discourse analysis;

Teaching at ISS:
Feminist Theories; Conflict Theories; Media and War;

Research Grants:
NIAS Fellowship 2011/2012; http://www.nias.knaw.nl/Pages/NIA/31/500.bGFuZz1FTkc.html
Gender Excellence 2010, University of Linkoping, Sweden
Ford Foundation 2008, Five College Women's Studies Research Centre, Mount Holyoke College, USA

Video Material:
Cross-Regional Feminist Dialogues on Gender and Conflict: Middle East and South Asia; http://www.iss.nl/education/ma_programme/human_rights_gender_and_conflict_studies_social_justice_perspectives_sjp/feminist_dialogues/

ISS: Individual Research SGIII
Role Member
 

Publications

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Article (6)
  • Zarkov, D., Handmaker, J.D. & Hintjens, H.M. (2011). Rhonda Copelon: Activist, Lawyer, Feminist. Development and Change, 42(1), 387-398.
  • Zarkov, D. (2010). Feminist Conceptions of War: Geographies of Thinking. Review of Women's Studies, 6, 12-24.
  • Zarkov, D. & Drezgic, R. (2005). Feministicke nevolje sa Balkanom' (`Feminist Troubles with the Balkans'). Sociologija (Journal of Sociological Association of Serbia), XLVII(4), 289-306.
  • Zarkov, D. (2003). Feminism and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia: On the Politics of Gender and Ethnicity. Social Develpment Issues, 24(3), 59-68.
  • Zarkov, D. (2002). Feminism and the Disintegration of Yugoslavia: On the Politics of Gender and Ethnicity. Social Development Issues (Special Issue: Women in Conflict and Crisis), 24(3), 59-68.
  • Zarkov, D. & Joachim, K. (2001). Masculinity, Women and Change in the Dutch Armed Forces. Peace News, 31-32.
Book / Monograph / Book editorial (4)
  • Zarkov, D. (2008). Gender, Conflict, Development: Challenges of Practice. New Delhi: Zubaan.
  • Zarkov, D. (2007). The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity and Gender in the Break-up of Yugoslavia. Durham / USA: Duke UP.
  • Zarkov, D. (2007). The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity and Gender in the Break-up of Yugoslavia. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
  • Zarkov, D. & Cockburn, C. (2002). Postwar Moment: Militaries, Masculinities and International Peacekeeping. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
Part of book - Chapter (5)
  • Zarkov, D. (2011). Exposures and Invisibilities: Media, Masculinities and the Narratives of War in an Intersectional Perspective. In H. Lutz, M.T. Herrera Vivar & L. Supik (Eds.), Framing Intersectionality - Debates on a multi-faceted Concept in Gender Studies (pp. 105-120). Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Zarkov, D., Drezgic, . R. & Djuric-Kuzmanovic, T. (2008). Gendered War, Gendered Peace: Violent Conflicts in the Balkans and Their Consequences. In Gendered Peace. Women's Search for Post-war Justice and Reconciliation (pp. 265-291). London: Routledge Books.
  • Zarkov, D. (2006). Towards a New Theorizing of Women, Gender and War. In (pp. 214-233) London: Sage.
  • Zarkov, D. (2002). "Srebrenica Trauma": Masculinity, Military and National Self-image in Dutch Daily Newspapers. In (pp. 183-203) London: Lawrence and Wishart.
  • Zarkov, D. (2001). The Body of the Other Man: Sexual Violence and the Construction of Masculinity, Sexuality and Ethnicity in Croatian Media. In (pp. 69-82) London: Zed Books.
Book review (3)
  • Zarkov, D. (2007). Book Review of "Masculinities Matter! Men, Gender and Development" (F. Cleaver ed., London, New York and Cape Town: Zed Books and David Philip, 2003) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Masculinities Matter! Men, Gender and Development" (F. Cleaver ed., London, New York and Cape Town: Zed Books and David Philip, 2003)]. Dev Change, 38, 579-581.
  • Zarkov, D. (2005). Book review of " Development, Women, and War: Feminist Perspectives " (Haleh Afshar and Deborah eds. , London: Oxfam GB, 2004, xiv+384pp) [Bespreking van het boek Book review of " Development, Women, and War: Feminist Perspectives " (Haleh Afshar and Deborah eds. , London: Oxfam GB, 2004, xiv+384pp)]. Dev Change, 36, 196-197.
  • Zarkov, D. (2004). Book Review of "Autobiographical Ethnography of Dutchness or, An Exile as a Native Anthropologist" (H. Ghorashi ed.; Ways to Survive, Battles to Win. Iranian Women Exiles in the Netherlands and the United States, New York: Nova) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Autobiographical Ethnography of Dutchness or, An Exile as a Native Anthropologist" (H. Ghorashi ed.; Ways to Survive, Battles to Win. Iranian Women Exiles in the Netherlands and the United States, New York: Nova)]. European Journal of Women's Studies, 11, 123-125.
Report (4)
  • Zarkov, D., Drezgic, R. & Djuric, T. (2005). Violent Conflict in the Balkans: Impacts, Responses, Consequences round Paper for UNRISD Report 'Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World'). Geneva: UNRISD.
  • Zarkov, D. (2005). Working Through the War. Trajectories of Non-Governmental and Governmental Organizations Engaged in Psycho-social Assistance to Victims of War and Family Violence in the ex-Yugoslav States. Utrecht: Pharos/Admira.
  • Zarkov, D. & Frerks, G. (2003). Gender, Violent Conflict and Development: Issues for Theory, Policy and Practice (Report from an International Expert Seminar, for the sponsor, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DSI/VR, The Hague). : .
  • Zarkov, D. (2002). Consultancy Report on Gender Peace and Development Workshop. : .
Doctoral thesis (1)
  • Zarkov, D.. From 'media-war' to ethnic war: the female body and the production of ethnicity in former Yugoslavia (1986-1994) (cum laude). Nijmegen (Nijmegen: University of Nijmegen). Prom./coprom.: W Jansen.
Other output (13)
  • Zarkov, D. (2007). Feminist Theorizing of Sexual Violence in War: Open Questions for Theorizing Security. Paper presented in the conference on "Gender and Security: 1325": Oslo, Norway (2007, november 01).
  • Zarkov, D. (2007). Gender Specific War Violence and Genderdness of International Criminal Law (Paper presented at the conference on "African Perspectives on International Criminal Justice" organised by ICC, The Hague The Netherlands on February 2007).
  • Zarkov, D. (2007). Gender, Youth and Postwar Reconstruction (Paper presented at the expert meeting on "Youth as Key Actor for Sustainable Postwar Recovery" organised by International Organization of Migration in Geneva, Switzerland, December 2007).
  • Zarkov, D. (2006). On Militarism, Economy and Gender: Working in a Global Context. Paper presented at the workshop: Berlin (2006, mei 01).
  • Zarkov, D. (2005). Europe as a Global Player: Gender, Security and Globalization (Paper presented at the conference on 'Whose Security? Gender and Southern Perspectives' organized by APRODEV, Brussels, October 2005).
  • Zarkov, D. (2005). Imaging and Imagining Europe: East - West, Past - Future (Paper presented at the symposium on 'Europe between East and West' organised by the Dutch Ministry of General Affairs, Government The Hague, June 2005).
  • Zarkov, D. (2005). In the Aftermath of War: Thinking of Violence and its Consequences' (Paper presented at the conference on '10 years of gender based approach to trauma and recovery from sexual and domestic violence in (post)war situations' organized by Pharos/ Admira Utrecht, January 2005).
  • Zarkov, D. (2005). Sexual Violence and War informer Yugoslavia (Paper presented ath Cordaid Debate on Gender Based War Crimes: A Future after Humiliation (January 2005); http://www.cordaid.nl/Overige/Extra_pop_up/Index.aspx?mId=9593&rId=242.
  • Zarkov, D. & Drezgic, R. (2004). Feminist Troubles with the Balkans: Intersecting Gender, War, Balkans and (Post) Socialism in Studies of ex-Yugoslav Disintegration (Paper presented at the conference on 'Troubles with the Balkans' organised by Women's Studies Department , Sarajevo University, Sarajavo, BiH, November 2004).
  • Zarkov, D. (2004). Paradoxes of Women's Engagements against Violent Conflict (Paper presented at the conference on 'Women in Conflict Situations and Peacekeeping' organised by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Social Affairs and Emancipation Policy, for Dutch EU Presidency, published ww.emancipatieweb.nl / rechten_en_veiligheid, Amsterdam, December 2004).
  • Zarkov, D. (2003). Globalizing Gender: Neo-Liberal Economy, Militarism and Development (Paper presented at the International Expert Seminar on Gender, Violent Conflict and Development: Issues for Theory, Policy and Practice organized by ISS and Clingendael, 16-17 October 2003).
  • Zarkov, D. (2002). Motherlands: Gender and Ethnicity in Croatian Media During Yugoslav Disintegration (Paper presented at the Conference organized by American Anthropological Association; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, New Orleans, USA; Pittsburgh, US, 20-25 November 2002).
  • Zarkov, D. (2002). War and Feminism in ex-Yugoslavia; Masculinity, Militarization and Violence: Bodies, Genders,Conflicts. Paper presented at the Workshop on Gender, Peace and Development: Bonn, Germany and New Delhi, India (2002, oktober 20 - 2002, oktober 25).