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Dr. S. Heumann
Dr. S. Heumann
Human Resources and Local Development (SG3)
International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lecturer
T: +31 70 4260722
Room: 2.03
Profile
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Professional experience
| University | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| School | International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) |
| Department | Human Resources and Local Development (SG3) |
Research
Silke Heumann joined the ISS Faculty in 2010 and is currently the Convenor of the Women, Gender and Development specialization. She was trained in Sociology (Licenciatura Central American University -Managua, honors) with a specialization in Gender and Sexuality as well as Development Studies (MA in Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, honors) and a regional focus on Latin America. Her PhD thesis on Sexual politics and Regime Transition in Nicaragua (2010, University of Amsterdam) explores the relationship between the personal and political to explain debates and mobilizations around gender and sexuality in post-revolutionary Nicaragua, and in particular the increasing power and resonance of “pro-life” groups and discourses. It draws on social movement theories, feminist theories, discourse analysis and the insights of oral history and emotional sociology. At the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Amsterdam (FMG-UvA), the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS), and the Center for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) she has taught in the programs of Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, (Medical) Anthropology and Latin American Studies. In the 1990s, before coming to the Netherlands, Silke Heumann worked for over six years as a consultant in Nicaragua with NGOs (mostly women’s organizations), international organizations and public institutions in a wide range of areas, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, violence against women, elections and democracy, and discrimination based on gender, age, sexual orientation, class and ethnicity. Both her teaching and research are characterized by an interest in cross- and inter-disciplinary approaches, intersectionality, the relationship between power and knowledge, and the connections between personal, (inter)subjective and emotional issues and broader socio- economic and political processes, particularly in the reproduction of power relations.
ISS: Individual Research SGIII| Role | Member |
Publications
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- Heumann, S. (2007). Abortion and politics in Nicaragua: The women's movement in the debate on the Abortion Law Reform 1999-2002. Culture Health & Sexuality, 9(3), 217-231.
- Heumann, S. (2007). Die Sünde liegt im Skandal’: Sexuelle Diversität in Nicaragua. Latein Amerika Nachrichten.
- Werf, M. van der, Heumann, S. & Mitchell, E.M.H. (2011). Community Involvement in TB Research. In C. Lienhardt (Ed.), Priorities in Operational Research to Improve Tuberculosis Care and Control (pp. 37-44). Geneva: WHO.
- Heumann, S. (2010, november 25). Sexual politics and regime transition: Understanding the struggle around gender and sexuality in post-revolutionary Nicaragua. UvA (334 pag.) (Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam). Prom./coprom.: Prof.Dr. W.G.J. Duyvendak.
- Heumann, S. (2010). From Silent Ambivalence to Open Hostility: The Contradictory Relationship between Sandinismo and Feminismo in Nicaragua.
