ABSTRACT
This intervention focuses on the issues raised by the peculiar mixtures of empathy, discomfort, anger, and glamour that are experienced by teachers and students addressing the issue of sexual violence in war in the contemporary political context. It explores the difficulty of challenging pre-existing views of what counts as sexual violence in war, and of walking the shifting line between what can and cannot be spoken in the space provided by the classroom. It explains the ways in which I have attempted to negotiate these difficulties, and how this relates to my broader approach to pedagogy, and to the relation between research and teaching.
