Charlotte MERTENS

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Biographie

"Charlotte Mertens is a researcher at the University of Melbourne. Her work focuses on sexual violence in conflict settings, particularly in eastern DRC. She is interested in representations of violence, the sexual politics of empire, colonial history, and racial epistemologies. Working with the colonial archives, her research is attentive to histories of colonialism and how these endure in present eastern Congo, where she has been conducting fieldwork since 2012." (https://www.academia.edu/39193158/ - 05.2019)

Nationalité

Belgique

Publications