Missing Histories of Sexual Assault – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American History

The Journal of American History

This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Missing Histories of Sexual Assault," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Katherine Ott, Rebecca Campbell, Lourdes Inoa Monegro, and Royleen J. Ross continue their important conversation about the lack of study, care, and affect surrounding sexual assault in history. Historical silences around sexual assault are ongoing and appalling. Although the cultural contexts, politics, and consequences of sexual assault are relevant to every field and time period, historians seldom include it as an analytical factor. This roundtable addresses critical issues that are missing from historical analysis, outdated interpretations, and the significance of race, gender, and disability and other starting points for writing sexual assault into history.

Between episode and production, Royleen J. Ross started a new position. She is enrolled at the Pueblo of Laguna, and currently serves as the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 president. She is a member of the Division 35/45 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Task Force. From a cultural psychology lens, Dr. Ross provides training through Pretty Fire Consulting LLC.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5506

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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