About Professor Olivera Simić:

Professor at Griffith Universityʼs Law School, specializing in transitional justice, international law, gender and crime. She has authored or co-edited twelve books. Her

latest, Lolaʼs War: Rape Without Punishment, about sexual violence in the Yugoslav Wars, was shortlisted for the Australian Legal Research Book Award.

Date & Time:

18 April (Fri) 2025, 15:00-16:00

Venue: Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo or Online

Language: English

Registeration: （This event is open to public with prior registration. Priority may be given to UTokyo students if seats are full. ）

https://forms.gle/BimSa3mid66bNDAQA

Description:

In this seminar, Professor Olivera Simić will talk about her forthcoming book Madam War Criminal. This book is about a personal history of conflict, imprisonment and

unrepentance, from the only woman convicted of crimes against humanity for her role in the Bosnian War. In 2001, Biljana Plavšić made history. Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, she became the only female political leader ever prosecuted for mass atrocities.

Organizer:

Graduate Program on Human Security, the University of Tokyo

Co-organizer:

Research Center of Sustainable Peace, the University of Tokyo