{"id":55908,"date":"2026-10-16T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55908"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:11:06","slug":"talk-with-olivera-simic-madam-war-criminal-women-war-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55908","title":{"rendered":"Talk with Olivera Simi\u0107: \u201cMadam War Criminal\u201d \u2013 Women, War and Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legal scholar and author Olivera Simi\u0107 (Professor at Griffith University, Australia) will visit the University of Graz to discuss her latest book, <em>Madam War Criminal: The Extraordinary Life and Trial of a Woman Accused of War Crimes<\/em> (Hurst Publishers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a conversation with Heike Karge and Armina Galija\u0161, Olivera Simi\u0107 will offer insights into the making of the book, her research on war, gender and transitional justice, as well as the biographical and personal dimensions behind this extraordinary court case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book tells the story of a woman charged with war crimes and examines how gender roles, media representations and legal practices intersect in contexts of violence and post-war reckoning. Simi\u0107 combines legal analysis, feminist theory and personal reflection, opening up new perspectives on responsibility, guilt and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 20.10.2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Time: <\/strong>18:00 &#8211; 19:30 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Olivera Simi\u0107 (Griffith University, Brisbane)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heike Karge (University of Graz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Armina Galija\u0161 (University of Graz)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong> University of Graz, Mozartgasse 3, Library<br><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Olivera Simi\u0107<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olivera Simi\u0107 is Professor at Griffith University Law School (Australia). Her research interests include transitional justice, human rights, feminist legal and war studies, peace studies and the prosecution of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. She has published widely on war, gender and justice, and combines academic analysis with personal experience as someone who lived through the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About the book:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/hurstpublishers.com\/book\/madam-war-criminal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hurstpublishers.com\/book\/madam-war-criminal\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at\/de\/veranstaltungen\/talk-with-olivera-simic-madam-war-criminal-women-war-and-justice\">https:\/\/suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at\/de\/veranstaltungen\/talk-with-olivera-simic-madam-war-criminal-women-war-and-justice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":"\"The legal scholar and author Olivera Simi\u0107 (Professor at Griffith University, Australia) will visit the University of Graz to discuss her latest book, Madam War Criminal: The Extraordinary Life and Trial of a Woman Accused of War Crimes (Hurst Publishers).\""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/csm_Buch_Olivera_Simic_c7e0f5050a.jpg?fit=391%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55443,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=55443","url_meta":{"origin":55908,"position":0},"title":"Ivan Simic, &#8220;Sickle and Veil: Communist Gender and Policies towards Muslim Minorities in Eastern Europe&#8221;","author":"Branimir Jankovi\u0107","date":"24. rujna 2026.","format":false,"excerpt":"Communist gender policies were often violent, placing many people, particularly women, in difficult and marginalized positions. 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