Kimberly Theidon Bio

Kimberly Theidon is a medical anthropologist focusing on Latin America.  Her research interests include critical theory applied to medicine, psychology and anthropology, domestic, structural and political violence, as well as transitional justice, reconciliation, and the politics of post-war reparations.  She is the author of Entre Prójimos: El conflicto armado interno y la política de la reconciliación en el Perú (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. first edition 2004; 2^nd edition 2009) and Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012).  She is currently working on two book manuscripts.  The first is “Pasts Imperfect: Working with Former Combatants in Colombia,” which draws upon her research with former combatants from the paramilitaries, the FARC and the ELN.  The second is “Speaking of Silences: Gender, Violence and Redress in Peru,” an ethnographically grounded study of reparations, gender and justice.