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SHaME Project Round-Up

The SHaME Project generated a number of significant research and public engagement outputs throughout the course of the project, which ran from 2018-2024. In this Project Round-Up you’ll find links to our most notable outputs and achievements.

SHaME End of Grant Report

Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, SHaME’s Public Engagement Lead, has written an end of grant report, highlighting SHaME’s groundbreaking work across research, engagement and activism from 2018-2024.

SHaME Publication List

SHaME’s researchers have published numerous articles, chapters and monographs over the course of the project. This list brings together our current and forthcoming publications.

SHaME: Stories of Survival

SHaME: Stories of Survival is a survivor-led documentary film co-produced by SHaME and filmmaker Sophie MacCorquodale exploring the stories of four survivors of sexual violence sharing their reflections on the aftercare they received.

Collaborating with care: Creating inclusive public engagement programmes with survivors of sexual violence

On Wednesday 06 March 2024, The SHaME Project and Birkbeck’s Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Mental Health hosted an online seminar on public engagement with lived experience research with Zara Asif and Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, chaired by Dr Sarah Marks.

Challenging Conceptions: Children Born of Wartime Rape and Sexual Exploitation

On 05 March 2024 SHaME is held its final online event, a book launch for Challenging Conceptions: Children Born of Wartime Rape and Sexual Exploitation in collaboration with Tufts University.

Writing Narratively on Difficult Subjects by Julie Wheelwright

Writer and historian Julie Wheelwright reflects on the Writing Narratively on Difficult Subjects workshop series she led for The SHaME Project, which brought together academics and practitioners researching and writing about sexual violence.

SHaME at Engage Online 2023

SHaME Public Engagement Lead, Dr Rhea Sookdeosingh, was a contributor at the NCCPE’s annual Engage Conference, facilitating a conversation on ethics and public engagement and showcasing the Shameless! Festival of Activism Against Sexual Violence.

An Evening Celebrating Professor Joanna Bourke

In July 2023, colleagues, friends, and students of Professor Joanna Bourke (PI of the SHaME Project) came together to mark Joanna’s retirement from Birkbeck, University of London. SHaME’s Allison McKibban shares about the evening, which included a panel discussion of her work, an interview, and a video tribute.