How does performative display link three quite different episodes of lethal violence? Lee Ann Fujii’s presentation on March 4, 2014 looks at the Bosnian war (1992-1995), the Rwandan genocide (1994), and Jim Crow Maryland (1931-1933), analyzing collective, public violence and what these displays communicate to various audiences.
Political Scientist Lee Ann Fujii is author of Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda (2009). She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, working on her second book, Putting on a Show: Scenes of Atrocity in Bosnia, Rwanda, and the United States.