Hohman, Kathryn, PhD student

By Katherine Harrison on 11 May | 0 comments

GEXcel project:

Utilizing a case study of post-revolutionary Nepal, specifically focused on female combatants in the Maoist People’s Liberation Army (PLA), I work to draw out an iteration of political power effects—gendered, raced, classed-- produced by the intersection of ideology and militarization. Specifically, I am interested in the regulation of bodies according to the historically specific notions of “morality” and “nation” and the friction produced by the competing  goals of “scienticized” sexual health intervention(s), as designed by international development agencies.  The complex realm that occupies the space between the dehistoricized, apolitical, morally neutral body assumed by science and the constellation of meanings and experiences that variously inhabit a female combatant is a prosperous site for exploring, in-depth, the overlap between science, sexuality, sexual health, embodiment, empowerment and political ideology.

Biographical notes:

Kathryn Hohman is currently pursuing a PhD in Development Studies from SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on 'post'-conflict in Nepal--specifically the intersections of ethnicity, nationalism, and gender. Ms. Hohman has a Master's degree in Women's Studies with a concentration in the Anthropology of Development from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. Previously, she worked for the INGO Women for Women International in both their Washington, DC and London offices.