Contact Information
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Claire Branigan is a PhD candidate in anthropology with a minor in Gender Relations in International Development. Her dissertation “Towards a Loving Justice: Kinship Activism in the aftermath of Femicide,” explores the ways in which family members of femicide victims and feminist activists imagine and create justice in cases of femicide in Argentina.
In 2020, Claire founded RIAF (La Red Intermaericana Anti-Femicidio) a multilingual/interdisciplinary community for academic and activist dialogue on feminicide in the Americas. More information on the network can be found here.
Education
2011 BA, Grinnell College, Grinnell IA, 2011, Anthropology & Spanish, Latin American Studies Concentration
2018 MA, Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Awards and Honors
Additional Campus Affiliations
HGMS - Jewish Culture and Society
Highlighted Publications
"Disobedient Histories: Descendants of Perpetrators in Argentina Join the Human Rights Movement"
Review of Feminism, Violence, and Representation in Modern Italy: “We Are Witnesses, Not Victims.”
"Feminists Fight Covid on Buenos Aires’ Urban Margins"
"Women Strike in Latin America and Beyond"
"Will Argentina Legalize Abortion?"