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Robin Kirk

Robin Kirk

Professor of the Practice of Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
rights@duke.edu
Box 90403, Durham, NC 27708
114 S. Buchanan Blvd., Smith Warehouse B183, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

The Mother's Wheel Book Three of the Bond Trilogy

Book · September 6, 2022 The mutant Sil desperately protects her fellow mutants and the humans who've helped her. A devastating defeat forces them back to war and the likely death of the Hive Queen--unless Dinitra and Fir can save them. A map is included. ... Cite

The Hive Queen Book Two of the Bond Trilogy

Book · June 15, 2022 Book 2 in The Bond Trilogy follows the warrior Fir as he leads his brothers to freedom--and danger, including from an alluring and dangerous mutant called the Hive Queen. Book includes a map and interview with the author. ... Cite

Righting Wrongs 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World

Book · June 14, 2022 Righting Wrongs introduces children to the true stories of 20 real people who invented and fought for these ideas. Without them, many of the rights we take for granted would not exist. ... Cite

The Bond

Book · June 2022 Young Adult fantasy ... Link to item Cite

Reflections on a silent soldier

Journal Article American Scholar · September 1, 2019 Open Access Cite

When the shooting stops: How transitional justice turns knowledge into acknowledgment

Journal Article World Policy Journal · September 1, 2016 When the president of Colombia shook hands with the leader of FARC, the longest-running conflict in the Western Hemisphere was over, but ensuring peace after the official end of the fighting is never straightforward. Using examples from Northern Ireland, A ... Full text Open Access Cite

Peculiar Motion

Book · March 2016 A collection of poetry ... Open Access Cite

The Quiet Company

Journal Article · June 2013 http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Karen-Henderson/dp/0987565702/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372543812&sr=1-2 ... Open Access Cite

The Quiet Company

Chapter · June 2013 Featured Publication http://www.amazon.com/Tomorrow-Karen-Henderson/dp/0987565702/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372543812&sr=1-2 ... Cite

No right to be silent on torture

Journal Article Muslim World · April 1, 2013 Full text Open Access Cite

The Dark Army

Other The Moon Magazine · 2013 Featured Publication Cite

Letter from Belfast

Book · 2012 Some armchair travelers have an entire shelf of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Best American Travel Writing annuals and there is no mystery why. Each year, this trade paperback features superlative writing chosen by a standout editor. Previous editors include ... Cite

The Body in Pain: What do people of faith have to say about torture

Journal Article · June 2011 Featured Publication An examination of why American Protestant churches have a higher likelihood to support torture ... Open Access Cite

Letter From Belfast

Chapter · 2011 Featured Publication Selected for Best American Travel Writing for 2012 ... Cite

Colombia: Human rights in the midst of conflict

Chapter · December 1, 2009 Colombians often say-at times with pride and at times with frustration- that the roots of the country's conflict are deep and defy easy explanation. Human rights and conflict resolution are but two of many strands. The concept of human rights is not foreig ... Cite

The Lessons of Mapiripán: A Response to Lesley Gill

Journal Article Transforming Anthropology · October 1, 2005 Full text Cite

The Lessons of Mapiripán: A response to Lesley Gill

Journal Article Transforming Anthropology · 2005 Link to item Cite

The Shining Path: History of Peru’s Millennial War

Other · 1999 I translated this from the Spanish and included a forward. First published in Peru in 1990, The Shining Path was immediately hailed as one of the finest works on the insurgency that plagued that nation for over fifteen years. A richly detailed and absorbin ... Cite