Amy Rothschild

Assistant Professor, Politics
School: School of Humanities and Sciences

Publications

2017. “Victims versus Veterans: Agency, Resistance and Legacies of Timor-Leste’s Truth Commission.” International Journal of Transitional Justice 11(3): 443-462. 

2015. “Democratization of Perpetration: Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Memories of Resistance in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste.” Conflict and Society 1(1): 92-108. 

2020. “Remembering the Dead in Timor-Leste: Victims, Heroes and Martyrs,” In The Dead as Heroes, Ancestors and Martyrs in Independent Timor-Leste. Lia Kent and Rui Feijo, eds. Pp. 219-241. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 

2017. “Malae Melee: A Failed Attempt to Observe the Making of Timor-Leste’s First Feature Film.” In Fieldwork in Timor-Leste: Understanding Social Change Through Practice. Maj Nygaard-Christensen and Angie Bexley, eds. Pp. 227-245. Copenhagen: Nias Press. 

2021. “Victimhood and Martrydom in Timor-Leste.” In Timor-Leste: The Island and the World. Timor-Leste Studies Association.

Forthcoming papers:

2023. "Human Rights in Timor-Leste's Struggle for Independence." (Indonesia, Cornell Press)

2023. "Remembering the Santa Cruz Massacre" (Conference Proceedings, TLSA)