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Instructors: Hendrik Hegemann
Event type:
Lecture
Displayed in timetable as:
96-1.01
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
6 | 35
Waiting list:
Waiting list quota: 20%
More information:
This course is a compulsory course for all students of the Master's programme "Peace and Security Studies" (no matter whether for the one or two-year variant).
The course is also open to students of other degree programmes. The prerequisite for participation in the course is attendance at the first session. In the event of non-attendance, the place will be lost and will be made available to a successor.
Comments/contents:
The lecture offers an introduction to the conceptual and empirical foundations of peace and security studies. It will start with an overview of the research field's development, guiding questions and self-understanding. The subsequent course will be structured along central terms that are specific to peace and security studies (security, risk, violence, peace, conflict, war) as well as broader terms that are regularly applied to questions of peace and security (power, governance, democracy, gender, post-coloniality). The individual sessions will cover specific understandings and theoretical traditions as well as empirical findings, political problems and practical examples associated with these terms. A special emphasis will be on perspectives from social and political science.
Learning objectives:
The course acquaints students with central theories, concepts and findings in peace and security studies as well as their specific background. They will learn how to understand, apply and scrutinize this knowledge and to critically reflect upon different perspectives and insights.
Didactic concept:
The lecture combines introductory presentations by the lecturer with class discussion and group work. There are no required readings, but complementary literature will be provided online for those interested.
Literature:
Dunn Cavelty, Myriam and Thierry Balzacq. eds. 2017. The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies. Abingdon: Routledge.
Fierke, Karen M. 2011. Critical Approaches to International Security. Cambridge: Polity.
Gießmann, Hans-Joachim and Bernhard Rinke. eds. 2019. Handbuch Frieden. 2nd ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Richmond, Oliver P. 2014. Peace. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Williams, Paul D. and Matt McDonald. Hrsg. 2018. Security Studies. An Introduction. 3rd ed. London: Routledge.
Additional examination information:
Final written exam
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