Themes and Skills in War and Conflict Studies. Historical, PolSci and IR Approaches - Einzelansicht

This hands-on course focuses on themes and skills useful to War and Conflict Studies. It serves as an introduction to relevant central concepts and theories of the historical and political sciences and international relations, and equips students with relevant methods to tackle interdisciplinary questions.

By touching upon a series of topics, and by being exposed to a variety of academic genres and styles, students will familiarize themselves with specific issues of War and Conflict – while understanding the differences between those formats written for a variety of audiences and using distinct language. Students will train valuable academic skills by producing and reviewing a series of short academic texts.

Finally, this course aims to improve students’ proficiency in the English language by providing a space for the practice and reflection of academic essay writing.

Margaret Macmillan: War: How Conflict Shaped Us, London 2020.

Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Thierry Balzacq (eds.): Routledge Handbook on Security Studies (2nd ed.), Milton Park 2010.

Manus I. Midlarksy (ed.): Handbook of War Studies, Milton Park 2011.

Joseph Soeters et al. (eds.): The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in Military Studies, Milton Park 2016.

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