INCM 9360:Gender, Conflict, Peace

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: INCM 9001 or INCM 9002
This course covers gender relations, long ignored as an important factor in conflict situations. The obvious connection between gender and conflict is that they both entail subtle and intricate workings of power relationships that underlie our everyday existence. They influence each other in culturally specific ways in association with race, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, sexuality and class. Decoding such intersections between gender and societal aspects of identity and power is crucial for understanding, comprehending and managing conflicts. Gender constructions guide the ways in which conflicts unfold and how peace is managed. Conflicts and related concerns also construct, confirm and change notions of gender. This interdisciplinary seminar will be an exciting platform to highlight state of the art debates, innovative methodologies and theoretical approaches in research on gender, security and peace-building.