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Take a Class on Gender and International Security this Fall

March 26, 2026

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Georgetown University offers a variety of courses that enable students to critically engage with some of the most pressing global issues through a gender lens. In Fall 2026, a wide range of classes will be offered across the university—including several new and interdisciplinary offerings.

Fall 2026 Graduate Courses 

These graduate courses count toward the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) Graduate Certificate in Gender, Peace and Security. Certificate students will have priority access to required courses.

For inquiries, please contact Dr. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana (sao32@georgetown.edu).

Gender, International Security and Development

MSFS 5600 / GOVT 5669 | CRN: 40002
Professor: S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
Time: Monday, 2:00 – 4:30 PM

This course explores how international peace, security, and development would be reimagined if gender were treated as a central analytical and policy lens. Students engage both conceptual frameworks and practical applications of gender in international affairs and peacebuilding.
Required for the GPS Certificate.

Gender and Security Toolkit

MSFS 7610 / GOVT 5636 | CRN: 38227
Professor: Aapta Garg
Time: Tuesday, 5:00 – 7:30 PM

An advanced, skills-based seminar focused on applying gender analysis in real-world policy and programming. Topics include gender mainstreaming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy. Students develop practical competencies to serve as gender focal points in diplomacy, development, and defense sectors.

Required for the GPS Certificate.

Social Movements in Action

MSFS 6655 / GOVT 4655 | CRN 48274 & 48145
Professor: S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
Time: Wednesday, 5:00 – 7:30 PM

This course delves into these dynamics, exploring how social movements have emerged as transformative agents in resisting oppression and advancing rights. By examining both historical and contemporary movements, this course highlights the strategies, setbacks, and triumphs of resistance efforts across diverse cultural and political contexts. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the intersectional forces that shape social movements and develop practical skills to support justice and equity in an era of mounting anti-democratic pressures.

Advanced undergraduates may enroll with instructor approval.

Forgotten Women in Mass Crimes

SESR 6638 / MSFS 6610 | CRN: 43275
Professors: Patrick Desbois & Andrej Umansky
Time: Thursday, 6:30 – 9:00 PM

This course investigates why violence against women and girls is often silenced or erased in narratives of genocide and mass atrocities—from the Holocaust to ISIS and contemporary conflicts. Students learn forensic and investigative approaches to uncover gendered violence in mass crimes.

Weapon of War: Sexual Violence

SEST 6697 | CRN: 44327
Professor: Robert Nagel
Time: Tuesday, 5:00 – 7:30 PM

Examines the causes, consequences, and policy responses to conflict-related sexual violence. The course emphasizes how gender, race, and class shape both legal frameworks and real-world implementation of human rights protections.

Gender and Migration in Europe

GEST 5402 / ISIM 5402 | CRN: 38457 / 46092
Professor: Joyce Mushaben
Time: Tuesday, 12:30 – 3:00 PM

Analyzes migration through a gender lens, focusing on the European Union. Topics include labor migration, asylum policy, human trafficking, and the gendered effects of securitization following the 2015 refugee crisis. Special attention is given to intersectionality and EU policy reforms.

Gender and Sexuality in South Asia

ASST 4045 | CRN: 41654
Professor: Cecilia Van Hollen
Time: Tuesday, 2:00 – 4:30 PM

Introduces anthropological approaches to gender and sexuality in South Asia. Explores intersections with caste, class, religion, nationalism, and globalization, drawing on ethnographic research and media.

Additional Courses

Additional Graduate Courses

(Courses that engage gender themes but may not be part of the GPS certificate core)

• Human Rights and Conflict Resolution – Prof. Molly Inman (CRN: 32400; GOVT 5673) 
• Political Leadership – Prof Anne Camisa (CRN: 50010; GOVT 4243) 

• Gender and Sexuality in South Asia – Prof. Cecilia Van Hollen (CRN: 41654) 
• Gender and Migration – Prof. Joyce Mushaben (CRN: 46092 GEST 5402 / ISIM 5402; CRN: 38457 / 46092) 

Undergraduate Courses

Georgetown also offers a wide range of undergraduate courses engaging gender, peace, and security:

• Gender, International Security, and Foreign Policy – Prof. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana (CRN: 38818) 
• Violence, Gender, and Human Rights – Prof. You-me Park (CRN: 2260) 
• Women, Poverty, and Reproduction – Prof. Tricia Hoefling (CRN: 45229) 
• Gender and Law
• Race, Class, and Gender – Prof. Kathleen Guidroz (CRN: 49877; SOCI 2001) 
• Black Feminism – Prof. Dayo Gore (CRN: 49254) 
• Black Women Writers – Prof. Angelyn Mitchell (CRN: 49450) 
• Gender, Health & Development – Prof. Shabab Wahid (CRN: 49714) 
• Gender, Sexuality & Resistance in Latin America – Prof. Tess Renker (CRN: 49665) 
• Feminist Disability Studies  – Prof. TBD (CRN: 49684) 
• Relationship Violence & Sexual Assault – Profs. Jennifer Schweer & Laura Kovach (CRN: 49683) 
• Religion, Gender and Migration –Prof Shenila Khoja Moolji (CRN 49732)
• Race, Ethnicity, and Gender – Prof. Nadia Brown (CRN: 49464) 
• Gender, Race, and Power in American Politics – Prof. Nadia Brown (CRN: 4212) 
• Women and Gender in the Qur’an – Prof. Sara Omar (CRN: 50097; ARAB 4520) 
• Women and Leadership Seminar – Prof. Hillary Sale (CRN: 42512)