Spring 2022
Diverse Forces in Foreign Affairs – INAF 210
Professor: Carla Koppell
Time: Thursdays 6:30-8:30 pm ET
This 1-credit course will be offered in Spring 2022. This class will feature guest speakers of different backgrounds who have influenced foreign affairs policy and practice in different subfields of international affairs, including defense, diplomacy, development, conflict resolution, trade, and humanitarian relief. The goal will be to explore questions of diversity, equity and inclusion as classes introduce students to different international affairs arenas. Substantial evidence indicates that bringing diverse voices into deliberative and decision making processes is not just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do. Whether seeking to resolve wars, negotiate treaties, or manage organizations, individuals of different backgrounds–whether based on sex or gender, ethnicity, race, religion, socio-economic status, political perspective, ability status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, among others–add expertise and perspective with benefits for the effectiveness and richness of work.
Fall 2021
Women, Peace, and Security – IPOL 319
Professor: Seniha Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana and Robert Nagel
Time: 5-6:15pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
The course will introduce students to the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Students will examine the gendered aspects of conflict and peace including the role women play in national and international security, conflict resolution, peace-building, and post-conflict recovery. Drawing on original research from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, the course will explore the impact of women’s participation in armed conflict, conflict prevention, peacekeeping, mitigating humanitarian emergencies, post-conflict transitions, and economic recovery. Using UN Security Council resolutions and other international mechanisms, we will introduce students to the international normative framework underpinning the WPS agenda. The course will also take a critical look at the implementation of the WPS Agenda to identify gaps and challenges and to develop a comprehensive, realistic, and effective response.
Summer 2021
Gender, Int’l Peace & Security – GOVT-346-20
Professor: Seniha Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
This course introduces students to a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirical processes linking gender to the dynamics of security and armed conflict, both at the domestic and international levels. After reviewing historical connections between gender, war and peace, it focuses on a comparative analysis of gender integration in the armed forces of western democracies. Major topics to be discussed are: the military as a gendered organization; gender equality, citizenship and military participation; women in combat; sexuality, sexual orientation and the military; masculinity and military culture; patterns and policies of gender integration. A final block is then devoted to analyzing the implications and challenges of a new gender regime in international security which has been developing since the approval of UNSC Resolution 1325 in 2000. This includes examining and discussing issues such as the participation of women in international operations; gender, crisis management and the security sector reform; and gender-based violence in armed conflicts.
Spring 2021
Diverse Voices in Foreign Affairs– IPOL 210
Professor: Carla Koppell
Time: Tuesdays 5-7pm
This class will feature guest speakers of different backgrounds who have influenced foreign affairs policy and practice in different sub-fields of international affairs, including defense, diplomacy, development, conflict resolution, trade, and humanitarian relief. The goal will be to explore questions of diversity, equity and inclusion as classes introduce students to different international affairs arenas. Substantial evidence indicates that bringing diverse voices into deliberative and decision making processes in not just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do. Whether seeking to resolve wars, negotiate treaties, or manage organizations, individuals of different backgrounds–whether based on sex or gender, ethnicity, race, religion, socio-economic status, political perspective, ability status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, among others–add expertise and perspective with benefits for the effectiveness and richness of work.
Fall 2020
Women, Peace & Security – IPOL 319
Professors: S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana and Robert Nagel
This course will introduce students to the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Students will examine the gendered aspects of conflict and peace including the role women play in national and international security, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and post-conflict recovery. Drawing on original research from the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, the course will explore the impact of women’s participation in armed conflict, conflict prevention, peacekeeping, mitigating humanitarian emergencies, post-conflict transitions, and economic recovery. Using UN Security Council resolutions and other international mechanisms, we will introduce students to the international normative framework underpinning the WPS agenda. The course will also take a critical look at the implementation of the WPS Agenda to identify gaps and challenges and to develop comprehensive, realistic, and effective responses to overcome these challenges.
Summer 2020
Gender, International Peace & Security – GOVT 490
Professors: S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
What does gender have to do with international peace, security, and development? Research in peace and security fields over the last two decades have demonstrated the multiple ways gendered identities and power structures are central to the processes of war, peace and security. Importance of women’s empowerment to peace and prosperity has also been underlined by various international organizations such as the United Nations, and series of landmark UN Security Resolutions. This course will examine theoretical and practical aspects of gender- sensitive approaches to international security, peacebuilding and development through synchronous online teaching, videos and films, and guest speakers, among others. Students will explore contemporary debates in the field and critically engage concepts like masculinity, femininity, human security, and militarization and apply them to frameworks pertaining to peace, security and development. Through a number of different case-studies, students will develop a deeper understanding of how gender norms, roles, identities and assumptions shape peace and security dynamics. The course will also cover pioneering international legal tools – such as Responsibility to Protect and UN Resolution 1325—in order to examine their impacts on gendered power dynamics during conflicts as well as post-conflict.
Spring 2020
Diverse Voices in Foreign Affairs – INAF 210
Professor: Carla Koppell
This class will feature guest speakers of different backgrounds who have influenced foreign affairs policy and practice in different sub-fields of international affairs, including defense, diplomacy, development, conflict resolution, trade, and humanitarian relief. The goal will be to explore questions of diversity, equity and inclusion as classes introduce students to different international affairs arenas. Substantial evidence indicates that bringing diverse voices into deliberative and decision making processes in not just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do. Whether seeking to resolve wars, negotiate treaties, or manage organizations, individuals of different backgrounds–whether based on sex or gender, ethnicity, race, religion, socio-economic status, political perspecitve, ability status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, among others–add expertise and perspective with benefits for the effectiveness and richness of work.