POL8060 : Gender, War and Military (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Sorana-Cristina Jude
- Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
• To provide students with a critical overview of the gendered nature of military, war and conflict.
• To equip students with knowledge of the gendered nature of military and war within contemporary politics and across different national sites.
• To engage students in the analysis of the gendered nature of the military at the intersection with other categories like race, ethnicity, class and ableism.
• To provide students with skills to analyse the gendered power relations that sustain and justify war, violence and conflict.
• To empower students to think critically about militarism, militarisation and demilitarisation processes.
Informed by feminist critiques of International Relations, this module introduces gender as a category of analysing war and military practices. It is concerned with the gendered power relations that manifest within, and sustain violence and conflict within contemporary politics. The module questions the role of war and military in constructing and sustaining a variety of masculinities and femininities that are used in order to justify violence, militarism and militarisation. It explores the gendered configuration of anti-war and anti-military practices through which militarism and militarisation are questioned and resisted in contemporary politics.
Outline Of Syllabus
Topics covered in the module may include, but will not be limited to, the following:
- Gender and International Relations
- Gender and Nationalism
- Gendering War and the Military
- Militarism, Militarisation and Demilitarisation
- Military Training and War Preparations
- Men, War and the Military
- Women, War and the Military
- Gender-based Violence in War
- Disability and War
- Resisting War and the Military
- Gender and Peacebuilding
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 11 | 2:00 | 22:00 | PiP |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 178:00 | 178:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The seminar will be based on students' weekly presentations followed by a group discussion. Students will have the opportunity to engage actively in the conversation based on their weekly readings and their own understanding/interpretation of the subject addressed. The seminar leader will guide the conversation, and provide advice, support and help in identifying, evaluating and understanding the breadth and depth of the subjects addressed.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research paper | 2 | M | 100 | 4000 word research paper |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
This form of assessment will evaluate students' ability to formulate and address a research question in relation to the study of the gendered nature of warfare and military practices. It will assess their ability to engage critically with the topic chosen and to formulate an argument in a cogent manner. It will enable students to show a deep and critical understanding of the concepts and topic addressed by drawing on the relevant literature.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- POL8060's Timetable