Module SSIM900 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SSIM900: Contemporary Debates in Security, Conflict and Justice
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The unit will be taught in three intensive days split into thematic sessions. Below is an indicative list but may be subject to change:
Session 1 (1 day): Introduction to the pathway; Violence
Session 2 (2 days): Ethnicity; Gender
Session 3 (2 days): Human rights; Governance and sovereignty
A typical workshop day will include:
• Introductory session mapping the broad contours of the topic;
• Different disciplinary perspectives presented through lecturers from a range of disciplines across the DTC partners;
• Facilitated seminar/workshop to debate particular issues from an interdisciplinary perspective including, where appropriate, presentations from existing PhD researchers; and,
• Concluding session
All students will be expected to attend in person; virtual learning is not commensurate with the small group expected for this unit. Lecturers will be encouraged to attend in person but, where necessary, may deliver their presentations virtually.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 120 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 30 | 3 x 1 day, 10 hour sessions |
| Guided Independent Study | 55 | reading and preparation for seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 65 | researching and preparing assignments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
• Galtung, Johan 1969. ‘Violence, peace, and peace research.’ Journal of Peace Research 63: 167-191
• Jacoby, Tim 2008. Understanding Conflict and Violence: Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. London: Routledge.
• Kolodziej, Edward A. 2005. ‘Chapter 2: The foundations of security studies: Hobbes, Clausewitz, Thucydides’. In: Security and International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Moyn, Samuel, 2010. The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
• Woods, Kerri 2014. Human Rights. Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Freeman, Michael 2002. Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Cambridge: Polity Press.
• Goodhand, Jonathan 2000. ‘Research in conflict areas: Ethics and accountability.’ Forced Migration Review 8: 12-15.
