The seminar will start on April 6, 2023. It will be held in English. The students contribute through active participation and oral or written input. The central assignment is a term paper.
The course is planned to be attended in person. However, selected sessions can also take place virtually. Further information will be circulated via e-mail.
The table of contents is as follows:
1. Introduction & Basic Concepts (Conflict Management, Resolution & Transformation; Peacebuilding; Human Security)
A. MACRO AND MICRO PERSPECTIVES ON INTRA-STATE VIOLENT CONFLICTS
2. Regime Change and Resistance (Case Study: Arab Spring)
3. Micro-Perspectives on Violent Conflict I: Social Psychological Perspectives (Case Study: Israel-Palestine)
4. Micro-Perspectives on Violent Conflict II: Gender & Violence (Case Study: Afghanistan)
B. PREVENTION & MEDIATION OF VIOLENT CONFLICTS
5. Prevention of Violent Conflicts I: Theories and Concepts
6. Prevention of violent conflicts II: Case studies on Kenya and Northern Ghana
7. Conflict management & Mediation I: Concepts and Strategies
8. Conflict Management / Mediation II: Case Studies on Colombia and Israel/Palestine
9. Conflict Management / Mediation III: The War in Ukraine
C. POST-CONFLICT PEACEBUILDING & TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
10. Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: The Turn to the Local
11. Transitional Justice I: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions; International Criminal Justice
12. Transitional Justice II: International Criminal Justice / Feedback on the Seminar |
