Gender, Violence and Conflict

Engage critically with debates around the relationships between gender, violence and conflict. You’ll consider perspectives from anthropology, international relations, sociology and law. You have the opportunity to explore critical and feminist approaches to social research and its ethics.

The course focuses on:

• gendered experiences of violence
• conflict and peace
• militarisation
• masculinities and femininities
• representations and embodiment
• institutionalisation of violence.

Key facts

• Development Studies at Sussex was ranked 2nd in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016.
• Global Studies is a unique interdisciplinary school, with cutting-edge research, international faculty, and a distinctive programme of guest lectures, research seminars and events.
• Our campus is also home to an active student body, hosting frequent debates, lectures, films and social events covering global and political issues.

If you’re starting your course in 2016, these are the modules we expect to run. Modules running in 2017 may be subject to change.

CORE MODULES

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

• Gender, Conflict and Peace
• Research Methods and Professional Skills (Int Dev)
• Sex and Violence

OPTIONS

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.

• Anthropology of Reconciliation and Reconstruction
• Conflict, Security and Development
• Dissertation (GVC)
• Dissertation with Placement (Global Studies)
• Gender Politics and Social Research
• Human Rights and the Politics of Culture
• Human Rights in International Relations
• Knowledge, Power and Resistance
• New Security Challenges
• Postcolonial Africa: Politics and Society
• Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
• Understanding Processes of Social Change

Requirements

• An upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above in the social or natural sciences. Applications must be accompanied by a detailed personal statement. Applicants with other degrees or relevant practical work experience will also be considered
• Standard level (IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each section)
• Reference
• Transcript
• A personal statement
• The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course

Scholarships

• Sussex Graduate Scholarship 
• Chancellor's International Scholarship