Episode 2: War

Episode 2: War

In this episode Dr. Tessa Diphoorn and Dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh invite Dr. Katharine Fortin (Assistant Professor at Utrecht University's Netherlands Institute of Human Rights - SIM) and Prof. Dr. Jolle Demmers (Full Professor at Utrecht University's Center for Conflict Studies) to discuss the concept of 'war'. How does each one of them go about using the concept war in their work? What do they expect from 'war'  as an academic concept and what kind of future do they see for it? Are there similarities or differences in the usage of this concept in each of their disciplines?

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Literature list and further reading

Barkawi, Tarek and Brighton, Shane. 2011. ‘Powers of War: Fighting, Knowledge, and Critique’, International Political Sociology, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 126–143.

Chamayou, Grégoire. 2015. 'Drone Theory', Penguin Books Ltd.

Jabri, Vivienne. 1996. 'Discourses on Violence: Conflict Analysis Reconsidered', Manchester University Press.

Modirzadeh, Naz K. 2020. ‘Cut These Words: Passion and International Law of War Scholarship’. 61 Harvard International Law Journal 1