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Gender & Human Security

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
We 9:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.		 Wheatley-Peters W04-0028 3 $2657 (guest students)
Date
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Time
We 9:30a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W04-0028
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2657 (guest students)

Description

Drawing on examples from across the globe, this course will explore how attention to gendered assumptions and hierarchies can refine and deepen our understandings of the way conflict, violence and (in)security are affecting everyday life, communities, societies, and regions in different parts of the world. The course will develop skills in gender analysis, and use them to evaluate the impact of culturally-specific gendered assumptions and practices on state security and realist thinking, the "new wars" of the post-Cold War period, the emergence of human security with its focus on freedom from fear and want, and the critical reactions to this move. The course aims to move beyond established approaches to security, including human security, and to develop a more gender- sensitive analysis of theory, policy and practices seeking to address (in) security issues in our increasingly complex, unequal and global world.

Prerequisites

GGHS 710

Guest registration opens August 18

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/2/2025 - 12/12/2025

Location

Wheatley-Peters W04-0028

Enrolled / Capacity

11 / 20

Status

Closed

Instructor

Catriona Standfield

Tuition*

$2657 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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