Conflict & Political Violence

When:

08 July - 18 July 2018

School:

Olympia Summer Academy in Comparative and International Politics

Institution:

European International Studies Association & Navarino Network

City:

Nafplio

Country:

Greece

Language:

English

Credits:

0.0 EC

Fee:

1000 EUR

Interested?

Please note: this course has already ended

About

The goal of this course is to review the most recent developments in the field of conflict and political violence. In exploring the intersection of large-scale collective action and political violence, we will draw from several fields of research and methodological approaches and we will examine a broad cross-section of topics, including the causes and dynamics of civil war, ethnic conflict, mass violence, genocide, riots, and terrorism; the logic of rebel group formation, cohesion, and performance, and the dynamics of post-conflict violence, peacekeeping, and peace-building. Our geographic focus will be broad, reflective of the faculty’s diverse expertise. An integral part of the course is a workshop where students can present their ongoing research and receive feedback from faculty and peers.

Course leader

Stathis Ν. Kalyvas, Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science, Yale University; Director of Yale’s Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence; Senior Advisor at the ‘Changing Character of Conflict Platform’, University of Oxford.

Target group

Graduate students, young professionals and senior undergraduates.

Course aim

• to survey the above fields and disseminate new research advances;
• to create a forum for high quality academic work;
• to provide opportunities for the creation and consolidation of scholarly networks of cooperation.

Fee info

Fee

1000 EUR, These tuition and board charges cover: • shared accommodation in a double occupancy room with breakfast, • electronic access to all the reading material, • excursions, cultural, social and extra curricular activities, and • transportation from “Athens International Airport” to Nafplio and back.

Fee

150 EUR, There is a 150€ non-refundable registration fee to be paid in advance to secure a place, in accordance with the instructions provided in the letter of admission.