Spring 2026 Anthropology UN3828 section 001

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF WAR

Call Number 00670
Day & Time
Location
R 4:10pm-6:00pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Nadia Abu El-Haj
Type SEMINAR
Course Description In this class, we will think about the various ways in which philosophers, social theorists, historians and anthropologists have thought about war, violence, and responsibility. The course focuses on a set of themes and questions: for example, the nature of violence and the question of responsibility or accountability, shifting technologies of warfare, and the phenomenology and aftermath of warfare, for civilians and for combatants. The reading list incorporates different approaches to such questions—from historical to philosophical to ethnographic accounts.
Web Site Vergil
Department Anthropology @Barnard
Enrollment 0 students (20 max) as of 3:05PM Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Subject Anthropology
Number UN3828
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20261ANTH3828V001