Fall 2026 Political Science BC2604 section 001

PEACE AND CONFLICT

Call Number 00954
Day & Time
Location
T 11:40am-2:10pm
To be announced
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Severine Autesserre
Type LECTURE
Course Description

If Barnard or Columbia had a major in Peace and Conflict Studies or a minor in Conflict Resolution, this would be its core class: your introduction to the key concepts, ideas, theories, cases, and debates in the field. How can we understand violence in wars? Why do wars and other violent conflicts start, grow, and persist? Can we end—or decrease, contain, or even perhaps prevent—mass violence? What role do outsiders play, both in war and in peace… and what about ordinary people? Cross-listed with Human Rights and Africana Studies.

Web Site Vergil
Department Political Science @Barnard
Enrollment 0 students (70 max) as of 9:05PM Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Subject Political Science
Number BC2604
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20263POLS2604X001