Elizabeth Olsson

Elizabeth Olsson

Edme Dominguez

Location

Psychologen/Psychology Building, room F4

Materials

Course Introduction, VT23.ppt (including the Pop Quiz)

Lecture 1a. A Historical Overview of an Interdisciplinary Field, VT23.pdf

Lecture 1b. Violence, Genocide, and (Extra)ordinary Human Evil, VT23.pdf

Description

13:15-14:00 During the first hour, Elizabeth and Edme will introduce the course, including the Canvas page, reading, assignments, and activities.

14:15-15:00 Lecture 1a, Historical Overview of an Interdisciplinary Field

15:15-16:00 Lecture 1b,. Violence, Genocide, and (Extra)ordinary Human Evil

Teachers' Backgrounds

Elizabeth earned an MA in Global Studies in 2011 and a PhD in peace and development research in 2021. Her research interests include the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, conflict theory, and academic writing in higher education.

Edme is an Associate Professor (docent) in Peace and Development Studies. Her background is in International relations, and her PhD on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Since the 1990s, she has been working on gender studies within IR, Global Political Economy and democracy and her geographical areas of study are Latin America, particularly Mexico, Central America and Bolivia. She has worked for several universities in Mexico, the US and Europe, and she is presently teaching as a senior lecturer at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. Her publications go from the areas of the Soviet Union/Russia's relations to Latin America to critical analysis of NAFTA and especially gender perspectives of labour organizing in export processing zones and international trade agreements, as well as issues related to citizenship and democracy. Since 2022 she has been writing and lecturing on Russia, especially regarding the current invasion of Ukraine.

Required Reading

Ramsbotham, Oliver, Tom Woodhouse, Hugh Miall, Contemporary Conflict Resolution, 2016, Polity Press, Chapters 1 and 2.

Buhaug, Halvard, Levy, Jack S & Urdal, Henrik (2014): 50 years of peace research: An introduction to the Journal of Peace Research anniversary special issue, Journal of Peace Research 51: 139-144.

Richmond, Oliver P (2006): The problem of peace: understanding the ‘liberal peace’ in Conflict, Security & Development, Vol 6, Issue 3, 2006, pp. 291-314.

Pettersson; Therese and Magnus Öberg (2020): ‘Organized Violence 1989-2019’, Journal of Peace Research, 2018, vol. 57, 4: pp. 597-613

Kristine Höglund & Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs: Beyond the absence of war: the diversity of peace in post-settlement societies, in Review of International Studies, Volume 36 / Issue 02 / April 2010, pp 367-390.