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74108-01 - Seminar: Politics of Military Occupation (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Tobias Hagmann Leupin (tobias.hagmann@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | From Gaza to Eastern Ukraine military occupations by foreign powers are in the international spotlight. This seminar scrutinizes the politics of military occupation as a particular type of authoritarian politics. Taking its point of departure in post-World War II military occupations, it sheds light on the motives and techniques of occupying powers, analyzes the everyday governance of civilians under occupation and highlights different trajectories of military occupations. We read about, compare and discus different types of military occupation including neighboring military occupations in Syria, Palestine and the post-Soviet space, international occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, long-standing occupations such as Cyprus and Western Sahara and de facto occupations such as Kashmir or northern Ethiopia. Key political science debates and concepts on armed conflict, imperialism and nation-building in situations of both international and internal conflict are reviewed in this seminar. |
| Lernziele | - Participants familiarize themselves with the political, institutional and military dynamics of foreign occupations and their evolution since the end of the Cold War. - Participants practice comparative analytical skills and reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of existing causal explanations of military occupations. - Participants gain an in-depth understanding of select contemporary cases of military occupations. |
| Literatur | Benvenisti, E. (2012). The International Law of Occupation. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Geist Pinfold, R. (2023). Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Lewis, D. (2024). Occupation: Russian Rule in South-Eastern Ukraine. London: Hurst. Stirk, P. M. R. (2016). A History of Military Occupation from 1972 to 1914. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. |
| Bemerkungen | Attention: All Seminars will be graded in the Department of Political Science. Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass. The number of participants is limited. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Attention: All Seminars will be graded in the Department of Political Science. Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass. The number of participants is limited. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science. |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10.15-11.45 | Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004 |
Einzeltermine
| Module |
Modul: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master Studiengang: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources ) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Regionaler Fokus M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Modul: Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft M.A. (Master Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (Masterstudium: European Global Studies) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Regular course attendance, case study work and written essay. Essays are graded with standard marks. Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft |