Politics, Violence and Crime MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert

Students develop knowledge and understanding of major theoretical, ethnographic and methodological debates in anthropology of politics, violence and crime and enhance their independent research skills through practical training in research methods. This is the first programme to embed these themes deeply within anthropology. This anthropological grounding and bottom up ethnographic approach uniquely distinguishes the degree from existing programs rooted in International Relations, Security and Peace Studies and/or Development Studies.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits

The programme consists of two core modules (45 credits), three optional modules (45 credits) and a research dissertation (90 credits).

• Anthropology of Politics, Violence and Crime
• Anthropology Methods

• Anthropology of Crime
• Social Forms of Revolution
• Anthropologies of Religion
• Issues in Power and Culture (Anthropology of War)
• Risk, Power and Uncertainty
• The Anthropology of Islam in Diaspora
• Anthropology of Socialist and Post-Socialist
• Anthropology of Nationalism, Ethnicity and Race
• Theory in Anthropology
• Anthropology of Latin America
• Anthropology of India
• Ethnography of Forest People

All MSc students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of approximately 15,000 words.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, small group presentations and discussion, tutorials, laboratory and practical work, independent directed reading, interactive teamwork, and video, film and web based courses. It includes a research seminar series with invited speakers. Assessment is through unseen examination, essays, and the research dissertation.