Department of War Studies, King's College London

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The Department of War Studies (DWS) was founded in 1962 at King's College London and is the world's leading and largest academic department devoted exclusively to conflict and security . She takes an interdisciplinary approach in the areas of international relations , history and politics .

location

The facility is located on the Strand Campus of King's College London and benefits from close links to security research institutions , think tanks and government agencies such as Chatham House , the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the Royal United Services in the heart of the British capital Institute (RUSI), the Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS), the Ministry of Defense and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office .

history

The origins of the Department of War Studies go back to the Department of Military Science , which existed from 1848 to 1859. This awarded academic degrees from 1913 . With the help of the War Office , the Military Studies Department was set up in 1926 , where Frederick Maurice taught. In 1943 the name was changed to War Studies Department . Personalities from the University of London , including Lionel Robbins , Sir Charles Webster and Keith Hancock , endeavored after the Second World War to ensure that Military Studies became a permanent fixture at the university. In 1953 the renowned military historian Sir Michael Howard was appointed professor of military studies. In 1962 he played a leading role in founding what is now the Department of War Studies. The department has been part of the School of Social Science & Public Policy since 2001, previously it was part of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

management

University professor

Current or former professors at the Department of War Studies include: a.

research

DMS has achieved importance with its Anglo-Saxon military science program “War Studies”.

Study and research materials can be found primarily in the university's Maughan Library and in the Information Services Center on Chancery Lane . In addition, other libraries in the city are used. The Liddell Hart Center for Military Archives (LHCMA), founded in 1964, serves to research British defense policy .

From 1997 to 1999 the War Studies Journal, archived in journal databases, was published .

Research centers

  • Center for Defense Studies (CDS)
  • Center for Science & Security Studies (CSSS)
  • European Center for Energy & Resource Security (EUCERS)
  • International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR)
  • King's Center for Military Health Research
  • Marjan Center for the Study of Conflict & Conservation
  • Research Center in International Relations (RCIR)
  • Sir Michael Howard Center for the History of War (SMHC)

Research groups

Education

Study organizations

The university-accredited War Studies Society brings together interested alumni, students and faculty and organizes events. In addition, there is the Women in War and International Politics (WIWIP), which is explicitly dedicated to women.

There are currently around 1,000 students enrolled, with a teaching staff of 100.

courses

The department offers the following courses , including the BA in War Studies since 1992:

  • BA in War Studies
  • BA in International Relations
  • BA War Studies & History (Joint honors degree)
  • BA War Studies & Philosophy (Joint honors degree)
  • MA in Conflict Security & Development
  • MA in Intelligence & International Security
  • MA in International Conflict Studies
  • MA International Peace and Security
  • MA in International Relations
  • MA Non- proliferation and International Security
  • MA in Science & Security
  • MA South Asia & Global Security
  • MA in Terrorism and Security Studies
  • MA in War Studies
  • MA / Dip Air Power in the Modern World ( Distance Learning )
  • MA / PG Dip International Relations and Contemporary War (Distance Learning)
  • MA / Dip War in the Modern World (Distance Learning)

Tolstoy Cup

Every year since 1995 there has been a football match between students from the Department of War Studies and the Department of Peace Studies ( University of Bradford ) . The sporting event was named after the novel War and Peace by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy . The trophy is also based on this. The Financial Times counts it among the "Great college sports rivalries".

Ranking

According to the 2011 University Ranking by The Guardian , the Department of War Studies ranked well third in terms of teaching performance in Great Britain, behind the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .

Alumni

The alumni include numerous international personalities from politics, the military, science, and business. a .:

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hew Strachan : The Study of War at Oxford, 1909–2009 . In: Christopher Hood , Desmond King , Gillian Peele (Eds.): Forging a Discipline A Critical Assessment of Oxford's Development of the Study of Politics and International Relations in Comparative Perspective . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-968221-8 , pp. 204–221, here: p. 204.
  2. ↑ Izabella Scott: The List: Five great college sports rivalries . In: Financial Times , March 25, 2011.
  3. ^ Andreas Thalhammer: Military Sciences. Term, international use and acceptance (= series of publications by the National Defense Academy 7/2012). Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902670-93-9 , p. 46.