The text begins by relating the concept of motherhood to war, and, through references to the Iliad, establishes that there motherhood and militarism are inextricably linked with regards to questions of a mother’s…
The text focuses on Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women and studies it as a peace play with an astute awareness of the context of its creation, namely King James I’s comparatively-pacifistic approach to foreign…
This article problematises the concept of ‘post-conflict’ through the feminist lens and asserts that, even in the absence of formal inter-state or inter-group conflict, acts of gendered violence such as physical harm…
This academic article argues for an examination into the “intersectionality” of peace as a means of better understanding the dynamics of power structures and identities with regards to peacebuilding efforts. The text…
Drawing on feminist peace and conflict studies, this article situates peace in the everyday as an ontological disruption to traditional peace studies. This ‘microsociology’ of peace can be seen as a mundane experience…
Alonso emphasises the question ‘but what about women?’ when looking at political peace-building enterprises, emphasising how women in America used peaceful methods to petition, alongside opposing war. She investigates…
Burguieres' article is a seminal work in establishing the cultural underpinnings of the relationship between women and the "feminine" in peace studies. Burguieres tackles the issue of women's centrality in peace…
This short article engages with the possible dialogue between queer theory and mainstream International Relations (IR) theory. Sjoberg seeks to enlighten our understanding of possible interlinked understandings of…
This article provides an interesting analysis of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, contextualising the play as a commentary of political negotiations towards peace that were happening at the time. However, the author analyses…
This article explores the connection between peace and fertility in Aristophanes’ plays, further contributing to the research on the connection between representations of nature and visualisations of peace. Dillon also…