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Helen Kinsella
Helen M. Kinsella is an assistant professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary political theory, feminist theories, international law, especially international humanitarian and human rights, armed conflict, and especially gender and armed conflict. She is a graduate of University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and prior to her appointment at Wisconsin held pre and post doctoral fellowships at, respectively, Harvard University and Stanford University.
Her book manuscript entitled “The image before the weapon: a critical history of the ‘combatant’ and ‘civilian’ in international law and politics” is under contract to Cornell University Press.
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Recent Publications
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Helen Kinsella.
‘Understanding a War That is Not a War’ in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Autumn 2007, 33,1, pgs. 209-231
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Helen Kinsella.
‘Gendering Grotius: Sex and Sex Difference in Laws of War’ in Political Theory, April 2006 32, 4, pgs. 61-191.
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Helen Kinsella. Discourses of Difference: Civilians, Combatants, and Compliance with the laws of war” in Review of International Studies, 2005 31, pgs. 163-185.
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Current Courses taught for Fall 2009-2010
695 - Gender & Security
Instructors: Helen Kinsella Field: International Relations
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931 - Seminar - Political Theory (Topic: Feminist Theory)
Instructors: Helen Kinsella Field: Political Theory
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