Children in the refugee camps of Darfur, Sudan confront their psychological scars using clay figures to depict an attack they witnessed. There has been an ongoing civil war in Darfur since 2003. (Image courtesy of the United States Congress.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Roger Petersen
MIT Course Number
17.582
As Taught In
Spring 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course surveys the social science literature on civil war. Students will study the origins of civil war, discuss variables that affect the duration of civil war, and examine the termination of conflict. This course is highly interdisciplinary and covers a wide variety of cases.
