Critical military studies

Critical Military Studies is a new academic sub-discipline which brings critical theory to the study of military institutions and practices.[1] It intersects with many academic disciplines, such as international relations, political science, gender studies, human geography and anthropology.[1] Academic conferences in 2013 and 2014 have included panels on Critical Military Studies.[2][3] The sub-discipline also has a new academic journal published by Taylor and Francis.[4] Scholarship on Critical Military Studies includes issues such as military recruitment [5][6] and military landscapes.[7] Critical Military Studies is particularly concerned with how understandings of gender and sexuality shape military practices and research on the military.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Critical Military Studies".
  2. ↑ "Critical Military Studies | Everyday Militarism". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  3. 1 2 "Report on the Workshop 'Advances in Gender and Military Studies', ISA Convention 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Critical Military Studies".
  5. ↑ Rech, Matthew F. (2014). "Recruitment, counter-recruitment and critical military studies". Global Discourse. 4 (2–3): 244–262. doi:10.1080/23269995.2014.909243. S2CID 55514584.
  6. ↑ Wadham, Ben (2014). "Critical studies of the military or critical military studies: a response to Rech on recruitment and counter-recruitment". Global Discourse. 4 (2–3): 263–266. doi:10.1080/23269995.2014.922278.
  7. ↑ Woodward, Rachel (2014). "Military landscapes". Progress in Human Geography. 38: 40–61. doi:10.1177/0309132513493219. S2CID 145500306.