Dr Jennifer Jackson Preece

This course is available on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Columbia), MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po), MSc in European and International Politics and Policy, MSc in European and International Politics and Policy (LSE and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Politics and Policy (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Human Rights, MSc in Human Rights and Politics, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy, MSc in International Migration and Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Political Science (Conflict Studies and Comparative Politics) and MSc in Political Science (Global Politics). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course uses controlled access as part of the course selection process. For information on controlled access courses, including eligibility, application processes, deadlines, and departmental contact details, please refer to the Controlled Access Courses webpage.

To apply for a place, ALL students should submit a statement via LSE for You outlining your specific reasons for applying, how it will benefit your academic/career goals, and how you meet any necessary pre-requisites (maximum 200 words).

The first round of offers will be made from 12-noon on the Friday before Autumn Term week 1. The final deadline for applications is 12-noon on the Friday of Autumn Term week 2.

For queries contact: ei@lse.ac.uk

This course has a limited number of places (it is controlled access). In previous years we have been able to provide places for all students that apply but that may not continue to be the case.

This course will explore the relationship between culture and (in)security with a particular focus on the (in)security dilemmas of minorities and migrants within a world of nation-states. In so doing, our discussion will draw upon a variety of theoretical perspectives within security studies.

This course will use Cadmus for submitting assessments. This platform is currently being evaluated by LSE for AI-resilient assessment. For more information, visit Cadmus Assessment Edit Tracking - Guidance for Students.

20 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Winter Term.

Formative assessment:

Case study pitch (300 words + in-class presentation) in Winter Term Week 4

Essay Proposal (1200 words) in Winter Term Week 7

Andersen, R. S. (2024). Smartphones and video as security articulation infrastructures: Evidencing Black Lives Matter. International Affairs, 100(4), 1471–1489.

Danewid, I. (2021). Policing the (migrant) crisis: Stuart Hall and the defence of whiteness. Security Dialogue, 53(1), 21-37.

Floyd, R. (2025). Ontological vs. societal security: same difference or distinct concepts?. International Politics, 62(4), 795-813.

Gray, H. and Franck, A. (2019), Refugees as/at risk: The gendered and racialized underpinnings of securitization in British media narratives, Security Dialogue, 50(3), 275–291.

Hansen, L., Adler-Nissen, R., & Andersen, K. E. (2021). The visual international politics of the European refugee crisis: Tragedy, humanitarianism, borders. Cooperation and Conflict, 56(4), 367–393.

Hirschauer, S. (2019). De-securitization, sexual violence, and the politics of silence. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 27(3), 219-234

Innes, A. J. (2021). Banal bordering: Everyday encounters between migrants and security officers. Migration Studies, 9(3), 968-988.

Jackson-Preece, J. (2018). Rearticulating the friend–enemy distinction within states: The HCNM's 'new diplomacy' of desecuritization. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 13(4), 523–544

Pison Hindawi, C. (2021). Decolonizing the Responsibility to Protect: On pervasive Eurocentrism, Southern agency and struggles over universals. Security Dialogue, 53(1), 38-56.

Vaughan-Williams, N., & Pisani, M. (2020). Migrating borders, bordering lives: everyday geographies of ontological security and insecurity in Malta. Social & Cultural Geography, 21(5), 651-673.

A more detailed reading list is available from Dr Jackson-Preece.

Essay (100%, 3500 words).

You can find further information on the relevant Moodle page.