Jessica Hawkins
Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies
University of Manchester
| Location | Manchester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Gender and Title | Female, Dr |
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| Telephone | Members only |
| Website | https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/jessica.hawkins |
| Bio | Jessica is a Teaching and Scholarship Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies and has been Undergraduate Programme Director in the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute since 2020. Her teaching centres on histories of humanitarianism and war and conflict with a focus on displacement. Her current research interests lie in the historical sociology of camp formation. This traces the concepts and themes which underpin modern forms of incarceration such as refugee camps and linkages to the camps of the past. She is also interested in the pedagogy of humanitarianism examining how we teach difficult subjects related to violence conflict and displacement. In particular she's researching the value of student research visits to conflict affected societies. |
Expertise
| Expertise | Country | Affiliation | Local |
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| Conflict | Rwanda, Uganda | The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute | |
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| Displacement | Uganda | The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute | |
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| Education | United Kingdom | The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute |
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| Pedagogies of Humanitarianism | |||