Hilary Cornish

Name
Hilary Cornish
Organisation
Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
Edinburgh UK EH8 9LD
Telephone
+44 (0)131 6513203
E-Mail
Research Interests
Insurgency & Counter-Insurgency,Armed Forces,International Relations of the Middle East,The Military in Global Politics,Gender & International Relations,Training and Mentoring
URL
http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/jwi/scaffolding/new_page_root/about/people/cornish_hilary

Qualifications

MSc (Distinction) Arab World Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK

BA (1st Class Hons) International Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Working PhD Title

Adaptive Identity:  British Military Training and Mentoring in Iraq

Research Interests

I'm interested in the role of identity construction, both personal and institutional, in the adaptation of armed forces to the changing operating environments they find themselves in.  In particular I'm looking at British military contribution to the training and mentoring programmes which aim to reconstruct and strengthen the Iraqi security forces, and the ways in which the practices of training and mentoring influence the construction and expression of identities within the involved parties.  

Supervisors

Dr Fiona MacKay and Dr Claire Duncanson

Awards

ESRC Area Studies Studentship, 2007 - 2012

Sue Grant Award (Co-awarded), 2011

UEA Politics Prize for best undergraduate dissertation, 2007

Teaching

Tutored on 'International Security' (Autumn 2011) and International Relations of The Middle East (Autumn 2011) and will be Tutoring on 'Approaches to Politics and IR' (Spring 2012) and tutoring and lecturing on US Foreign Policy (Spring 2012).  Also completed a English language teaching internship at the Mubarrat Um Al Hussein, Amman Jordan in Summer 2010.

Other Activities

Co-convened the Transatlantic Seminar Series, Autumn 2011

Co-convened the International Relations Research Group, Autumn 2011

PhD Representative for Politics and IR, 2010/2011

Co-organised Researching Feminist Futures Graduate conference, September 2011

Co-organised “Working with Discourse” A post-graduate workshop on discourse analysis methods at Edinburgh University. March 2010

Co-Organised “War and Governance: 1st year PHD Showcase” The Politics and IR annual conference for first year IR and Politics PHD students to showcase their work. April 2010

Market Research Projects and Reports

MSc in International Relations of the Middle East, 2010 (produced for the Graduate School of Social and Political Science, the University of Edinburgh)

Market Research Report: Structuring of IR Degrees and Specialisms, 2011 (for the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh)

Research Group Membership

International Relations Research Group

Gender and Politics Research Group





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