Corinna Jentzsch
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. C. Jentzsch
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3456
- c.jentzsch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0936-6984
Corinna Jentzsch is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.
Corinna Jentzsch is an Assistant Professor (with tenure) of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University. Her research focuses on civilian collective action during civil war and conflict transformation and escalation. She is also broadly interested in social movements, political violence, peacekeeping, African politics, and fieldwork methods and ethics. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in southern Africa, including Mozambique, Zambia, and Malawi.
Her recent book Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique (Cambridge University Press, 2022) examines how and why community-based militias form and spread. Her work has also appeared in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Geography, Civil Wars, Africa, ForeignAffairs.com, African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, and several edited volumes.
She received her PhD from Yale University, and prior to that studied at Free University Berlin and Sciences Po Paris. She is an associate editor of the International Studies Review, a contributor to Africa is a Country, and you can follow her on Twitter (@coboje).
› Curriculum Vitae Corinna Jentzsch
PhD supervision
Corinna Jentzsch is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
- armed conflict and civil war
- social movements and collective action
- African politics and governance
See for more information on PhD positions:
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Conclusion - the study of militias and violence: where to go from here?. In: Johnson P.L. & Wittels W. (Eds.), Militias, states and violence against civilians : civic vice, civic virtue. Abingdon: Routledge. 180-192.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Review of: Thurber C. (2021), Between Mao and Gandhi: the social roots of civil resistance. New York: Cambridge University Press. Perspectives on Politics 21(1): 346-348.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Response to Ches Thurber’s review of Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique, Perspectives on Politics 21(1): 346.
- Jentzsch C. (2023), Civilian violent mobilization and the intensity of civil war in Mozambique. In: Krause J., Masullo J., Rhoads E. & Welsh J. (Eds.), Civilian protective agency in violent settings: a comparative perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 135-151.
- Jentzsch C. & Steele A. (2023), Social control in civil wars, Civil Wars 25(2-3): 452-471.
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil War in Mozambique. Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Jentzsch C. (2 February 2022), Au Mozambique, ignorance et déni face à l’insurrection djihadiste. AfriqueXXI. Paris: Association Afrique XXI. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Origins and consequences of the local forces in Cabo Delgado. Cabo Ligado Monthly. Maputo: Cabo Ligado.
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Review of: Holá B., Nyseth Brehm H. & Weerdesteijn M. (2022), The Oxford handbook on atrocity crimes. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Journal of Peace Research .
- Jentzsch C. (2022), Ignoranz, Leugnung und Rebellion, Afrika Süd (2): 8-11.
- Jentzsch C. & Masullo Jimenez J. (2022), Violent or non-violent action? Wartime civilian resistance in Colombia and Mozambique, Political Geography 99: 102761.
- Jentzsch C. (2021), RENAMO and Mozambique. In: Spear T. (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Jentzsch C. (17 December 2021), Ignorance, denial and insurgency in Mozambique. Africa is a Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2020) Review of Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: rebellion and its discontents, by Michael Woldemariam. Review of: Woldemariam Michael (2018), Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: rebellion and its discontents. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Africa 90(2): 421-422.
- Jentzsch C. (2019), Peace is a Losing Strategy in Mozambique. Why Elections Could Cause Another Civil War, Foreign Affairs : .
- Jentzsch C. (2018), Intervention, Autonomy and Power in Polarised Societies. In: Browne B. & Rivas A. (Eds.), Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence: Fieldwork Interrupted. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Jentzsch C. (2018), Spiritual Power and the Dynamics of War in the Provinces of Nampula and Zambézia. In: Morier-Genoud E., Cahen M. & Rosário D. do (Eds.), The War Within: New Perspectives on the Civil War in Mozambique, 1976-1992. Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. 75-99.
- Jentzsch C. (2017), Auxiliary Armed Forces and Innovations in Security Governance in Mozambique’s Civil War, Civil Wars 19(3): 325-347.
- Jentzsch C. (25 September 2017), Is environmental philanthropy still a white man’s game?. Africa Is A Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C., Kahloun H. & Belhadj S. (2016), L’offre plurielle de sécurité dans le Grand Tunis. Quelles alternatives à l’État pour combler le «vide» sécuritaire?. Plural Security Insights Policy Brief, Clingendael Conflict Research Unit.
- Jentzsch C. (2 February 2016), Here are 4 reasons why Mozambique isn't a post-war success story. Monkey Cage Blog of the Washington Post. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C., Kalyvas S.N. & Schubiger L.I. (2015), Militias in civil wars, Journal of Conflict Resolution 59(5): 755-769.
- Jentzsch C., Kalyvas S.N. & Schubiger L.I. (Eds.) (2015), Militias in civil wars. Journal of Conflict Resolution.
- Jentzsch C. (24 September 2015), A luta continua: A triumph for press freedom in Mozambique. Africa is a Country: Africa is a Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (19 January 2015), Achille Mbembe on how the ebola crisis exposes Africa’s dependency on the West. Africa is A Country: Africa is A Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C., Schubiger L.I. & Kalyvas S.N. (21 September 2015), Who’s fighting the Islamic State? Five things you need to know about militias in civil wars. The Washington Post Monkey Cage: The Washington Post. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (3 February 2015), The protest tradition of Maputo’s masked Mapiko dancers. Africa is A Country: Africa is A Country. [blog entry].
- Jentzsch C. (2014), The financing of international peace operations in Africa. A review of recent research and analyses. African Peacebuilding Network Working Papers no. 1. New York: Social Science Research Council.
- Jentzsch C. (2014), Militias and the dynamics of civil war. PhD at Yale University (Dissertatie. Political Science, Yale University). Yale University. Supervisor(s): Wood E.J., Kalyvas S.N. & McGovern M.
- Jentzsch C. (2014), Opportunities and challenges to financing African Union peace operations, African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review 4(2): 86-107.