Patrick Vernon

Patrick Vernon is a postgraduate researcher interested in the application of queer theory to the study of violence in global politics. He studied for his undergraduate degree in POLSIS between 2014-2017 and returned to Birmingham to study for an MRes in Sexuality and Gender Studies in 2018, analysing the relationship between heterosexuality and genocidal violence, with a specific focus on the Rohingya Genocide. 

Patrick chaired the interdisciplinary research group, ROLES, during the 2018-19 academic year and organised the 9^th Annual Conference. He also participated in the 2019 Association of Social Anthropologists Conference discussion on humanitarian intervention, and is a member of the Gender and Feminist Theory (GAFT) working group. 

• B.A. (Hons) International Relations with Political Science (Class I), University of Birmingham
• MRes Sexuality and Gender Studies, University of Birmingham

• Queer and postcolonial theory
• Discourses of sexuality and violence in global politics
• Critical security studies
• Atrocity crimes and humanitarian intervention

• Vernon P. (2019) Chair, ‘Keynote Discussion: Envisioned Engagements between Westminster and Sexuality and Gender Academia’, featuring Dr Emma Foster and Jess Phillips MP, 2019 ROLES Conference, 9^th May 2019, University of Birmingham
• Vernon P. (2019) ‘Queering Genocide: Heteronormative Narratives and ‘Doing Sex’ in Myanmar’, 2019 ROLES Conference, 9^th May 2019, University of Birmingham
• Vernon P. (2019) ‘Queering Genocide: Heteronormative Narratives and ‘Doing Sex’ in Myanmar’, 2019ASA Conference: Anthropological Contributions to Humanitarian Intervention, Friday 6^th September 2019, University of East Anglia, https://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa19/panels#7986

• The Office Politics of Sexuality: Open-plan Space as a Contemporary Panopticon’, Engender!, accessible at https://engenderacademia.wordpress.com/en-gender-volume-3-issue-3-2020/

• ‘Queering Genocide: How can sexuality be incorporated into analyses of genocide?’, E-IR Articles, accessible at https://www.e-ir.info/2021/01/13/queering-genocide-how-can-sexuality-be-incorporated-into-analyses-of-genocide/

• 'Democracy Must Be Defended: Reflecting on Myanmar's Coup', E-IR Articles, accessible at: https://www.e-ir.info/2021/02/04/democracy-must-be-defended-reflecting-on-myanmars-coup/