Angelina Jolie Pitt to become visiting professor at the London School of Economics

Angelina Jolie Pitt visits Syrian refugees in Lebanon in March of this year Credit: Reuters

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie Pitt is to become a visiting professor at the London School of Economics (LSE).

As part of her role Jolie Pitt will deliver guest lectures, take part in workshops and events, as part of a one-year masters in Women, Peace and Security.

The MSc will include courses on Women, Peace and Security, Gender and Militarisation and Gender and Human Rights.

Angelina Jolie Pitt visits a shelter for refugees and migrants at the port of Piraeus, near Athens Credit: Reuters

Alongside the special envoy for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), former foreign secretary William Hague, Jane Connors, Director of International Advocacy at Amnesty International Geneva, and Madeleine Rees OBE, Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, will also join the team as visiting professors.

Angelina Jolie Pitt with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a hostel for female factory workers Credit: Reuters

From autumn of this year students will be able to apply to the course at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security which was launched by the Oscar-winning actress and Lord Hague last year.

The pair co-founded the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative in 2012 to rally global action on such crimes, increase the numbers of perpetrators brought to justice and ensure better support for survivors.