GENDER AND SEXUALITY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES in Spring 2024 (GS2016)

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Interrogates the concepts of ‘gender’ and ‘sexuality’ from a comparative, global perspective, drawing from multiple disciplines such as anthropology, ethnography, philosophy, sociology and history. Engages with questions of inequality, social justice and diversity as they are mapped onto gender and played out in institutional, political and socio-cultural power relations.

Course Master: 
GENDER AND SEXUALITY: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES (GS2016)
Term: 
Spring 2024
Discipline: 
GS (Gender Studies)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 16:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to read and critique literature on sex and gender in the social sciences and the humanities
  2. Students will be able to identify, compare, critique and analyze the historical, social and cultural specificity of different conceptions of gender and sexuality
  3. Students will be able to demonstrate familiarity with the developmental, social, theoretical and historical frameworks that define the academic study of gender and sexuality
  4. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of gender and society to a globally informed understanding and evaluation of the pressures, politics and debates of representations of gender and sexuality, particularly those bearing upon legal rights and social justice

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 15, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
15:20
16:40
PL-3
Friday
15:20
16:40
PL-3