645400 VO Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

winter semester 2022/2023 | Last update: 19.01.2023 Place course on memo list
645400
VO Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
VO 2
5
weekly
annually
German

Students acquire a basic knowledge of the current state of women’s and gender research and get an overview of basic findings of critical gender research.

This course offers a historical overview of the beginnings and developments of women's studies and gender studies. Central terms will be discussed, debates and main thinkers of critical gender studies will be introduced. On the basis of source material and secondary texts, the different positions will be discussed. In addition to a chronological overview, the course will focus on the following topics:
- the social construction of gender
- gender and class
- gender and race
- intersectionality

Input by course instructor, class discussions, study groups for source reading and related assignments during the semester and for the preparation of the written exam.

Final written exam (online in OLAT)

Heinsohn, Kirsten  / Kemper, Claudia: Geschlechtergeschichte, Version: 1.0, in: Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte (2012); unter: http://docupedia.de/zg/Geschlechtergeschichte?oldid=85303.

hooks, bell: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center. Cambridge 2000 [1984].

Scott, Joan W.: Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis, in: American Historical Review 91 (1986) 5, 1053-1075.

Opitz-Belakhal, Claudia: Geschlechtergeschichte. Frankfurt am Main, New York 2010

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Date Time Location
Wed 2022-10-05
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-10-12
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-10-19
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-11-09
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-11-16
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-11-23
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-11-30
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-12-07
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2022-12-14
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2023-01-11
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2023-01-18
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2023-01-25
17.15 - 18.45 Hörsaal 6 Hörsaal 6 Barrier-free
Wed 2023-02-01
17.15 - 18.45 online (Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie) online (Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie) 1. Prüfungstermin
Wed 2023-02-01
17.15 - 18.45 40601 UR 40601 UR Barrier-free
Wed 2023-03-01
16.00 - 17.30 online (Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie) online (Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie) 2. Prüfungstermin