At the end of the course,
- you have acquired a general knowledge of a diversity and plurality of perspectives on gender as a key category of identity and you can evaluate their use for your own studies;
- you can identify the workings of gender in selected case studies and you can critical analyse these;
- you are sensitive to cultural differences with respect to gender and you can articulate these differences;
- you can research a pre-selected topic and present your findings effectively, both orally and in writing.
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With the voting of an openly misogynistic president into office, debates about gender neutral toilets, migrants who supposedly do not know how to behave towards women and motions to have Dutch passports no longer list gender, gender issues appear to be at the heart not only of private, but also social and political life. How can we use ‘gender’ as a critical lens to understand contemporary issues in society? How does gender intersect with other factors such as race/ethnicity, religion, class, sexual orientation, etc.? What are the symbolic meanings that attach to it? How do institutions or practices maintain gender inequality and/or promote gender and cultural diversity? This interdisciplinary course aims to introduce you to key concepts in gender studies and to enable you to reflect on their usefulness and application to your field or discipline. It does so through an assortment of debates, ranging from questions of media and representation, to issues of the body and sexuality, gender and religion, sports, and politics. Making explicit use of the international dimensions of the classroom, the course aims to foster intercultural discussion so as to enable you to develop your understanding cultural differences with respect to gender while cultivating an informed perspective on the role of gender in contemporary culture.
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