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SoSe 21: Gender and Diversity in Contemporary Societies

Alice Margaria; Kathrin Tietze

Additional information / Pre-requisites

This course is divided in several parts. The first (sessions 1-4) will introduce students to key concepts, theories and perspectives in the broad field of gender and diversity studies, including masculinities theories, queer theories, and postcolonialism. Having acquired the necessary analytical tools, in part 2 (sessions 5-7), students will experiment with three topical and controversial themes in contemporary societies: (1) (gender) balance on boards and on the judiciary bench; (2) gender and religion; (3) gender and language. In relation to each of them, students will be invited to test new concepts, theories and perspectives acquired in part 1 to unpack complex and multifaceted questions and to advance possible solutions. Additionally, there is an awareness training consisting of online sessions on 11./12.06.2021 and 28./29.06.2021 plus asynchronous elements (assignments to be handed in). For the awareness training the group will be divided into two parts. All participants take part in one Fri/Sat or Mon/Tue session plus asynchronous elements. Course language: English. close

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The ultimate aim of this course is not only to make students familiar with existing theoretical and practical debates on gender and diversity in contemporary societies, but especially to motivate and empower them to ‘think outside the box’, to become aware and to challenge their own assumptions and values, and to develop creativity and see things in (a) new, unconventional light(s). close