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2023 Fall > GRAD > hist > hist 686

Topics in Gender History

Course #: hist 686

Description:
This course examines different topics related to the history of women, gender, and sexuality. The location and time period covered in the course may vary according to the instructor. Students will examine themes related to the history of gender norms and their implications for how people over time have lived their lives. Students will gain better understanding of why the study of gender matters to historians, especially in terms of overlapping identities like race, class, religion, sexuality, ethnicity, and queerness. They will learn how gender is intrinsic to understanding various historical contexts and moments, including the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Revolutions, industrialization, imperialism, the World Wars, decolonization, and the sexual revolution.