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Core Curriculum

Gender, Globalization, & Empire

Gender, Globalization, & Empire

Facilitators: Naomi Andrews, History Department; Sharmila Lodhia, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department

The Gender, Globalization and Empire Pathway provides students with an opportunity to examine the production of raced and gendered subjects through a series of interdisciplinary courses linking ideas about gender to imperial pasts, postcolonial theories, social and political constructions of citizenship, diverse religious movements and the intricacies of globalization. Courses associated with the Gender, Globalization and Empire Pathway highlight the need to historicize and contextualize individuals experiences within relevant categories of race, sex, class, culture and nation. Issues students will likely encounter in these courses include, but are not limited to: orientalism, modernity, hegemony, nationalism, militarism, fundamentalism and the gendered division of labor.

Associated Courses

Anthropology (ANTH)
90 Women, Gender, and Sexuality
170 Women, Gender, and Sexuality (cross-listed with GNSX 144)
188 People, Culture, and Change in the Middle East 
Art History (ARTH)
121 Women Artists of Venice 
Economics (ECON)
135 Gender Issues in the Developing World (cross-listed with GNSX 121)
English (ENGL)
31A Writing about Literature & Culture 
38 Introduction to Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 41)
69 Literature by Women Writers of Color (cross-listed with GNSX 15 and ETHN 69)
69A Literature by American Women Writers of Color 
69G Literature by Global Women Writers of Color 
134G Studies in Contemporary American Literature (cross-listed with GNSX 186)
138 Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ETHN 145)
152 LGBTQ Studies: U.S. Perspectives (cross-listed as GNSX 136)
153 LGBTQ Studies: Global Perspectives (cross-listed with GNSX 122)
156 Global Literatures 
156A Global Literatures: Postcolonial Lit & Theory 
156B Global Literatures: African Literature
156C Global Literatures: Caribbean Lit 
156D Global Literatures: South Asian literature 
159 Studies in Indian Subcontinental and Diasporic Literature
164 Studies in Caribbean Literature 
165 Studies in African Literature 
166 Pan-African Literature 
Ethnic Studies (ETHN)
41 Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 38)
51 Intro to the South Asian Experience in the US 
69 Literature by Women Writers of Color (cross-listed as ENGL 69 and GNSX 15)
145 Asian-American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 138)
149 Civil Rights and Anti-Colonial Movements (cross-listed with HIST 153)
178 Race and World War II (cross-listed with HIST 178)
188 Seminar-CivlRghtAntColnialMvmt (cross-listed with ETHN 149/HIST 153)
French (FREN)
114 Literatures and Cultures of the Maghreb 
116 Major Works French Lit II (topic: French Orientalism only)
117 French Orientalism
173 Immigration, Race, & Identity 
175 Transnational Cinema 
Gender and Sexuality Studies (GNSX)
15 Literature by Women Writers of Color (cross-listed with ENGL 69 and ETHN 69)
21 Middle East: Gender & Sexuality (cross-listed with ANTH 88)
55 Women, Gender, and Sexuality (cross-listed with ANTH 90)
60 Women in African History (cross-listed with HIST 56)
101 Feminist Theory 
104 Beauty, Culture & Society in a Global Age 
120 Middle East: Gender & Sexuality(cross-listed with ANTH 187)
121 Gender Issues in the Developing World (cross-listed with ECON 135)
122 LGBTQ Studies: Global Perspectives (cross-listed with ENGL 153)
124 Sex and Gender in the Era of High Imperialism (cross-listed with HIST 116S)
126 Gender and Sexuality in East Asia (cross-listed with HIST 150)
128 Gender and Social Change in Latin America(cross-listed with SOCI 135)
136 LGBTQ Studies: U.S. Perspectives (cross-listed with ENGL 152)
144 Women, Gender, and Sexuality (cross-listed with ANTH 170)
146 Religion, Gender and Globalization (cross-listed with RSOC 170)
151 Women's Theologies from the Margins (cross-listed with TESP 175)
153 The Bible and Empire
169 Gender, Race, and Citizenship in the Atlantic World (cross-listed with HIST 115S)
172 Gender and National Identity in 20th-Century Eastern and Western Europe (cross-listed with HIST 136)
186 Studies in Contemporary American Literature (cross-listed with ENGL 134G)
189 Sex, Law and Social Justice: The Politics of Advocacy 
History (HIST)
21 Saving the World?: A Critical History of Human Rights and Humanitarianism 
39 Late Modern France & the World 
40 Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing 
43 The Haitian Revolution in World History and Memory (cross-listed with HIST 143)
56 Women in African History (cross-listed with GNSX 60)
95 Modern Latin America: Challenge & Change
102S Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in the 20th Century 
112 The Haitian Revolution in World History and Memory 
115S Gender, Race, and Citizenship in the Atlantic World (cross-listed with GNSX 169)
116S Sex and Gender in the Era of High Imperialism (cross-listed with GNSX 124)
119 Gender, Sexuality & Social Movements in the 20th U.S 
121 Saving the World?: A Critical History of Human Rights and Humanitarianism 
130 France and the World 
130B Late Modern France & the World 
136 Gender and National Identity in 20th-Century Eastern and Western Europe (cross-listed with GNSX 172)
139 Late Modern France & the World 
140 Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing 
140S Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing 
143 The Haitian Revolution in World History and Memory (cross-listed with HIST 43)
150 Gender and Sexuality in East Asia (cross-listed with GNSX 126)
153 Civil Rights and Anti-Colonial Movements (cross-listed with ETHN 149)
163 Cuba and the Caribbean
178 Race and World War II (cross-listed with ETHN 178)
Religion, Theology, and Culture
Religion and Society (RSOC)
170 Religion, Gender & Globalization (cross-listed with GNSX 146)
Scripture and Tradition (SCTR)
SCTR 157 The Bible and Empire
SCTR 158R RSS: Postcolonial Perspectives on the New Testament 
Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality (TESP)
158 Immigration and Ethics
175 Women's Theologies from the Margins (cross-listed with GNSX 151)
191 Social Issues and Faith: Biblical & Modern Prophets 
Sociology (SOCI)
134 Globalization and Inequality
135 Women and Social Change in Latin America (cross-listed with GNSX 128)
180 Immigrant Communities