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WGSS S294E (CRN: 30302) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: PREI, Humanities
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Course cancelled. Online Course. In courses on the ancient Mediterranean, women are often treated as a ‘tourist topic’, included in syllabi as a one-off detour from the historical narrative governed by elite male political, military, and socio-economic activity. This course seeks to redress this systemic issue by centering women in telling the story of the ancient Mediterranean. The first class is devoted to a historical, methodological, and theoretical introduction to the study of women and gender in classical antiquity. We then proceed thematically, each meeting centered on one category of female experiences and male perceptions of them. Tackling case studies drawn from across the Mediterranean world, from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, we learn how to engage responsibly with a variety of evidence types, including literature, medical texts, art, and archaeology. The structure of the course is inherently experimental: within each session, we work across the geographical and chronological boundaries typically used in courses on the Greek and Roman worlds. Through this comparative, interdisciplinary approach, the richness of each case study will come into focus in new and exciting ways, allowing for a fuller appreciation of the diverse social, cultural, and political landscapes through which women moved. Enrollment limited to 20 students. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
WGSS S430E (CRN: 30321) | Syllabus | Learn More
Instructors: N/A
Dates: Session A, May 26 - June 27, 2025
Course Mode: Online
Meeting Times: N/A
Distributional Requirements: Social Sciences
Eligibility: Open to pre-college and college students
Course cancelled. Online Course. This seminar invites students to explore how gender, sexuality, and citizenship intersect across the Middle East and North Africa, examining how these identities shape—and are shaped by—forces like nationalism, migration, capitalism, family, and religion. Drawing from ethnography, history, and literature, we trace how gender roles and sexual minorities simultaneously fuel and question colonial legacies that uphold racialized ideas of “modernity.” And ask: How do global border regimes and the political economy of intimacies that sustain them reshape what it means to be—or not to be—a citizen? Our approach extends beyond laws to include everyday acts of citizenship across national and cultural divides. Readings highlight how people navigate their lives in the everyday, from the ordinary poetry of identity and belonging to the spectacular drama of war and conflict. 1 Credit. Session A: May 26 – June 27. Tuition: $5270. Technology Fee: $85.
