- • an overview of the emergence and development of feminist scholarship within the • an overview of the emergence and development of feminist scholarship within the discipline of IR
- • the politicized character of that scholarship by illuminating its connections to and • the politicized character of that scholarship by illuminating its connections to and arguments about the growth and spread of feminist activism worldwide;
- • and assess feminist criticisms of the gendered character of IR/world politics; • and assess feminist criticisms of the gendered character of IR/world politics;
- • a critical understanding of feminist reconstructions of concepts and practices in IR/world • a critical understanding of feminist reconstructions of concepts and practices in IR/world politics;
- • evaluation of competing strands of feminist argument in IR and feminist practice in • evaluation of competing strands of feminist argument in IR and feminist practice in world politics.
- Learning Outcomes
- Substantive knowledge
- By the end of the class, you should be able to:
- • key developments and competing strands within global feminist activism and • key developments and competing strands within global feminist activism and feminist IR scholarship;
- • feminist critiques of the gendered exclusions in mainstream IR and world • feminist critiques of the gendered exclusions in mainstream IR and world politics;
- • the key feminist contributions to IR/world politics; • the key feminist contributions to IR/world politics;
- • the strengths and weakness of these contributions; • the strengths and weakness of these contributions;
- • feminist theory and methodology to current issues in IR/world politics and across • feminist theory and methodology to current issues in IR/world politics and across your wider MSc programme.
- Skills

By participating in seminar discussions and the assessments for the class, you should acquire the capacity to:

- • take notes from and review relevant texts; • take notes from and review relevant texts;
- • independently in designing and pursuing your own research questions; • independently in designing and pursuing your own research questions;
- • collaboratively with others; • collaboratively with others;
- • synthesise, analyse and evaluate a range of class material; • synthesise, analyse and evaluate a range of class material;
- • out and defend a convincing line of argument; • out and defend a convincing line of argument;
- • yourself in clear, scholarly English. • yourself in clear, scholarly English.
- Teaching Methods

This class is taught in ten seminars which will give you the opportunity to actively engage with key texts and the main developments and issues in the field. You will be expected to prepare by reading the texts specified in advance of the seminar and to participate by joining in the discussion about those texts. The texts will include a selection of introductory text book chapters, classic and cutting-edge scholarly articles, as well as studies of or campaigning pieces by feminist organisations in world politics. The discussion will be structured around key questions which are outlined below, and you will also be welcome to bring your own questions about the reading and the topic to the seminars. Several of the classes will open with student presentations, to which others will be encouraged to respond; beyond that, I will ensure that the seminars vary in their format, using a variety of small group and large group techniques, in order to sustain interest and maximise everyone's involvement. I will encourage you to bring

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