Selected readings across the humanities and social sciences will focus on how feminist theory is linked to methods of inquiry within and across disciplines. We will address questions concerning interdisciplinary scholarship, feminist research methods, and feminist critiques of traditional theory and methods within social sciences and the humanities. The course will also introduce students to the range of resources in women's studies at Emory University, and to enable each student to begin the process of creating an interdisciplinary approach in women's studies. The Women's Studies Colloquium series is designed to encourage feminist scholarship and support the work of feminist scholars both across disciplinary boundaries and within disciplines, and to develop an intellectual community. Invited faculty and graduate students speak on a wide variety of topics from numerous feminist and theoretical perspectives.
Attendance is mandatory.
Your grade will be based on thoughtful questions and discussion following the speaker's presentation. It is your responsibility to sign the weekly class roll. The colloquia are free and open to the public. This course will consider the relationship between gender and sexuality, as constructs that organize social relations and inform subjective experience, and as areas of inquiry. In addition, we will read work currently being published in the relatively new field of queer theory.