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From GWSS:
Dear all,
Are you looking for a course that will engage your creative side and challenge you to think critically about gender, sexuality, and their relationship to other aspects of social identity and difference? This autumn, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies is offering several introductory-level courses that still have open seats! These courses have no prerequisites and fulfil Diversity, Social Sciences and/or Arts and Humanities general education requirements.
See below for more details!
Day/Time: T/Th 10:30-12:20
Instructor: Regina Y. Lee
GWSS 200 introduces you to major conversations in the field of gender, women, and sexuality studies. You will examine how difference and inequality are produced and enforced along lines of gender, sexuality, race, class, ability, citizenship status, and more, and analyze how queer and feminist theories and practices have shaped conversations about identity and power in the United States and transnational contexts.
General education requirements met: Social Sciences (SSc); Diversity (DIV)
Day/Time: T/Th 3:30-5:20
Instructor: Michelle Habell-Pallan
This year GWSS 251 will explore the relationship between gender, identity and popular culture through the theme of "Coming of Age." Over the course of ten weeks, you will approach the theme from multiple contemporary and historical angles. Weekly subtopics include "coming of age in the time of Hip Hop," "coming of age in the time of Riot Grrrl," "coming of age in the time of Black Lives Matter" and "coming of age in the age of AI."
General education requirements met: Arts and Humanities (A&H); Social Sciences (SSc); Diversity (DIV)
Day/Time: M/W 3:30-5:20
Instructor: Kemi Adeyemi
This course examines queer studies as an academic field used both inside and outside universities to analyze sexuality and power. The field grew out of gay and lesbian studies, incorporating feminist, anti-racist, anti-colonial, and trans political traditions, and developed in close dialogue with activism beyond the academy. Students will learn how the field treats sexuality as a lens for understanding identity, belonging, and power, and to examine how LGBTQ+ people have navigated, resisted, and embraced institutions like the academy, capitalism, the family, prisons, medicine, the church, and the state.
General education requirements met: Arts and Humanities (A&H); Social Sciences (SSc); Diversity (DIV)
If you have questions, please reach out to GWSS undergraduate advising at gwssadvs@uw.edu!