Graduate/Undergraduate Courses in Women's and Gender History
The following courses are regularly offered courses for graduate and undergraduate students, who are interested in women's and gender history.
| Course Title | Number | Course Description | Instructor |
| WOMEN AND MEN IN THE RENAISSANCE | HIST 451 |
Gender roles and relationships in Europe, 1350-1550: Renaissance state and domestic patriarchy; marriage, sexuality, and religious change; new ideas about sex and gender; economic change and domestic roles. | Whalen |
| SOCIETY AND FAMILY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE | HIST 467 |
A survey of changes in social organization, family life, courtship practices, sexual behavior, and the relations between the economy and population that occurred in pre-industrial Europe, 1500-1815. | McIntosh |
| EUROPEAN SOCIAL HISTORY, | HIST 469 |
The social transformation of Europe from agrarian through postindustrial society, discussing population growth, family history, spread of education, class structure, social conflict, group ideologies, and mass politics, as well as everyday lives and popular lifestyles. | Various instructors |
| 1815-1970 | |||
| BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT: | HIST 490 (5) |
Between Flesh and Spirit: Gender, the Body and Prophecy in Medieval Christianity will explore the gendered language and logic of theological tracts, hagiographies, exegesis, illuminated manuscripts and other materials as they relate to problems of the body and sanctity, including the creation of humankind and the resurrection of the flesh at the end of time, the act of martyrdom and the cult of relics, and the mystical claims of men and women to spiritual revelation. | Whalen |
| GENDER, THE BODY AND THE HOLY IN MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY | |||
| Gender and Nation in Europe and Beyond, 18-20 C. | HIST/WMST 500 |
The course explores the growing body of research on gender and nation/nationalism by focusing on problems of national belongings, citizenship, state and nation formation, and national iconography. | Hagemann |
| Gender of Welfare in comparative perspective, 19-20 C. | HIST/WMST/TAM 501 |
The course explores the literature on gender and welfare by focusing on problems of the gendred division of labor and its importance for social policy, the work-family balance, and social citizenship in a comparative perspective. | Hagemann |
| Gender, Military and War in Comparative Perspective, 18-20 C. | HIST/PWAD 517 |
This course introduces students to the gender history of military and war in a comparative perspective with a focus on Germany and the US from the late 18th to the 20th century. | Bönker and Hagemann |
| (Joint Course with Duke) | |||
| Sexuality in America | HIST 566 |
This course explores the history of the sexual practices, desires, and understandings of Americans, from earliest colonial encounters to the late twentieth century. | Sweet |
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