Islam/Women/Social Change

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The seminar will focus on the history of women and feminism in the modern Middle East. It will explore the political, economic and social developments in the area, the role of women as promoted by nationalist, socialist and Islamist governments, the impact of foreign interests in the developments of concepts and theories of feminism. The texts will include the writings of feminists in the Arab world and Iran.