9 Weeks, 9 Professors, 9 Conversations about Gender and Sex

Undergraduate / Graduate

This course offers students an opportunity to be in conversation with a diverse group of University of Chicago scholars whose work uses gender and/or sexuality as critical lenses for understanding the world. Each week, we'll dive into the work of a different scholar, from fields such as anthropology, sociology, history, medicine, law, and comparative literature. On Tuesdays, we'll explore materials they've chosen for us: texts, films, archives, or gallery exhibitions. On Thursdays, we'll host them in our classroom for open and candid conversations about these materials, their research, career paths, and the questions that keep them up at night. Throughout the quarter, students will gain a richer understanding of how gender and sexuality function as interdisciplinary tools for analysis-and how they shape scholarly inquiry across academic and professional contexts. Students will have opportunities to reflect on their learning through short writing assignments, presentations, and creative projects that connect course themes to their own intellectual interests.