Transnational Approaches to Gender & Sexuality

Undergraduate

Are gender and sexuality universal, or do they change based on context? What does this mean for feminist, queer, and trans movements as they reckon with geopolitics and global governance? How have transnational historians, theorists, anthropologists, and artists approached contextual differences around gender and sexuality in a globalized world? This course begins to pose and answer these questions to expose to students to the rich and textured scholarship of Third World, transnational, and anti-colonial feminist, queer, and trans thinkers. No pre-requisites (except an open mind and a willingness to make mistakes) are needed, and all students interested in questions of empire, global governance, gendered violence, and transnational activism are encouraged to apply. WR MW 1:05pm-2:20pm