Courses - Summer 2023
WGSS
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
WGSS290
Credit only granted for: WMST298D or WGSS290.
Formerly: WMST298D.
Explores the contributions of feminist scholarship in framing and resolving contemporary controversies concerning gendered bodies. It includes the ways in which knowledge about the human body has been shaped by cultural ideas of gender, race, sexuality and ability.
WGSS298W
Monsters and Racism: Black Horror and Speculative Fiction
Cross-listed with: HNUH238W.
Credit only granted for: HONR299Y, HNUH238W, or WGSS298W.
Formerly: HONR299Y.
The previous decade has been considered a renaissance for Black Horror. From Get Out to Lovecraft Country, the genre has enjoyed unprecedented mainstream media buzz and accolades. This course looks at contemporary Black horror and speculative fiction as cultural texts which put into question our notions of human(e) and inhuman(e) through critiques of white supremacy and accompanying oppressions. Students will learn a host of critical skills through close reading and analysis of literature and film by Black creators such as Jordan Peele, Misha Green, Toni Morrison, Jewelle Gomez, and Octavia Butler. With the ability to interpret cultural texts using literary criticism, film analysis, history, cultural studies, ethnic studies, feminist theory, and the social sciences, students will connect these texts to continuing historical and contemporary issues of racial and cultural oppression such as medical discrimination, policing and criminalization, misogynoir, and racialized capitalism.
The previous decade has been considered a renaissance for Black Horror. From Get Out to Lovecraft Country, the genre has enjoyed unprecedented mainstream media buzz and accolades. This course looks at contemporary Black horror and speculative fiction as cultural texts which put into question our notions of human(e) and inhuman(e) through critiques of white supremacy and accompanying oppressions. Students will learn a host of critical skills through close reading and analysis of literature and film by Black creators such as Jordan Peele, Misha Green, Toni Morrison, Jewelle Gomez, and Octavia Butler. With the ability to interpret cultural texts using literary criticism, film analysis, history, cultural studies, ethnic studies, feminist theory, and the social sciences, students will connect these texts to continuing historical and contemporary issues of racial and cultural oppression such as medical discrimination, policing and criminalization, misogynoir, and racialized capitalism. For permission to take this course, please contact Dario Middleton at Dario@umd.edu
Cross-listed with HNUH238W. Credit only granted for HNUH238W or WGSS298W.
Cross-listed with HNUH238W. Credit only granted for HNUH238W or WGSS298W.
WGSS368
Undergraduate WGSS Internship
Credits:
3 - 6
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
WGSS379L
Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Online and in the Streets: Protest and Activism in Latin American Feminist Movements
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with HIST328I. Credit only granted for WGSS379L or HIST328I.
An interdisciplinary approach to Latin American and Caribbean history, culture, and politics, through the lenses of feminist protest and women's activism. The class explores how activists fight for change, both online and in the streets and how feminist agendas changed over time. Taught in collaboration with Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero, Argentina. Students will share discussions with students from Argentina and learn from scholars and activists from the Global South. Class meets online on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5pm-7pm EST.
An interdisciplinary approach to Latin American and Caribbean history, culture, and politics, through the lenses of feminist protest and women's activism. The class explores how activists fight for change, both online and in the streets and how feminist agendas changed over time. Taught in collaboration with Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero, Argentina. Students will share discussions with students from Argentina and learn from scholars and activists from the Global South. Class meets online on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5pm-7pm EST.
This is a Global Classrooms course, developed in partnership with the Office of International Affairs (OIA) to provide virtual opportunities for global engagement. Global Classrooms can range from embedded experiences to immersive, project-based collaborations. Learn more about Global Classrooms: go.umd.edu/gc-umd.
WGSS498M
Advanced Special Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Also offered as HIST360 and AASP498I. Credit granted for AASP498I, HIST360, or WGSS498M.
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