HIST 230 - Women & Gender in Modern Europe*AEH

Credits: 5

This course examines the history of european women and compares men’s and women’s lives in modern Europe from the era of the late Enlightenment to the post WWII era. The course will focus on the following themes: the cultural and political uses of gendered imagery; women’s and men’s roles in the household, the family and the workplace; women’s and men’s roles in the public spheres of civil society, nation and state; and women’s and men’s experiences of wars and revolutions. The course will explore the multiple differences between various groups of women and men as well as examine the hierarchies and power relations between them.

General Education Core: Aesthetics & Humanities
Course Attributes: AEH,CRIT,DPD,UWR