Calendar

[LE] = Session taught by Professor Ekmekcioglu

[EW] = Session taught by Professor Wood

SES # TOPICS KEY DUE DATES
1 Introduction to the topic  
2 Introduction to Gender   
3 The Ideological Work of Gender [EW] General research topic due
4 Sex, Gender, and the Body [LE] Statement of research area due
5 Gender and Intersectionality
Guest speaker: Professor Sally Haslanger, MIT, Linguistics and Philosophy Department
Essay 1 due
6 Gender and the State [EW]  
7 “The Woman Question”
Guest speaker: Karen Offen, Ph.D., Stanford University, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
 
8 Men and Masculinity [EW]
Guest speaker: Professor Betul Eksi, Northeastern University Humanities Center
Statement of research evidence, sources, methodology, and journals due
9 Gender and War
Guest speaker: Professor Christopher Capozzola, MIT, History Department
Essay 2 due
10 Gender and Genocide [LE]  
11 Gender and the Welfare State [EW]  
12 The State and Gender Policies  
13 Student Presentations Research paper due
14 Queer Theory
Guest speaker: Professor Bruno Perreau, MIT, Global Studies and Languages Department