GWS 590

Spring 2014

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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and previous coursework in women's or gender studies, or consent of instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
48441
Lecture-Discussion
S
12:00PM -2:50PM
T
912 W Illinois
Somerville, S
Shao, D
Mohamed, F
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Section Title:
Cultures of Law/Global Context
Section Info:
Topic Section S: Cultures of Law in Global Contexts Meets w/ CAS 587, EALC 550, & ENGL 578 This team-taught course takes a broadly comparatist approach to the interdisciplinary field of law and the humanities. The course will be organized into three sections, each investigating legal issues of contemporary relevance through approaches based in history, literary studies, political theory, and critical theories of race, gender, sexuality, and indigeneity. Drawing on several national contexts - Egypt, China, Japan, England, and the U.S. - for case studies, we will consider questions such as revolution, constitution-building, the transnational circulation of legal norms, national borders, formal citizenship, and deportation. Throughout the course, we will pay particular attention to the slippages, continuities, and distinctions between legal subjects and embodied, historical subjects. Our discussions will include visiting speakers sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study in conjunction with the INTERSECT initiative on Cultures of Law in Global Contexts. Requirements include active participation in discussion, a class presentation, weekly response papers, and a final essay.
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