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Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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Advanced Readings In Gender Research | SKY123 | Elective | Doctorate degree | 1 | Fall | 7 |
Prof. Dr. Tuba KANCI DOĞAN
1) Examine gender and its interaction with power relations, political, social and economic processes.
2) Critically analyze the main concepts, theories of politics and political science through the lens of gender.
3) Attain knowledge of and investigate women’s political participation and activism, and feminist politics in Turkey.
4) Explore the political and social history of women and women’s movements at the global, regional and national level.
Program Competencies | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||
1 | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
2 | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
3 | High | High | High | High | High | High | |
4 | High | High | High | High | High | High |
Face to Face
None
Not Required
It will focus critically on some of the main theories and categories of political science through the lens of gender. In this second part of the course, we will delve on how the public sphere, democracies, citizenship, nations and nationalisms, states, and labor are gendered. We will explore how constructions of femininity and masculinity shape and are shaped by the interacting political, social, economic and ideological processes. Gendered roots and outcomes of violence and war will be analyzed. Third part of the course will focus on the political and social history of women in the “Third-World” and Turkey, as well as on women’s movements. The final focus will be on today’s Turkey; institutionalized and grassroots participation of women to politics, civil society activities and activism, and the on-going search for rights.
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
60% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
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Total | 100% |
Turkish
Not Required