Summer 2025 Course Offering
Register for this Summer 2025 GWS Course!
For more information on Summer 2025 Gender and Women's Studies (GWS) and Social Justice (SJ) course offerings, please contact Associate Director Dr. Chez Rumpf, Director of Graduate Studies Dr. Ronak Kapadia, or Undergraduate Advisor for Majors and Minors Hideaki Noguchi.
Interested in an independent study with GWS faculty? Contact Associate Director Dr. Chez Rumpf to find out how!
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GWS 255: Introduction to Middle East and Muslim Feminisms
The course examines key themes in Middle East Feminisms including how struggles around gender and sexuality are shaped in the context of history and politics, including: racism, classism, nationalism, imperialism, and colonization. We will explore this thematic historically with a focus on the Arab region and Arab diasporas in the U.S. (Arab American communities). We will focus on both how dominant political structures (states, global powers, etc.) target and portray women from the Middle East and LGBTQ people as well as how these women and LGBTQ people portray themselves and actively resist and challenge domination/oppression. We will focus on their visions for freedom, liberation, feminism, radical justice, decoloniality, and queer justice.
Taught by Dr. Nadine Naber
GWS 255
CRN 23178
3 credits
Course Details:
Mondays, Wednesdays 10-10:50am CST, On Campus and Online (Hybrid) and Friday Discussion Section Times Vary, Online Synchronous & In-Person options
Fulfills General Education Requirements:
Exploring World Cultures (EWC)
Cross List :
GLAS 255, CRN 23187;
ANTH 255, CRN 23188