6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4024267FNW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
History
Educational team
Jolien Gijbels (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
128 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

What underlies definitions of the 'normal'’, ‘healthy’, or ‘beautiful’ body? Whilst bodies are material, they are also very much creations of a particular historical or geographical culture. Drawing on different conceptual frameworks, this course investigates the relationship between gender and the body. It examines how gender difference and identity were produced, understood and experienced in different geographical contexts in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The classes explore relevant theories and concepts and pay particular attention to the intersections of gender with other cultural hierarchies and axes of social inequality such as race, disability, age and sexual orientation. 

Additional info

Lessons can take place face to face and/or online, depending on the corona measures imposed by the government and the availability of classrooms.

Attendance is obligatory: clear arrangements are made on this at the start of the academic year.

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

Students can understand the central concepts and historiographical debates within the history of gender, sexuality, and the body.

 

Students can identify major shifts in thinking about gender in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. 

 

Students can relate medical and political discourse about the gendered body to lived experiences and systems of power.

 

Students can apply their acquired knowledge in group discussions, presentations, assignments, and papers.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Presentation determines 20% of the final mark.
SELF Practical Assignment determines 20% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 60% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen Andere with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: Actieve deelname aan de werkcolleges

Within the SELF Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Practical assignments with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Presentatie 25%, Eindpaper 50% with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: Presentatie 25% + Eindpaper 50%

Additional info regarding evaluation

To pass, the student must obtain a minimum of 50% for the final paper. If this is not the case, the final mark for the course is the partial mark obtained for this final paper. In the second exam period, only the final paper will be marked and this will be the final mark for the course.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of History: default (only offered in Dutch)