Women's Studies

Women's Studies Program
Conklin Hall, Room 419
Phone:  973/353-1026
http://womenstudies.newark.rutgers.edu
wmst@andromeda.rutgers.edu

INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S STUDIES (3 cr.)
62:988:201:BQ:81828
EVE: 5/27-7/3
TTh 6:00-9:30
HUNT             CONKLIN 352

Writing Intensive.

Addresses the historical influences that have defined women's roles and experiences and have contributed to current reevaluations of women's place in modern society; provides an overview of developments in various fields. Emphasizes the humanities.

POLITICS OF SEXUALITY (3 cr.)
21:988:325:BQ:84452
DAY: 5/27-7/3
MTWTh 1:00-2:45
MURRAY        CONKLIN 348

Writing Intensive.

Examines debates surrounding sex and sexuality in recent decades, while offering an historical perspective regarding other times and places. Addresses such realms as the family, state, church, school, and the law.

TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES: GENDER & WAR (3 cr.)
62:988:389:H6:84453
EVE: 7/7-8/13
MW 6:00-9:30
KOSAKOWSKI     CONKLIN 344

The United Nations estimates that around 80% of persons displaced by national and international conflicts are women and children. This class will seek to understand how and why women are consistently among the most vulnerable persons when it comes to war and conflict, and will investigate the complex politics of gender that arise within war and conflict. We will study both the ways that war narratives are inevitably constructed around notions of gender and sexuality, and we will also examine the roles that women play in the execution and aftermath of twentieth and twenty-first century wars. We will pay particular attention to the current ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and evaluate how the international 'War on Terror' utilizes notions of gender and sexuality in its many endeavors.

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (3 cr.)
21:988:401:T1:82109
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
BUTTERFIELD

By permission only.

Permits students to pursue further research in some aspect of women's studies with a faculty member. Requires a substantial research project.

WOMEN'S STUDIES INTERNSHIP (3 cr.)
21:988:425:T1:82110
5/27-8/13
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
BUTTERFIELD

By permission only.

Permits students to take academic work into an activist arena on the campus and/or in the wider community.