Courses

Spring Term 2021

Applying quantitative quantitative and empirically driven gender research, 7.5 Credits

This course will be given between March 4th and April 29th. This course is especially for you who work with quantitative and empirically driven research and know a bit about statistical methods from before. The course will address how statistical methods can be applied to capture gender and critical perspectives and how quantitative and empirically driven research can be informed by gender theories and gender perspectives. It will also provide knowledge of how statistical results can be analyzed by employing gender/feminist theories and perspectives.

The course is given in English and will mainly take place online.
If you want to register for the course, please contact ida.linander@umu.se 
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Gender within the research process, 7.5 Credits

This course will start late in the spring term and run into the autumn term. We hope to be able to give this course on campus but final decision will be taken as we get closer to the course.  

The registration for this course will open early 2021. If you have any questions please contact ida.linander@umu.se 
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Autumn Term 2020

(Post-)marxist feminist perspectives on politics, movements and emancipation, 7.5 Credits

The course provides an introduction to Marxist theory, post-Marxist perspectives and looks at examples of contemporary feminist research on the relations between economics, politics and subjectivity. The course addresses basic aspects of Marxist theory and post-Marxism, as well as theoretical perspectives on political mobilization, especially with regard to the formation and change of political movements.

The course is given by Hanna Bäckström and will be given in English.
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Schedule

If you want to register for the course, please contact ida.linander@umu.se 

An Introduction to Gender Theoretical Concepts through Feminist Writing, 7.5 Credits

(This course can also be taken as a seminar series, 3 Credits.)

This course is mainly aimed at doctoral students who are comparatively new to gender theory. The course provides an introduction to some of the problems, questions and dichotomies that are, and have been, central to much of feminist thinking and writing. With the help of non-academic texts (fiction, essays etc.) the course introduces basic concepts such as feminism, sex/gender, internalised sexism, and intersectionality.

The course is given by Tamara Andersson and Josefine Wällivara and will be given in English. The course runs from November to December 2020.
Syllabus

If you want to register for the course, please contact ida.linander@umu.se