Fall 2013 SXST Courses
Course titles in bold are certified for the Minor in Sexuality Studies. Other courses, including those offered at Duke University and other institutions, may be eligible for credit towards the minor. For approval, submit a copy of the syllabus and a statement about the course's engagement with Sexuality Studies to John Sweet, the Program Director.
Check the Registrar's Course Listings for updated information. Updated 9 April 2013
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH/WMST 277: Gender and Culture
Days & Times: MoWeFr 1:00PM - 1:50PM
Room: Coker - Rm 0201
Instructor: KARLA SLOCUM
This course uses ethnographic examples from around the world to explore gendered people's experiences in a variety of contexts. We will understand how different societies construct what it means to be male, female, and other gendered categories, as well as what the real life implications of these constructions are. We will also examine the kinds of dynamics that shape and challenge how gender is understood, organized, and enacted in diverse realms of society.
ANTH/WMST 458: Archaeology of Sex and Gender
Days & Times: MoWeFr 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Room: Alumni - Rm 0205
Instructor: SILVIA TOMASKOVA
ANTH 473: Anthropology of the Body and the Subject
Days & Times: MoWe 5:00PM - 6:15PM
Room: Alumni - Rm 0203
Instructor: WILLIAM LACHICOTTE
ARABIC
ARAB 477: Sexualities and Homoerotic Desire in Arab and Muslim Societies
Days & Times: TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM
Room: Hanes Art Center - Rm 0215
Instructor: SAHAR AMER
This new class, created with funding from a Program in Sexuality Studies Course Development Grant, will examine representations of same-sex love, sexuality and desire in Franco-Arab and Muslim-majority and minority societies in literature, autobiography and film. It will also explore the increasing number of Arab and Muslim LGBTQIA organizations that are seeking to give a voice and an identity to an often silenced and oppressed minority. We will follow their calls to action, their demands for new rights (especially in light of the Arab Spring) and how they are asserting their presence and visibility through electronic modes of communications. We will look in particular at a range of online publications and blogs, and the use of social media, such as Facebook to rally, unite and create new communities beyond the confines of geography. Read More
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
COMM 413: Freud
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Room: Dey Hall - Rm 303A
Instructor: RICHARD CANTE
COMM 548: Humor and Culture
Days & Times: TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Room: Dey Hall - Rm 303A
Instructor: RICHARD CANTE
COMM 560: Oral History and Performance
Days & Times: Tu 3:30PM - 6:30PM
Room: Bingham - Rm 0217
Instructor: DELLA POLLOCK
ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
ENGL /WMST 140-001: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
Days & Times: MoWe 5:00PM - 6:15PM
Room: Greenlaw - Rm 0301
Instructor: WENDY WEBER
This course is a survey of gay and lesbian literature and the cultural diversity it represents. We will explore the ways in which this literature explicates its historical, social, political, and artistic contexts. The texts we will read are primarily 20th century American and British fiction.
ENGL/WMST 140-002: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
Days & Times: MoWe 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Room: Greenlaw - Rm 0101
Instructor: Forrest CURTAIN
This course is a survey of gay and lesbian literature and the cultural diversity it represents. We will explore the ways in which this literature explicates its historical, social, political, and artistic contexts. The texts we will read are primarily 20th century American and British fiction.
CMPL 254: Horror and the Global Gothic: Film, Literature, Theory
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PMRoom: Dey Hall - Rm 0313
Instructor: SHAYNE LEGASSIE
HISTORY
HIST 395: Sex and the Law in American History
Days & Times: Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Room: Greenlaw - Rm 0106
Instructor: JOHN SWEET
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLI 265/WMST 265: Feminism and Political Theory
Days & Times: MoWe 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Room: Phillips - Rm 0206
Instructor: HOLLIE MANN
Introduction to feminist theory and its implications for the study and practice of political theory. Topics: women in feminist critiques of the Western political tradition, schools of feminist political theory.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RELI 450: Sexuality and Marriage in Jewish Tradition and History
Days & Times: We 10:00AM - 12:50PM
Room: Venable - Rm G311
Instructor: EVYATAR MARIENBERG
ROMANCE LANGUAGES
FREN 285: Sex, Philosophy, and Politics: Revolutions in French Literature, 1721-1834
Days & Times: MoWeFr 11:00AM - 11:50AM
Room: Dey Hall - Rm 0208
Instructor: STAFF
SOCIOLOGY
SOCI/WMST 124-001: Sex and Gender in Society
Days & Times: TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PMRoom: Peabody - Rm 0203
Instructor: SHERRYL KLEINMAN
Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
SOCI/WMST 124-002: Sex and Gender in Society
Days & Times: MoWeFr 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Room: Peabody - Rm 0203
Instructor: ROBIN GARY
Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
WOMEN’S STUDIES
WMST 101: Introduction to Women’s Studies
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM
Room: Carroll - Rm 0111
Instructor: KAREN BOOTH
Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
WMST/SOCI 124-001: Sex and Gender in Society
Days & Times: TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Room: Peabody - Rm 0203
Instructor: SHERRYL KLEINMAN
Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
WMST/SOCI 124-002: Sex and Gender in Society
Days & Times: MoWeFr 10:00AM - 10:50AM
Room: Peabody - Rm 0203
Instructor: ROBIN GARY
Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations.
WMST/ENGL 140-001: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
Days & Times: MoWe 5:00PM - 6:15PM
Room: Greenlaw - Rm 0301
Instructor: WENDY WEBER
This course is a survey of gay and lesbian literature and the cultural diversity it represents. We will explore the ways in which this literature explicates its historical, social, political, and artistic contexts. The texts we will read are primarily 20th century American and British fiction.
WMST/ENGL 140-002: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
Days & Times: MoWe 9:00AM - 9:50AM
Room: Greenlaw - Rm 0101
Instructor: Forrest CURTAIN
This course is a survey of gay and lesbian literature and the cultural diversity it represents. We will explore the ways in which this literature explicates its historical, social, political, and artistic contexts. The texts we will read are primarily 20th century American and British fiction.