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 Richard Cante, the Program Director.
Check the Registrar’s Course Listings for updated information. Updated 20 October 2014
AFRICAN, AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND DIASPORA STUDIES
AAAD 232-001/WMST 266-001: Black Women in America
Days & Times: MWF 1:25PM-2:15PM
Room: Hamilton-Rm 452
Instructor: Kia Caldwell
AMERICAN STUDIES
AMST 371-001: LGBTQ Film and Fiction from 1950 to the Present
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM-3:15PM
Room: Bingham-Rm 317
Instructor: Miriam Robinson
An interdisciplinary seminar that explores stylistic choices and representational modes available to LGTBQ artists in the United States since 1950. We will relate shifts in cinematic and literary representations and aesthetic strategies to developments in political, social, and economic life.
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTH/WMST 277-006: Gender and Culture
Days & Times: MWF 9:05AM-9:55AM
Room: Mitchell-Rm 0005
Instructor: Karla Slocum
Examines what it means to be male, female, and other gendered categories in different societies. Focus on institutions, groups, and individuals that both shape and challenge how gender is understood, organized, and enacted.
This course requires a recitation section.
ASIA
ASIA 235-001: Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity
Days & Times: TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM; Tu 5:00PM – 7:00PM
Room: Phillips-Rm 224
Instructor: Yaron Shemer
The course explores major periods and trends in Israeli cinema. Focus is given to issues pertaining to gender, ethnicity, and the construction of national identity.
ASIA/ECON 469-001: Western and Asian Economic Systems
Days & Times: TuTh 8:00AM-9:15AM
Room: Gardner-Rm 309
Instructor: Steven Rosefielde
Prerequisite, ECON 310 or 410. Policy seminar on the systemic factors distinguishing Western economies from their rivals in the former Soviet bloc and Asia, focused on conflict resolution and global integration.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
COMM 413-001: Freud
Days & Times: TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM
Room: Bingham – Rm 108
Instructor: Richard Cante
Examination of Freudian thought within and across historical contexts, with special attention to the centrality of gender and sexuality in the operations of the “human organism.”
ECONOMICS
ASIA/ECON 469-001: Western and Asian Economic Systems
Days & Times: TuTh 8:00AM-9:15AM
Room: Gardner-Rm 309
Instructor: Steven Rosefielde
Prerequisite, ECON 310 or 410. Policy seminar on the systemic factors distinguishing Western economies from their rivals in the former Soviet bloc and Asia, focused on conflict resolution and global integration.
ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
ENGL/WMST 140-001: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
Days & Times: MW 5:30PM – 6:45PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 222
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: TuTh 5:00PM – 6:15PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 222
Instructor: Staff
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 363-001: Feminist Literary Theory
Days & Times: MWF 10:10AM – 11:00AM
Room: Bingham – Rm 317
Instructor: Ruth Salvaggio
In this course, we will read some of the ground-breaking and enduring works that have shaped the field of contemporary Feminist Theory, especially in literary studies. What ideas fuelled the stunning emergence of this field of inquiry some forty years ago, what questions and problems remain most persistent, and what pressing concerns today are shaping up to be the most crucial as feminist theory continues to permeate academic study? Our critical readings will pair theoretical essays (available on line) with books of women’s poetry, including Joy Harjo’s In Mad Love and War, Mary Oliver’s Dream Work, Margaret Randall’s The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones, Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard, and the collection Women’s Poetry from Antiquity to Now.
ENGL/WMST 666-001: Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature
Days & Times: Th 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 305
Instructor: Maria DeGuzmán
This course explores Latina/o literature about photography in relation to photography by “queer” Latina/o artists and, through this double focus, poses certain questions about identity, subjectivity, and culture.
FRENCH
FREN 285-001: Sex, Philosophy, and Politics: Revolutions in French Literature, 1721-1834
Days & Times: MWF 2:30PM – 3:20PM
Room: Dey Hall – Rm 102
Instructor: Jessica Tanner
Exploration of questions related to sex and gender during the French Revolution and their reflection in literature, philosophy, and art.
HISTORY
HIST 398: See the Registrar’s Course Listing for available sections. Students wishing to get approval for a specific section/topic should contact the Director of the Program in Sexuality Studies.
HIST 566-001: The History of Sexuality in America
Days & Times: TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
Room: Alumni – Rm 205
Instructor: John Sweet
A history of the sexual practices, desires, and understandings of Americans, from earliest colonial encounters to the late 20th century.
JAPANESE
JAPN 161-001: Geisha in History, Fiction, and Fantasy
Days & Times: MWF 10:10AM-11:00AM
Room: New West – Rm 219
Instructor: Elisheva Perelman
Explores the artistic traditions of Japanese performers known as geisha. Sources include woodblock prints, novels, photographs, academic studies, and popular Japanese and American films.
JEWISH STUDIES
JWST/RELI 444-001: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Room: Murphey-Rm 105
Instructor: Andrea Cooper
The seminar examines the developments in gender roles and in sexuality in contemporary Judaism.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
RELI/WMST 244H-001: Gender and Sexuality in Western Christianity
Days & Times: TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM
Room: Saunders – Rm 104
Instructor:Randall Styers
An examination of the development of teachings on issues of gender and sexuality through the history of Western Christianity, with particular focus on contemporary controversies.
JWST/RELI 444-001: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Room: Murphey-Rm 105
Instructor:Andrea Cooper
The seminar examines the developments in gender roles and in sexuality in contemporary Judaism.
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES
WMST 101-001: Introduction to Women’s Studies
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Room: Carroll – Rm 111
Instructor: Michele Berger
This course requires a recitation in the 600-699 range.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 111-001: Introduction to Sexuality Studies
Days & Times: TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Room: Murphey – Rm 1115
Instructor: Karen Booth
This course introduces students to the broad range of disciplinary perspectives used by the field of sexuality studies to study, teach, and create knowledge about human sexuality in various functions and forms.
ENGL/WMST 140-001: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
Days & Times: MW 5:30PM – 6:45PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 222
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: TuTh 5:00PM – 6:15PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 222
Instructor: Staff
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.
AAAD 232-001/WMST 266-001: Black Women in America
Days & Times: MWF 1:25PM-2:15PM
Room: Hamilton-Rm 452
Instructor: Kia Caldwell
RELI/WMST 244H-001: Gender and Sexuality in Western Christianity
Days & Times: TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM
Room: Saunders – Rm 104
Instructor:Randall Styers
An examination of the development of teachings on issues of gender and sexuality through the history of Western Christianity, with particular focus on contemporary controversies.
ANTH/WMST 277-006: Gender and Culture
Days & Times: MWF 9:05AM-9:55AM
Room: Mitchell-Rm 0005
Instructor: Karla Slocum
Examines what it means to be male, female, and other gendered categories in different societies. Focus on institutions, groups, and individuals that both shape and challenge how gender is understood, organized, and enacted.
This course requires a recitation section.
ENGL/WMST 363-001: Feminist Literary Theory
Days & Times: MWF 10:10AM – 11:00AM
Room: Bingham – Rm 317
Instructor: Ruth Salvaggio
In this course, we will read some of the ground-breaking and enduring works that have shaped the field of contemporary Feminist Theory, especially in literary studies. What ideas fuelled the stunning emergence of this field of inquiry some forty years ago, what questions and problems remain most persistent, and what pressing concerns today are shaping up to be the most crucial as feminist theory continues to permeate academic study? Our critical readings will pair theoretical essays (available on line) with books of women’s poetry, including Joy Harjo’s In Mad Love and War, Mary Oliver’s Dream Work, Margaret Randall’s The Rhizome as a Field of Broken Bones, Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard, and the collection Women’s Poetry from Antiquity to Now.
WMST 388-001: The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Days & Times: TuTh 9:30AM – 10:45AM
Room: Dey Hall-Rm 302
Instructor: Karen Booth
Prerequisite, WMST 101. Permission of the instructor. Takes a feminist political economy perspective on debates over current health issues of international concern, including abortion, population control, and sexually transmitted infections. Focuses on the United States, Mexico, and Kenya, as well as on international organizations and social movements.
ENGL/WMST 666-001: Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature
Days & Times: Th 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 305
Instructor: Maria DeGuzmán
This course explores Latina/o literature about photography in relation to photography by “queer” Latina/o artists and, through this double focus, poses certain questions about identity, subjectivity, and culture.
GRADUATE COURSES SUBSTANTIVELY INVOLVING SEXUALITY
ENGL 862-001: Planetarities (Seminar in Cultural Studies)
Days & Times: F 3:35PM – 6:25PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 317
Instructor: Neel Ahuja
ENGL 871-001: Theorizing Radicalism: Race, Sex & Performance (Seminar in African American Literature)
Days & Times: F 3:35PM – 6:25PM
Room: Greenlaw – Rm 103
Instructor: GerShun Avilez
HIST 890-001: Women, Gender and Sexuality in United States History
Days & Times: Tu 5:00PM – 7:30PM
Room: Hamilton Hall – Rm 523
Instructor: Katherine Turk