GENDER HISTORY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
| Title | ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΦΥΛΟΥ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΣΑΙΩΝΙΚΗ ΕΥΡΩΠΗ / GENDER HISTORY IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE |
| Code | ΙΜΕ352 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | History and Archaeology |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600023040 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Istorías kai Archaiologías 2020-2021
Registered students: 52
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600248840
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600248840
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=17813
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
The previous attendance of the course HME 651 is recommended
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected a. to be familiar with gender as a category of historical analysis, b. to possess specialized knowledge of fundamental social and cultural processes in medieval Europe, c. to understand processes of gender construction, and d. to understand the role of gender in the shaping of power relations.
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Week #1 [Introduction to the analytical category of gender, and to the history of the body and sexuality
Week #2 [Introduction to the analytical category of gender, and to the history of the body and sexuality
Week #3 Christianism: gender, sexuality and the body
Week #4 Gender, the body and sexuality in the Early Middle Ages.
Week #5 Gender and sexuality in the seigneurial families of the High Middle Ages
Week #6 Gender and sexuality in the seigneurial families of the High Middle Ages
Week #7 Gender, body and sexuality in the Gregorian reform.
Week #8 Urban growth: new masculinities and femininities and new perceptions of the body and sexuality
Week #9 Politics of gender in early Renaissance
Week #10 Politics of gender in early Renaissance
Week #11 Gender, body, and colonialism
Week #12 History of gender in Byzantium
Week #13 General overview of the subject
Keywords
gender, body, sexuality, Western Medieval Europe, Gregorian reform, Renaissance, colonialism, queer studies
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
e-learning & power point
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 150 | 5 | |||
| Total | 150 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Description
Final written exams: 100%. For the Erasmus-Student either oral exams or written assignment.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Laqueur, Thomas Κατασκευάζοντας το φύλο. Σώμα και κοινωνικό φύλο από τους αρχαίους Έλληνες έως τον Φρόιντ. Μετάφρ. Πελαγία Μαρκέτου. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πολύτροπον, 2003.
2. Πλακωτός, Γιώργος. Φύλο και σεξουαλικές σχέσεις στην Ευρώπη (12ος-18ος αιώνας): προσδοκίες, πρακτικές, αναπαραστάσεις. Αθήνα: Κάλλιπος. Ανοιχτές Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις, 2023.
Additional bibliography for study
Αβδελά, Έφη, και Αγγελική Ψαρρά, επιμ. Σιωπηρές ιστορίες: γυναίκες και φύλο στην ιστορική αφήγηση. Αθήνα: Αλεξάνδρεια, 1997.
Βασιλειάδου, Δήμητρα, Γιάννης Γιαννιτσιώτης et al., επιμ. Ανδρισμοί: Αναπαραστάσεις, υποκείμενα και πρακτικές από τη Μεσαιωνική μέχρι τη σύγχρονη περίοδο. Αθήνα: Gutenberg, 2019.
Burger, Glenn and Steven F. Kruger. Queering the Middle Ages. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
Butler, Judith. Αναταραχή φύλου. Ο φεμινισμός και η ανατροπή της ταυτότητας. Μετάφρ. Γιώργος Καράμπελας. Αθήνα: Αλεξάνδρεια, 2009.
Γκότση, Γλαύκη, Ανδρονίκη Διαλέτη, και Ελένη Φουρναράκη, επιμ.) Το φύλο στην ιστορία: αποτιμήσεις και παραδείγματα. Αθήνα: Ασίνη, 2015.
Classen, Albrecht, ed. Sexuality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2008.
Crawford, Katherine. European Sexualities, 1400-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Duby, George. Ο ιππότης, η γυναίκα και ο ιερέας. Ο γάμος στη φεουδαρχική Ευρώπη. Mετάφρ. Ε.-Β. Μπενβενίστε. Ηράκλειο: Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, Ηράκλειο 1996.
Karras, Ruth M. From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in the Later Middle Ages. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003
Karras, Ruth M. Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others. London: Routledge, 2005.
Lochrie, Karma et al. (ed.), Constructing medieval sexualities. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Scott, Joan W. Gender and the Politics of History. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Last Update
21-02-2024
