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520213 |
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Semester
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HS2026 |
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Type of course
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Seminar |
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Allocation to subject
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Social Anthropology |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
MA-Seminar: Gender in global politics: anger, ruptures and contestations |
| Description |
Be aware: if you sign in for the course, you signed in for the exam!
Attacks on gender have become central to right-wing movements globally; from the Swiss SVP that warns of the “gender monster”, to Orban’s defence of the traditional Christian family against “gender madness”, and Trump’s stance against “gender ideology extremism”. Why are “they” so afraid of gender, Judith Butler asks in a recent book, tracing how the fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world – and we might add: where did it go wrong for gender, how did we (feminist and queer activists, practitioners, scholars) lose it - and how can we reclaim gender?
This student conference examines the contemporary global “gender crisis” through an ethnographic and theoretically grounded lens, asking what is distinctive about our current moment in relation to gender diversity, anti-gender backlash and moral panics? Drawing on transnational and post-colonial feminist activism and knowledge production, the course is organised in three thematic blocks. First, furious women: emancipated but unliberated revisits classic feminist texts as a point of departure to assess historical achievements alongside persistent inequalities. Particular attention is paid to feminist anger as both a critical analytic and a creative political force. Second, seeing like a wo/man interrogates backlash discourses, including narratives of masculinist despair, men in crisis, masculinist restoration, and “white saviour” interventions. Moving beyond binary frameworks, this section engages key anthropological and transnational feminist scholarship to explore gender as multiple, intersectional, and often contradictory. Students will examine how power operates across race, class, and sexuality in the production of gendered subjectivities. Third, the course turns to recent ethnographic case studies, focusing on migration, anti-Muslim racism, and transnational activism. Through these examples, students will analyse how global inequalities and political tensions reshape gendered lives and struggles. Combining theory and ethnography, the course equips students to engage with the complexities of gender as an analytical lens in the present era. |
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
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| Lecturers |
Prof. Dr.
Sabine Strasser, Institut Sozialanthropologie - Migrations- und Mobilitätsforschung ✉
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Dr.
Isabel Martina Käser, Institut für Sozialanthropologie - Professur Strasser ✉
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ECTS
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7 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Monday 14/9/2026 14:15-16:00
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Thursday 8/10/2026 10:15-13:00
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Friday 9/10/2026 10:15-18:00
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Thursday 3/12/2026 10:15-13:00
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Friday 4/12/2026 10:15-18:00
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Friday 4/12/2026 18:15-19:00
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