For a detailed summary of what we’ll be reading and discussing for each class, please click on the links below. There you will find information regarding readings, questions to think about, podcast episode links, and recorded lectures.
Week One: May 3rd and 5th
May 3rd Frameworks: Historiography and Methodology
May 5th Frameworks: Medicine and Philosophy
Week Two: May 10th and 12th
May 10th Frameworks: Religion and Law
May 12th The Ages of Women
Week Three: May 17th and 19th
May 17th Women and the City: Genderscapes in Paris
May 19th Women’s Religious Lives: Nuns and Mystics
Week Four: May 25th and 27th
May 24th Jewish women
May 26th Women and the Courts
Week Five: May 31st and June 2nd
May 31st Women and Warfare: Warriors and Generals
June 2nd Women and Power
Week Six: June 7th and June 9th
June 7th Transwomen and Women’s Sexuality