IDE2100 – The history of the ideas of sex and gender

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

The course will focus on notions and conceptions of gender in intellectual history and culture from antiquity to modern times. Historically gender has been expressed in a broad range of texts, cultural norms and social practice. The course will discuss continuity and change in Western understandings of gender from the perspective of a history of ideas about body and sexuality.

Learning outcome

Having completed this course, you will have acquired:

  • the ability to assess and impart the main features of historical understandings of gender
  • the ability to read and interpret complex texts and to situate them in different historical and intellectual contexts
  • in depth knowledge of a particular topic in order to understand the scholars who have been concerned with the topic and how they differ from one another.

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

We strongly recommend that you have completed IDE1104 – Vestens idéer fra antikken til 1600 and IDE1105 – Vestens idéer fra 1600 til v?r egen tid (or equivalent).

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