JST 335U | Sex, Love, and Gender: Israeli and Palestinian Experiences
Instructor: Professor Nina Spiegel
MODE: Online Instruction
Course Reference Number (CRN): TBD
This course examines conceptions of gender in Israeli and Palestinian communities, investigating topics such as conceptions of femininity and masculinity, sex, love, beauty, work, and motherhood, and the impact of gender on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In exploring these themes, we will investigate the history and experiences of a diverse array of communities, such as Jewish women of European, Middle Eastern, North African, and Ethiopian descent; Palestinian women of Muslim and Christian faiths; and LGBTQ+ people.
No prerequisites are required.
Note: This course can serve as an elective for the major and minor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), and is also on the advisor-approved list for International and Global Studies’ Middle East certificate.
University Studies cluster: Gender and Sexualities Studies