Universität Wien

070273 SE Seminar Historical Sources and Critique - Feminist political thought (2023W)

in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 03.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Tuesday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Women’s and feminist political and social thought as a field was a newcomer in intellectual history, especially in the region of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe. However, the more sources we read from the region, the clearer it becomes that women (and some men) were not only offering original ideas about women’s rights and women’s place in history as well as society, but these insights are a substantial contribution to our understanding of the social and political history of the region and of Europe as well.
The aim of this course is not only to introduce students to texts and their authors most relevant from the history of women’s rights and feminism in the region, but importantly, to teach them how to locate and how to read such sources, when encountered. The course aims at covering the 20th century and offering sources from as many countries as possible. We will read texts by well-known authors such as Clara Zetkin and Vera Figner from the early 20th century; women who were active in the creation of socialist women’s emancipation politics after WWII; critical intellectuals and scholars in the 1960s-1980s; and women coming to terms with 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe, and the war between the successor states of former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
The course is accompanied by the Dubravka Ugrešić Lecture Series, dedicated to the work and memory of the writer and public intellectual Dubravka Ugrešić (1949-2023). Participation at the lectures is recommended, but since they take place in the late afternoon/early evenings, these are not mandatory. First lecture: 11 Oct, 17.00 by Rada Iveković (more info TBA).
All sources which are mandatory readings for the course are in English, but students are encouraged to bring in sources from other languages they read.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active class participation: 10%
Feedback to others: 10%
Class presentation (15min, presentation outline to be submitted to the instructor one week ahead of time): 20%
Seminar paper, with heavy focus on sources (12 pages): 60%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation and active collaboration. Short reflection on the seminar readings. Feedback to others. Seminar presentation based on the preliminary version of your own seminar paper. Seminar paper.

Examination topics

Dies ist eine prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung.

Reading list

Suggested preliminary reading: : “Introduction.” in. Carroll, Berenice A. and Smith, Hilda L., eds. Women's Political and Social Thought: An Anthology. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. Whole book available here: https://www-jstor-org.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/stable/jj.5501019
Full syllabus TBA.

Association in the course directory

EAR: Zeitgeschichte.
MEd UF GP (Version 2015): UF MA GP 01 Fachwissenschaft , SE Vertiefungsseminar 1: Quellenkunde und Quellenkritik (6 ECTS).
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung, SE Seminar aus Geschichte (8 ECTS).
IDMA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4a SE Seminar zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien, SE Seminar aus Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS) / M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, SE Seminar (8 ECTS, Bereich Zeitgeschichte).

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