Universität Wien

420009 SE Imagining and Shaping Identities (2022W)

8.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 42 - Philologisch-Kulturwissenschaftliches Doktoratsstudium
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Beginn: Mo.wtl., 10.10.2022, Ende: Mo., 23.01.2023
Uhrzeit 18:15-19:45 Uhr, Ort: Institut für Orientalistik, Raum: Seminarraum Arabica

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course discusses the different forms of imagined identities and the shapes of these phenomena. Identity is not understood as a given fact but as a a relational phenomenon emerging from diverse genealogies. The course will engage with these genalogies and the - always dynamic - results. Colonial modernity is an indispensable part of the discussion. Case studies are Europe, China, India, masculinity, the Islamic world in its diversity, and the Orient.
Due to the COVID-19 situation, the course may have to change to an online format.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participation, writing a paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participation and writing a paper are necessary. The paper will be graded according to its quality (form, language, originality)ö

Examination topics

Paper

Reading list

There is no fixed list of texts to be studied since the course will move along the interests of the students. Thus, different texts will be relevant. In the first session, we will define the texts.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: We 05.10.2022 12:30