This course introduces students to the diverse experiences of women from a comparative perspective. Students will study how women’s strategies have shaped the major cultural, economic, political and social processes in the world and how these processes have affected women’s experiences in their particular societies. By studying women’s history from both local and global perspectives, students will engage critically with claims that women’s history is universal. The local focus of the course will rotate between Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, depending on the expertise of the instructors.
This course introduces students to the diverse experiences of women from a comparative perspective. Students will study how women’s strategies have shaped the major cultural, economic, political and social processes in the world and how these processes have affected women’s experiences in their particular societies. By studying women’s history from both local and global perspectives, students will engage critically with claims that women’s history is universal. The local focus of the course will rotate between Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, depending on the expertise of the instructors.
