Seminar in Historical Analysis (405-0-24)
Topic
Gender History as Global History
Instructors
Amy Beth Stanley
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Harris Hall - Room 203
Meeting Info
University Hall 312: Wed 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
Topic: Gender History as Global History
In the past few decades, scholars in the field of global history have challenged others to move beyond the framework of the region or the nation-state. But as many have argued recently, scholars invested in "thinking big" about history sometimes have difficulty addressing people who did not move across political boundaries, and they have typically neglected small, ordinary stories and domestic spaces. Since these have been the traditional interests of women's historians, the fields of global and women's history often seem irreconcilable, especially in the era before the twentieth century. One possible solution to this impasse is to deploy the analytical category of gender, which should be able to speak to both fields and across long spans of time. How have historians done this? What does gender history look like on a global scale? In this seminar, we will consider these questions, reading recent work that combines global and gender history in the early modern and modern eras.
Learning Objectives
how to think about and discuss the fields gender history and global history and their relationship to one another
Class Materials (Required)
None required for purchase
Class Notes
History Area of Concentration: Global