6 ECTS credits
166 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4021291FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Gender dynamics in Islam and Muslim communities have been the focus of intense and polemical debates both in the Muslim world and in the West.
This course investigates the complexity of different ideas related to Gender in Islam in an interdisciplinary way. It teaches the students to analytically and critically engage with different topics related to Islam and Gender and offers them an opportunity to work together to render these complex and polarized themes legible and accessible by producing a joint special issue journal.
After addressing important methodological and theoretical insights in the anthropology of Islam, attention will go to the historical, theological, political and legal foundations for women and gender in Islam. Although Muslim women are still cast as victims of Muslim men and Islamic society and communities at large, we will look into the scholarly tradition that discusses Muslim female agency and contemporary Muslim feminist movements.
Besides an exploration of the complex position of women in Islam, this course pays special attention to Islamic masculinities in the geo-political context of the post 9/11 war on terror. This course concludes with mapping current developments in the study of sexuality and Islam since it is inevitably intertwined with gender questions within Islam.
The course will exist out of different teaching methods: lectures, visual materials, interactive and collaborative seminars and guided self-study.
Students will receive a detailed syllabus in the beginning of the academic year, giving a description of the objectives of the course, the planning, the readings, the joint special issue journal assignment and evaluation modalities.
1.knowledge and insights
The student is able to analyze gender relations from an interdisciplinary (political science, sociology, anthropology and critical theory) and an intersectional perspective (with special focus on Gender, religion, race and age).
2. Skills
The student uses her/his social, political and communication skills in order to position her/himself critically with regards to the teaching material and readings on Islam and Gender.
The student is able to critically analyze relevant scientific information and to process it with other team members in a scientifically sound journal.
3. Attitude
The student can validate his or her knowledge on gender and Islam by taking on an academic attitude in a multidisciplinary class environment.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Not applicable.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Adult Education: Profile Education Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Political Science: Democracy and Leadership (only offered in Dutch)