Course Title: Women and Gender in Philosophy and Religion: 'Women and Gender in Islam' |
Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025 |
Term: Spring Semester 2025 |
Description: This course will examine a range of ways in which Islam has constructed women--and women have constructed Islam. We will study concepts of gender as they are reflected in classical Islamic texts, as well as different aspects of the social, economic, political, and ritual lives of women in various Islamic societies. |
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
Amina Steinfels   | 413-538-2292   | asteinfe@mtholyoke.edu   |
Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   | Lecture   | Monday and Wednesday   | 11:30AM - 12:45PM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
Requisite Courses         | ||
None |           |           |
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Course Tags         | ||
ASIAN0001   | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor.   |
MDEAS0001   | MDEAS: Middle Eastern Studies major   | This course has been approved to count towards the Middle Eastern Studies major.   |
CRPE0001   | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor.   |
CRPE0003   | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway.   |
CRPE0006   | CRPE-PE: People, Power, Place Courses   | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE People, Power, Place requirement.   |
Cross-listed Sections         |
RELIG-207-01 Women & Gender in Islam   |
GNDST-210SL-01 Women & Gender in Islam   |
Course Availability | ||||
Section status: Waitlisted     | Capacity: 25     | Enrollment: 25     | Available: 0     | Waitlist: 4 |
BOOK INFORMATION
Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
To be determined. |           |           |
Additional Book Comments         |
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |