Back to selection
73142-01 - Seminar: Gender, Race, and Imperial War (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Elizabeth Mesok (elizabeth.mesok@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course examines the role of race and gender in imperial wars. Rather than focus on “old” imperialism, we will focus on wars since the turn of the twentieth century. The course will begin with an overview of different theories of imperialism before moving to a discussion of specific wars during the early, mid and late twentieth century, and then ending with the twenty-first century. The course is not intended to provide a comprehensive overview of imperialism, but rather to discuss specific wars that illustrate the value and utility of race and gender to particular tactics prominently used in maintaining empire, including but not limited to counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, counterrevolution, imperial policing, and campaigns to suppress decolonization movements. For each war or conflict, we will read and discuss academic articles. Each week will also have suggested prose—poetry, memoir, or essays—that should be read but won’t necessarily be discussed in depth. However, the prose will play a role in the final assignment and should be kept up with throughout the semester. The course is intended to be an advanced course meant to stimulate intellectual and theoretical curiosities in how to think differently about war. Rather than a lecture-format, the course will be discussion-based with the expectation that all students participate in the conversation. The course is not meant foster debates about the wars, necessarily, but to ask critical questions about what role race and gender play in the enactment and memorialization of wars fought for imperial gain. Ultimately, this course is intended to interrogate concepts such as imperialism, imperialist, neo-colonial, empire, and decolonization and to ask, what counts as an imperial war? And, how do empires end and how do they live on? |
| Admission requirements | The number of students in the course cannot exceed 30 students. In the event that more than 30 students register, decisions about admission will be made on the basis of discipline and whether the student is a BA or an MA student. Priority will be given to students in Gender Studies (MA and BA) Changing Societies, and European Global Studies, respectively. BA students from disciplines other than Gender Studies will only be permitted if space allows. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 19.09.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 26.09.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 03.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 10.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 17.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 24.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 31.10.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 07.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 14.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Thursday 21.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 28.11.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 1 |
| Thursday 05.12.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Thursday 12.12.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Thursday 19.12.2024 | 14.15-16.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Modules |
Modul: Theorien der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Vertiefung Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) Module: Conflicts and Peacebuilding (Master's degree program: Changing Societies: Migration – Conflicts – Resources) Specialization Module Global Europe: Peace and Conflict Studies (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Gender Studies |