AP/RLST 3580 6.00

Gender and Islamophobia

This interdisciplinary course examines historical and contemporary manifestations of Islamophobia. We explore both the ways those understood as Muslim have been gendered and how Islamophobia produces particularly gendered anti-Muslim racism. Each class will consist of four interrelated components: student reading presentations, lectures, audio visual material and group discussions. The lectures will address the key considerations in readings and provide a general overview of the themes introduced in the readings. Audio-visual materials and/ or guest lecturers will address in more tangible terms the theoretical frameworks addressed in the lecture. We will then engage in discussions grounded in the material presented in class as well as in the week’s readings. The second half of the course will include the presentation of Group Projects. One of the goals of this course is to stress the relationship between theory and practice and to engage in a collective learning process, which seeks to examine the theoretical frameworks presented with and against Islamophobia and its gendered implications. This is a condensed summer course, as a result, you will be expected to read and cover a substantial amount of material twice weekly. It is your responsibility to come prepared for class according to the course schedule.

RELIGIOUS TRADITION(S) COVERED: Islam

Cross-listed as AP/GWST 3570 6.00.

Course Category: Religion and Gender