Gender and Politics

Dates: 4-18 August 2002

Host Institution/Location: Institute of European Integration, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

 

Eligibility

Disciplines: Political Science, History, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies

Region/Countries: Central, Eastern Europe, NIS

 

Language(s): English

 

Course Director: Dr. Maria Goloubeva, Head, Political Science Department, Institute of European Integration, Riga Stradins University

 

Contact Information for Applicants:

Postal Address: Institute of European Integration, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema 16, Riga, LV-1007 Latvia

Telephone/Fax: +371 740 9161

E-mail: irinasummer@hotmail.com

Web Site: www.aml.lv

 

The Summer School Gender and Politics is designed to meet the existing need for developing a new approach to the teaching of Political Science, History and Cultural Studies in the region - an approach that would take more notice of the achievements of Gender Studies and feminist theory. The Summer School is intended for young academics specialising in various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The purpose of the School is to offer a variety of courses and teaching approaches that would broaden the participants' perspective on the political aspects of gender (mostly in the social and historical context) and the gender aspect of politics, as well as to suggest new ways of teaching Political Science, History and possibly other subjects from the Gender Studies perspective. The main emphasis is on an interdisciplinary approach. The course will consist of the following modules: Political Action, Gender, and Party Politics; Women’s Political Identity in the Making; Critical Approaches to Gender and Citizenship; Gender Aspects of National and Religious Movements; Gender Imaging in Mass Media.