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Course: Methodology of Gender History

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Course title Methodology of Gender History
Course code UHV/MMGH
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 7
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lenderová Milena, prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Lacinová Najmanová Veronika, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to gender studies - terms and concepts 2. Introduction to gender studies - gender in historical analysis 3. Gender socialization 4. Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieau 5. Men´s studies and history of masculinities 6. Queer studies 6. Feminist psychoanalysis 8. Performativity theory (Judith Butler) 9. Gender in language 10. Gender in literature 11. Gender in art 12. Gender and science

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce the basic methodological approaches, concepts, and arguments used in gender studies and in gender history. Students will get acquainted with the concept of "gender" and its use as an analytical category in the humanities. Special emphasis will be placed on the possibilities of using gender analysis in historiography. Students will gain not only a basic theoretical insight into gender issues but through reading and subsequent analysis of selected texts will learn ways to apply gender analysis to specific sources, which will then allow them to include gender optics in their own research.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Discussion, Systematic monitoring

Recommended literature
  • Barša, P.. Panství člověka a touha ženy: feminismus mezi psychoanalýzou a poststrukturalismem.. Praha, 2002.
  • Bourdieu, P.. Nadvláda mužů.. Praha, 2000.
  • Butler, J.. Závažná těla: o materialitě a diskursivních mezích pohlaví.. Praha, 2006.
  • Čadková, K. - Lenderová, M. - Stráníková, J. (edd.). Dějiny žen, aneb, Evropská žena od středověku do poloviny 20. století v zajetí historiografie. Pardubice, 2006.
  • Foucault, M.. Dějiny sexuality I.: vůle k vědění.. Praha, 1999.
  • Morris, P. Literatura a feminismus.. Brno, 2000.
  • Nagl-Docekal, H. Feministická filozofie: výsledky, problémy, perspektivy.. Praha, 2007.
  • Renzetti, C. M. - Curran, D. J.. Ženy, muži a společnost.. Praha, 2003.
  • Scott, J. W. (ed.). Gender and the Politics of History.. New York, 1999.
  • Švaříčková Slabáková, R. et al. Konstrukce maskulinní identity v minulosti a současnosti: koncepty, metody, perspektivy. Praha, 2012.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 16.03.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026