Courses / Women and Gender Studies

WGSS 29019/51986
Queer and Trans Spaces: Politics, Identities, Movements

This course takes an interrogative tour through locations that have historically played vital roles in the development of the LGBTQ+ community.
WGSS 20N02
A Case Study in South East Asia

This course seeks to understand the growing international polarization on LGBTI rights by focusing on a case study of a book banned in Malaysia.
WGSS 20N01
Queer and Trans New York City

This course explores the origins of queer and trans communities from the era of the Second World War to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s.
WGSA 29002
Gender, Violence and Theater Activism

This special topics course explores theater initiatives that raise awareness and challenge gender-based violence and systems of oppression.
WGSL 30600
Gender and Migration

This course aims to explore and seek to connect the relationships of gender, race, ethnicity, and sexuality to the context of global migration.
WGSA 29004
Shirtwaist Factory

This course examines the Triangle Factory fire of March 25, 1911, from multiple interdisciplinary perspectives.