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    GEET 312 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    History of the Women’s Rights Movement
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    GEET 312
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    6

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Service Course
    Course Level
    First Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Discussion
    Group Work
    Q&A
    Lecture / Presentation
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives This course examines the history of the women’s rights movement and will analyze the ways that women have mobilized over the 20th and 21st centuries. Historical analysis will be used to trace how the women’s rights movement began, evolved and the divisions among different women’s groups. A special emphasis will be made on the history of the women’s rights movement in Turkey.
    Learning Outcomes

    The students who succeeded in this course;

    • to compare and contrast the first, second and third waves of feminism
    • to identify key events and thinkers that define the different waves of feminism
    • to analyze the relationship between gender and the state
    • • to compare and contrast the women’s rights movement in different states such as the United States, United Kingdom and Turkey
    • to identify key issues of debate within the women’s rights movement currently
    • to trace the history of the women’s rights movement in Turkey
    Course Description This course aims to give students insight into women’s rights movement of the 20th and 21st century by comparing and contrasting the different waves of feminism. The contribution of international organizations, particularly the United Nations will be discussed in greater detail and a special emphasis will be made on the women’s rights movement in Turkey.
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    		Core Courses
    Major Area Courses
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation
    1 Introduction -
    2 Basic Concepts • Walby, S.(1989), “Theorizing Patriarchy”, Sociology, pp. 213-234. • Valdes, F., “Unpacking Hetero-Patriarchy”, pp. 161-211. Suggested: • Blank, H. (2012), Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality.
    3 Historical Background • Aivazova, Svetlena (1994). “Towards a History of Feminism”, Russian Studies in History, pp. 63-69. Suggested: • Okin, Susan Moller (1979). “Rousseau’s Natural Women”, The Journal of Politics, pp. 393-416.
    4 Early and First Wave Feminism • Hodgson-Wright, S. (2001), “Early Feminism”, in The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminisms, pp. 3-15 • Sanders, V. (2001), “First Wave Feminism,” in The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminisms, pp. 16-28.
    5 Movie: “Iron Jawed Angels” by Katja von Garnier3 https://suffrageandthemedia.org/source/iron-jawed-angels-film-suffrage-activists/
    6 Second Wave Feminism • Thornham, S. (2001), “Second Wave Feminism”, in The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminisms, pp.29-42. Suggested: • Duru Dogan, H. (2010). İkinci Dalga Fransız Feminizmine Kısa Bir Bakış, Türkiye’de Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları, pp. 67-99.
    7 Second Wave Feminism Movie Screening: “Made in Dagenham” by Nigel Cole • Thornham, S. (2001), “Second Wave Feminism”, in The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminisms, pp.29-42. Suggested: • Duru Dogan, H. (2010). İkinci Dalga Fransız Feminizmine Kısa Bir Bakış, Türkiye’de Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları, pp. 67-99.
    8 Third Wave Feminism • Gamble, S. (2001), “Postfeminism”, in The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminisms, pp. 43-54. Suggested • Hokulani K. Aikau, Erickson K.& Pierce, J.L. (2018). “Feminism, First-, Second-, and Third-Wave”, in The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. • Rivers, N. (2017). Postfeminism(s) and the arrival of the Fourth Wave. pp. 107 -131.
    9 Ottoman Woman’s Movement • Serpil Çakır (201 0 ) . Osmanlı Kadın Hareketi: XX. Yüzyılın Başında Kadınların Hak Mücadelesi. Türkiye’de Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları . pp. 99 -115. • Demirdirek, A. (1998). In pursuit of the Ottoman Women's Movement (Translated by Zehra F. Arat), in Deconstructing images of the Turkish woman, pp.65 -83.
    10 Mid-term -
    11 Feminism in Turkey I • Sirman, Nükhet (1989). Feminism in Turkey: A Short History, New Perspectives on Turkey, 1 -33. • C Diner, Ş Toktaş (2010). Waves of feminism in Turkey: Kemalist, Islamist and Kurdish women's movements in an era of globalization, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, pp.41 – 57
    12 Feminism in Turkey II • Miller, Ruth A. (2007). Rights, Reproduction, Sexuality, and Citizenship in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 32, no. 2. • Coşar, Simten & Kerestecioğlu, İnci -Özkan (2013). Feminizmin Neoliberalizmle İmtihanı, Doğu Batı Toplumsal Cinsiyet II, pp. 21 -37.
    13 Presentations -
    14 Presentations
    15 Review of the Semester
    16 Final Exam

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks

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    Suggested Readings/Materials

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    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weigthing
    Participation
    1
    10
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    Presentation / Jury
    1
    25
    Project
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    1
    30
    Final Exam
    1
    35
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    3
    65
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    1
    35
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    15
    3
    45
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    0
    Presentation / Jury
    1
    10
    10
    Project
    0
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    1
    14
    14
    Final Exam
    1
    39
    39
        Total
    156

     

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