GENDER HISTORY

Attendance and active participation in the learning activities proposed by the course, together with individual study, will enable students to:

1. acquire knowledge of the main interpretative categories, key theoretical issues and major historiographical trends in women’s history and gender history;

2. explore the monographic topic in depth through the reading and discussion of historical essays;

3. address the course topic through the direct analysis of historical sources;

4. present orally and discuss a case study;

5. prepare a written text in the form of an essay, engaging critically with the bibliography and analysing a source.

The expected learning objectives, expressed according to the Dublin Descriptors, are as follows:

DD1 – Knowledge and understanding
Students will acquire knowledge of the main interpretative categories, the key theoretical issues and the major historiographical trends in women’s history and gender history.

DD2 – Applying knowledge and understanding
Students will be able to deepen the monographic topic through the critical reading and discussion of historical essays, directly analyse historical sources, present and discuss orally a case study, and write an essay critically engaging with the bibliography and analysing a source.

DD3 – Making judgements
Students will develop the ability to formulate critical and independent evaluations on the theoretical and historiographical issues addressed, elaborating personal interpretations on the basis of source analysis and comparison with the scholarly literature.

This course deals with topics related to the macro-area “Human capital, health, education” and contributes to the achievement of the related UN 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.