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• Introduction to Finnish Gender Studies

• University of Helsinki
• University of Eastern Finland
• University of Jyväskylä
• University of Lapland
• University of Tampere
• University of Turku
• University of Oulu
• Åbo Akademi University

Introduction to Finnish Gender Studies /web course

Introduction to Finnish Gender Studies
5 ECTS, WNA110, WGS110

Web course

Course description:
Introduction to Finnish Gender Studies is divided into seven themes: nationality, normativity, emotions, home and domesticity, consumption and gender, sex and public space, and intersectionality, through which the students will gain an insight into Finnish society, Finnish research on gender and gendered power, normativity, and intersectionality in Finnish context. For each theme the students will read academic texts and other material available in the internet and discuss them in groups in the Moodle learning environment.

Target group:
The course is aimed at the exchange students of
gender studies in Universities of Helsinki, Joensuu,
Jyväskylä, Lappi, Oulu,Turku and Åbo
Akademi. During the course, the students will learn
some important themes of Women’s and Gender
Studies with a specific Finnish perspective.

Organizers and teachers:
The course is organized by the Universities of Helsinki
and Jyväskylä, and Hilma Network of Gender Studies. The teachers of the course are Ph.D. Tuija Saresma and Ph.D. Annamari Vänskä.

Applying to Course:
Apply to course 15. 9- 30.9.2010 by filling this “form”:
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/22417/lomake.html

To the course web-page:
Here

Further information:
aino-maija.hiltunen @helsinki.fi

Warmly welcome! This is a good opportunity to study gender studies, get to know other exchange-students in 8 finnish universities & experience also e-learning.