36666 - Seminar: Ethics and Politics: a Gender Studies Perspective

Learning outcomes

The Seminar, organized in collaboration with the Orlando Association, is aimed to provide a critical gender perspective on some current cultural, philosophical, legal and socio-political practices.

Course contents

The Seminar Ethics and Politics in the Perspective of Gender Studies will focus on "Caring for the World: Fear and Responsibility in the Global Era".

The lectures will be held on Mondays and Tuesdays at 5 p.m. from 11 October to the end of November 2021 at the Ex Convento di S. Cristina, Piazzetta Morandi 2.

Readings/Bibliography

News, updates, information on speakers/presenters, supporting literature and teaching materials will be given during the Seminar.

The readings for the course are available- on loan or for consultation- at the Women's Library, located in the Convento di Santa Cristina, which can be accessed from either Via del Piombo 5 or the Cloister of Santa Cristina.

Teaching methods

The course consists in lectures, supported by multimedia tools.

This is a first-semester course, consisting in a series of lectures delivered in class. However, lessons will take place in accordance with the procedures established by the University regarding the COVID-19 emergency. More info will be published at the beginning of September.

Assessment methods

The final exam can be either written or oral, depending on the student's choice: students will thus be asked to select a topic from the syllabus and either hand in a paper or make a presentation on that topic. In either case, the examination will be geared toward assessing the student's ability to engage critically with the current issues.

Teaching tools

All information about the course and any notice, as well as any supplementary material, will be made available online at https://virtuale.unibo.it/ or at https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/carla.faralli

Links to further information

https://orlando.women.it

Office hours

See the website of Carla Faralli