Spring 2026 History BC2195 section 001

Gender and Sexuality in European History

Gender &Sexuality in Euro

Call Number 00897
Day & Time
Location
MW 10:10am-11:25am
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Dale Booth
Type LECTURE
Course Description

This course examines the history of gender and sexuality in Europe, from the Renaissance to the present day. We will take a thematic approach, tracing the shifting operations, definitions, and understandings of both gender and sexuality within European culture and society. Topics include: Renaissance visual culture, the witchcraft trials, Enlightenment philosophy, European imperialism and colonialism, revolutions (both political and sexual), moral reform campaigns, the birth of sexology, queer and trans histories, sex work, and the politics of control. Central to this course is an examination of the ways gender and sexuality function at the intersections of class, race, nation, ethnicity, and religion, and how these intersections speak to dynamics of social, cultural, and political power. In our work throughout the semester, we will draw from a range of sources, including film, painting, photography, literature, and music. We will regularly engage with primary sources, which will allow students to learn the skills and techniques necessary for the work of historians. Throughout the course, students will examine how historians write, interpret, and construct histories of gender and sexuality, and question what place these histories have in our contemporary world.

Web Site Vergil
Department History @Barnard
Enrollment 0 students (56 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Subject History
Number BC2195
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note 2nd choice - MW 11:40AM-12:55PM
Section key 20261HIST2195X001