Research seminar Gender and Postcolonial Studies

Course goals

 On completion of the course, the student has: 
- knowledge of humanities research traditions, and gender studies, postcolonial studies, decolonial theory and / or queer theory in particular; 
- knowledge of methods for humanities research, and interdisciplinary gender studies methods in particular; 
- knowledge of feminist and postcolonial criticism of dominant forms of knowledge production; 
- developed an ability to describe and justify the chosen methods; 
- developed an ability to reflect on choices. 

After completion of the course, the student can: 
- distill research questions and methods used from academic literature and relate critically to the findings; 
- position oneself in critical debates about knowledge production; 
- write a research design; 
- operationalize a research question; 
- describe and account for a methodological approach; 
- conduct and report upon an analysis.

Content

In Research Seminar: Gender and Postcolonial Studies, the different steps of the research cycle in interdisciplinary gender studies are covered and further explored. Central to the course is humanities oriented research and interdisciplinary gender and postcolonial studies in particular. Students are trained to link a gender and / or postcolonial and / or decolonial and / or queer studies perspective to phenomena of their choice, such as language, culture, history, philosophy, communication, information, media & culture. Students set up a research project and then carry out the subprojects. In addition, students keep a research diary throughout the course in which they describe and reflect on their research activities. 
 
This research seminar functions as a bridge between the TCS / LAS hoofdrichting Gender & Postcolonial Studies and the Bachelor's Thesis Gender and Postcolonial Studies and, together with this thesis, forms the final part of the Bachelor's program.
 
For other students, this is the bridge between the minor Gender Studies or the minor Postcolonial Studies and the Bachelor's Thesis Gender and Postcolonial Studies and, together with this thesis, forms the final part of the Bachelor's program. 

Additional information

Students are advised not to register for courses that (partly) overlap with the timeslots of this course.

Concerning the course in block 3: Please note: the time slot shown here is not yet final, and may still be modified until the third Wednesday in September