HISTORY 2123 X1 Gender and Sexuality in Europe to 1789 Fall Term 2012 Meeting Times: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Professor: Dr. Leigh Whaley Office: BAC 449 Phone: 585-1119 E-Mail: leigh.whaley@acadiau.ca Office Hours: In Office: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30 p.m. On line: Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 p.m. Email is the best way to contact me. I teach online as well as on campus so am online often. If you can t make the hour noted above, we can set up an appointment. Course Description: This course provides a survey of women's and men s roles in societies from the earliest civilizations to the end of the eighteenth century. We will examine not only the lives and experiences of 'famous women' who moved outside the private sphere and rose to prominence, but also the lives of ordinary women in pre-modern society. Attitudes towards gender roles, the roles of men and women and their expectations and obligations will be considered. Questions to keep in mind throughout the course include: do we see a pattern throughout Western Europe when examining women's and men's lives? Do their lives change with various important movements in history such as the Renaissance and the Reformation? What role do religious faiths or lack thereof play in the construction of gender? To what extent do revolutions and wars impact on the lives of women? Teaching Methodology and Class Organization: 1
Class time will be divided between powerpoint lectures, films and workshops based on your textbook, Lives and Voices. Course Requirements: Attendance and Participation based on Workshops: 20% Your attendance in class is mandatory. I take attendance. This grade is divided between: Attendance = 5%. Attendance will be taken at each class. Points will be taken off for each missed class. Please e-mail or phone me in advance if you are unwell or have a legitimate appointment. Participation = 15%. Written and Oral responses to document questions from Lives and Voices. Students will be required to submit written responses to questions at the end of workshop class. Formal Written Work: 1. Mid-Term Test: 20%: Will be written in class on 18 October. 2. Two Quizzes: Worth 5 % each. Based on the text s website 3. Short Research Essay or Essay Alternative: 1500 words. 15% Due 22 November. You can submit it any time during the term. I really encourage an early submission. The essay is short and only worth 15% of your grade. Do not leave it to the last minute. Can be submitted on Acorn. 4. Final Examination: 40% Date set by Registrar. Skill Instruction: Some class time will be devoted to the development of skills including how to footnote and do a bibliography, the difference between a topic and a thesis (argument), and reliable websites suitable for research. One of the goals of this course, in addition to learning the history, is the development of thinking and writing skills. Essay Style and Style Guides: Please follow the abbreviated Chicago Manual of Style which is found on the Library website under "Guides": Chicago Turabian Style: http://library.acadiau.ca/refshelf/writing.html#citation. Late Policy: Essays will be accepted up to three days after due date. Late penalty is one grade step per day ( eg B+ to B) after one day of grace. Do not ask for extensions unless you have a major issue. Talk to me! In Class Technology Policy: Regular Cell and smart phones, blackberries, and iphones must be turned off in class. Computer use is discouraged unless for academic purposes. Please take hand written notes from lectures and type them later. You will learn more. 2
Professor s Use of Computer Technology: Extensive use of Acorn: you should consult Acorn regularly for weekly information, assignments and updates to course materials. PowerPoint Lectures posted to Acorn Videos posted to Acorn Scanned readings posted to Acorn E-mail Office hours and contact ACORN for weekly information and assignments If you are a student with a documented disability who anticipates needing accommodations in this course, please inform me after you meet with Jill Davies (jill.davies@acadiau.ca or 585-1127) or Kathy O Rourke (disability.access@acadiau.ca or 585-1823) in Disability Access Services, located in the Student Resource Centre, which is on the lower floor of the Old SUB. Acadia University Policies: Academic Integrity and Dishonesty: Please read the section "Academic Integrity" found in the Acadia University Calendar, either on line (http://library.acadiau.ca/guides/plagiarism/student/index.html#aupolicy or the hard copy. Please familiarize yourself with these guidelines. Plagiarism is a serious offence at university. It is departmental policy that plagiarized work will receive a grade of F (zero), with no departmental appeal possible. In especially bad cases more severe penalties, including a course grade of F (zero) and/or a recommendation for expulsion from the university, are possible. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is a serious academic offence which has increased since extensive use of the internet. According to the online Oxford English Dictionary, plagiarism is defined as: The action or practice of plagiarizing; the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one's own, of the ideas, or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another. Plagiarism also includes: Having a friend write a paper for you or using someone else's as your own. Submitting a paper or assignment for more than one class! Downloading or buying a term paper from the web. Copying and pasting text from the web. Self plagiarism is also a form of plagiarism. It is the presentation of the same work in more than one course without the permission of the instructors involved. A student who knowingly helps another to commit an act of academic dishonesty is equally guilty. 3
Penalties are levied in relation to the degree of the relevant infraction. They range from requiring the student to re-do the piece of work, through failure on that piece of work, to failure in the course, and to dismissal from the university. Required Text: Lisa DiCaprio and Merry Wiesner, Lives and Voices, Sources in Women's History. (2001). This is your primary textbook. It will be used in class. Recommended Text: Katherine L. French and Allyson M. Poska, Women and Gender in the Western Past, Vol. 1 (2006) This text provided background information for lectures. Website will be used for quizzes. The link is on Acorn. Marking Scheme: Assignment Due Date Value Attendance & Participation Throughout the term 15% (Attendance 5%; Participation--10%) Quiz 1 4 October 5% Mid-Term Test 18 October 20% Quiz 2 25 October 5% Research Essay or Essay Alternative(1500 words) 22 November 15% Final Exam TBA 40% Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments: Every effort will be made to keep to schedule 6 September: Introduction to Course and Gender History; 11 and 13 September: Women and Men in Emerging Civilizations: Egypt, Babylon, Israel; Reading: French, Chapter I ; Wiesner, Chapter I 18 and 20 September: Gender in the Ancient World # 2: Greece Reading: French, Chapter 2; Wiesner, Chapter 2. 25 and 27 September: Gender in the Ancient World 3: Roman Republic and Roman Empire Readings: French, Chapter 3; Wiesner, Chapter 3 to page 83 27 September: Workshop # 1 Bring your Lives and Voices to Class We will work in groups on documents from Chapter 1. Please familiarize yourself with the documents in preparation for class. The precise readings will be posted on Acorn. 2 and 4 October: Women, Men and the Early Church: Pagans and Christians Readings: French, Chapter 4; Wiesner, Chapter 3 from page 84 to end of chapter. 4
Quiz 1: 4 October 9 and 11: Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages Readings: French, Chapter 5; Wiesner, Chapter 4. 11 October: Workshop # 2: Chapters 2 and 3: Wiesner. The precise readings will be posted on Acorn. 16 October: Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages Readings: French, Chapter 6 to page 205; Wiesner, Chapter 5 to page 162 18 October Mid-term: 18 October 23 and 25 October: Gender Roles in the Renaissance Readings: Did women have a Renaissance? French, Chapter 6, page 205- end; Wiesner, Chapter 5, page 163-end 25 October: Quiz # 2 30 October and 1 November: The Protestant Reformation and Gender Readings: French, Chapter 7, pages 218-234; Wiesner, Chapter 7 to page 242 1 November: : Workshop #3: Chapters 4 and 5: Wiesner 6 and 8 November: The European Witch hunts and the Origins of Patriarchy Readings: French, Chapter 7, pages 218-234; Wiesner, Chapter 7 to page 242 13 and 15 November: Early Modern Men and Women: Revolutions and Wars Readings: French, Chapter 7, pages 239-252 15 November Workshop # 4: Chapters 6 and 7 Wiesner 20 and 22 November: Early Modern Men and Women: Science and Medicine Readings: French, Chapter 7, pages 239-252 Essay Due: 22 November 27 and 29 November: Men and Women of The Enlightenment: Early Modern Men and Women of the Salons Readings: French, Chapter 8 to page 279; Wiesner, Chapter 7 pages 243-252 5