PSCI 2500 Gender and Politics
Offered Fall 2022 – Register Now!
Tuesdays 11:35 – 13:25
Lindsay Robinson, PhD Candidate
This course goes beyond a singular emphasis on (particular white) women’s experiences of sexism, and instead encourages students to explore the many ways in which we can think about, experience, and theorize gender. In so doing, this course will introduce students to fundamental feminist theoretical frameworks – including those of intersectionality, decolonial feminism, and postcolonial feminism. Nevertheless, it also remains committed to facilitating thoughtful discussions on timely social and political issues related to gender, sexuality, race, colonialism, disability, and more, spanning from Indigenous-led social movements like Land Back on the one hand, to the possibilities of feminist foreign policies, on the other. The course ultimately aims to encourage us to reflect on the ways in which gender (amongst other social categories) shapes each of our lives in deeply intimate yet
equally political ways.
Lindsay Robinson (she/her) is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Carleton University with specializations in Gender & Diversity and International Relations. Her research interests include feminist theory, girls and children, global development, and decolonial and Indigenous politics. Lindsay remains committed to anti-imperial feminist politics, with her dissertation focusing on decolonial feminist solidarities between differently situated girls across the globe.