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Root number
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520637 |
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Semester
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HS2026 |
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Type of course
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Course |
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Allocation to subject
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History |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
Of ‘Normal’ Bodies and ‘Abnormal’ Sexes: Historical Perspectives on Gender in Medicine. |
| Description |
The term “gender medicine” has become widely used in contemporary discourse. According to medical experts, the male and female bodies differ in significant ways: not only do they exhibit distinct symptoms in the case of myocardial infarction, but they are also shaped by sociocultural factors that contribute to persistent inequalities between the genders. The historical neglect of these dimensions in scientific research, medical diagnostics, and therapeutic practice is itself rooted in history.
This source course addresses these issues by examining how the female and male body (and bodies existing beyond these categories) have been treated within the history of medicine. What medical theories and concepts of sex/gender and the body have been proposed, and how did they evolve from the late nineteenth to the twentieth century? What notions of normality and abnormality emerged? How were concepts of sex and gender negotiated? In what ways did medical innovations shape perspectives on the body, and which actors were involved in these processes? And what about Switzerland?
Throughout the course, we will engage with primary sources from late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe that address medicine and gender, while also becoming familiar with historiographical perspectives through the study of secondary literature. In doing so, students will acquire the fundamental skills of historical source criticism and analysis, and practice historical inquiry. The course will not only explore a range of historiographical approaches and methods from the entangled history of medicine and gender, but will also critically reflect on their limitations. |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Sarah Jessica Scheidmantel, Institute of History, Modern and Contemporary General and Swiss History ✉
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ECTS
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5 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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No |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Tuesday 14:15-16:00 Weekly
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Rooms
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