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Title : Gender, Race and Religion in the Soviet Union • Faculty, department : UVES • Language of instruction : English • Flagship and/or transversal skills : Flagship 2, Europe in a changing world: understanding and engaging societies, economies, cultures, and languages; skills Critical thinking and social engagement • Capacity : 30 students • Examination : final paper • Virtual mobility : yes, fully online via ZOOM+Moodle • How the course will be taught (weekly, every second week…) and the starting date : Thursdays, 24 February Full description and link to moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/enrol/index.php?id=13008 Course description: This course introduces students to major themes in the field of Soviet gender, race and religious history. Covering the period from the revolution to the collapse of the country, the course examines experiences, identities and gender relations. Among many topics, the course will explore issues such as racialisation of minorities, race in the cold war context, religious policies in Central Asia, religion and dissident movement, gendered labour relations, family roles, maternity, fatherhood, sexuality, sex-work, abortion, political engagement, gender representations in posters and films, etc. Students will be marked by their participation, presentation, book review and final essay. Class Participation and discussion questions: 20% Presentation: 10% Book Review: 20% Final Paper (2000 words +-10%): 50% Students will engage with primary sources translated into English, watch films, analyse posters and other visual materials, and discuss the most relevant academic literature. All readings are in English and uploaded to the moodle page. Tentative lecture and seminar subjects:
1. Introduction to Gender History
2. Gender Revolution
3. The 1920s, NEP and Gender
4. Race and the Soviet Union
5. Assault (Hujum) on Muslim Populations in Central Asia
6. Gender and Stalinism
7. Gender, Race and Muslim Communities after the Second World War
8. Stalinism Goes Abroad
9. Youth Sexuality in the context of Race and Cold War
10. Motherhood and Fatherhood
11. Race and Mature Socialism
12. Gender in the late Soviet period – Religious Dissidents
13. Final discussions