Objectives: The students are familiar with women's studies through the current debates on migrancy, ethnic minorities and gender.

Content: The seminar focuses on analysing the representations and self-representations of migrants and ethnic minorities. Migrant and minority positions will be studied in the light of postcolonial studies and theories of ethnicity and nationalism, and related issues such as multiculturalism and intersectionality.

Form of Study: The seminar consists of lectures and group-work (reading a selection of representative texts). The students are expected to produce a presentation and an essay concentrating on some specific ethnic minority or migrant group.

Timetable: Introduction 9.2., lecture 16.2., lecture 23.2., seminar 2.3,  (no course on 9.3.) seminar continues 16.3., 23.3., 30.3., 6.4., (no course on 13.4.), 20.4., 27.4. Visiting lectures to be announced later.

Registration (14 students): Please send email to the teacher: eila.rantonen@uta.fi.

The seminar is primarily meant for foreign and exchange students but Finnish students may also be admitted provided there is room in the group.

Registration by e-mail to the teacher: eila.rantonen@uta.fi