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Gender and Women’s Studies
Profile
Number of Postgraduate Students
15
Research Degrees
MPhil/PhD
Director
Dr Anne-Marie Fortier
Taught Courses
MA in Gender and Women’s Studies
Postgraduate Enquiries
MA in Feminist Cultural Theory and Practice
tel: +44 (0)1524 592680
MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and
e-mail: soc-postgrad@lancaster.ac.uk
Education
MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and
Website
English
www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/gws/
MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and
Sociology
Location
Bowland North
Research in the field of Gender and Women’s Studies is organised TAUGHT COURSES
at Lancaster through the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies
within the Department of Sociology. This cross-disciplinary forum MA in Gender and Women’s Studies
provides a focus for more than 40 staff and postgraduate students
from 19 departments in the Arts and Social Sciences. Director of Studies: Professor Maureen McNeil.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
In the 2008 RAE, the Department of Sociology and the Entry Requirements: An upper second class honours degree, or its
Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies were ranked in equivalent, in Sociology, Gender and Women’s Studies or a related
the top 5 units in the UK. discipline.
Assessment: Combination of coursework and dissertation.
We run a series of seminars to which external speakers are invited; IELTS: 7.0
co-ordinate a listing of seminars on gender relations in Funding: See page 196.
departments across the University, and run specialist reading Further Information: www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/centres/gws/
groups in addition to co-ordinating Gender and Women’s Studies
teaching. This MA scheme is designed for those who wish to specialise at an
advanced level in the multidisciplinary subjects of Gender and
There are day schools and conferences in Gender and Women’s Women’s Studies.
Studies in which postgraduate students are encouraged to
participate. An interdisciplinary book series is based in the Centre The programme consists of two compulsory modules, Histories of
to publish research by leading and new scholars in the field. Feminist Debate, and Doing Feminist Research, and four others
chosen from a list of available options.
Some members of our core staff are also members of other
research centres including the Centre for Science Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies modules currently
Cesagen (ERSC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of include
Genomics) at Lancaster. Auto/Biography: Writing a Woman’s Life
Debates in Contemporary Feminism
There is also a Postgraduate Workshop at which postgraduates Doing Feminist Research
discuss issues arising in their research, a research training Engendered Education
programme including an Induction Day and regular research events Feminist Cultural Theory
for postgraduate students. You receive consistent supervision and Feminist International Relations
full feedback procedures, including annual panels, are integrated Gender and Language
into the research programme. Gender and Islam: Muslim Women and the Qu’ran
Gender, Sex and Bodies
Our students have pursued various careers including journalism, Histories of Feminist Debates
teaching, equal opportunities, research, social and health care. You Women in Western Religious Traditions
will develop an array of skills including knowledge of feminist Women and Sexuality in the Christian Tradition
theory, feminist methodologies, communication and writing skills. Women’s Studies Research Project
Victorian Women Poets
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