Fall 2025 - GSWS 200 D100
Feminisms Without Borders (3)
Class Number: 2922
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2025: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Mariam Georgis
mgeorgis@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8006
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Explores the diverse tapestry of transnational feminist thought, including Indigenous, Black, anti-racist, anti-colonial, decolonial feminisms, in the context of global feminist struggles. We examine the ways gender, race, class and other socio-economic locations intersect across historical, cultural, political and economic contexts, using a range of scholarly and popular sources.
COURSE DETAILS:
Explores the diverse tapestry of transnational feminist thought, including Indigenous, Black, anti-racist, anti-colonial, decolonial feminisms, in the context of global feminist struggles. We examine the ways gender, race, class and other socio-economic locations intersect across historical, cultural, political and economic contexts, using a range of scholarly and popular sources.
In the twentieth century we witnessed the decolonization of the Third World/Global South, the rise and fragmentation of the communist ‘Second World’, the intensification and recolonization of almost the entire globe by capitalism, and the strengthening and solidification of ethnic, nationalist, and religious fundamentalist movements and nation-states. Within this political and economic context, antiracist feminist Chandra Talpade Mohanty asks: “what would an economically and socially just feminist politics look like?”. This course will explore the rich and diverse tapestry of transnational feminist thought, including Indigenous, Black, anti-racist, abolitionist, anti-colonial, anti-imperial, and decolonial feminisms. We will explore these in the context of global feminist struggles, paying attention to how gender, race, class and other socio-economic locations intersect across historical, cultural, political and economic contexts.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: https://www.sfu.ca/gsws/undergraduate/courses/goals
Grading
- Participation 15%
- In Class Critical Reflection Responses (x2) 25%
- Group Presentations 20%
- Final Project 40%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
All the weekly readings will be made available through the library.
Students will not be required to buy any books.
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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To learn more about the academic disciplinary process and relevant academic supports, visit:
- SFU’s Academic Integrity Policy: S10-01 Policy
- SFU’s Academic Integrity website, which includes helpful videos and tips in plain language: Academic Integrity at SFU
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.