Women's Studies at the University of Oulu

The Women's Studies unit, situated at The Faculty of Education, serves all the faculties through its inter- and multidisciplinary nature and outreach in the Department of Educational Sciences and Teacher Education.

The profile of Women's Studies at the University of Oulu reflects the general mission statement of the University of Oulu and its particular areas of focus: education and pedagogy, equality, Nordicity and Indigeneity, multiculturalism in the North, globalisation, information technology and cyberculture (including cyberecofeminism). The Women's Studies unit offers courses in areas the are not taught or well-represented in other Finnish universities: Ecofeminism, comparative Indigenous women's issues (Sami and Native Canadian women), women with disabilities and Northern women writers.

Although most of the courses cover readings in languages other than Finnish (Swedish, English, some French and German), Women's Studies courses themselves are taught in Finnish. However, it is possible for international students to take courses in the context of Northern Women's Studies, taught periodically (see the NWS program). Furthermore, it is possible for international students to get credits in Women's Studies by negotiating the terms and equivalences with Senior lecturer Vappu Sunnari and by taking examinations and filling other requirements in English. In addition, the unit hosts web courses on gendered and sexualised violence. All the course material is in English and the course will also be mentored in English.

Courses are also offered through Hilma, see http://www.hilmaverkosto.fi/english

Upcoming course: Introduction to Finnish Women's Studies – web course (5 ECTS ) 27.10 – 17.12.2008

This course aims to introduce some important themes of Women's and Gender Studies with a
specific Finnish perspective.

Teachers: Anu Hirsiaho, Eva Mikaela Kinnari, Annamari Vänskä

Organizers: Universities of Helsinki and Tampere and Åbo Akademi, Hilma-University
Network of Women's Studies

Themes: Gender, Equality & Power

Course description: The course centers around three themes; the concept of gender, gender
equality, and (gendered) power. Through these themes the student will gain an insight
into Finnish society and some contexts in which gender, equality and power are
significant factors. The course is divided into three sections, each of two weeks,
centering around the themes, and each teacher is responsible for one theme. For each
theme the students will read two or more texts and discuss them in smaller groups.

Target group: Exchange students of gender studies in Universities of Helsinki, Joensuu,
Jyväskylä, Lappi, Oulu, Tampere, Turku and Åbo Akademi

Registration: 22.9.-10.10.2008

For Women's Studies students

If you wish to do graduate or post-graduate in our areas of specialization, we can provide assistance in reading, funding and supervising the theses in English.

History

Women's Studies at the University of Oulu was launched 1989 although the Chair in Women's Studies was instituted only in September 1999. Originally, Women's Studies at the University of Oulu was housed in the Faculty of Humanities and had a literary focus.

Projects

Women's studies is actively coordinating and participating in projects (see project websites for more information)

APROPOS - Multisectoral and Multidiciplinary Network for Violence prevention

Gender Violence Effects Indicators

From Violence to Caring - a Gender Sensitive Longitudinal Study on School Violence and Development of Safe School Culture

Unicafe - Survey of the University Career of Female Scientists at Life Sciences versus Technical Universities

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