618.383 (21S) Working Women Throughout History

Sommersemester 2021

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First course session
22.03.2021 18:30 - 20:00 Online Off Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

For further information regarding teaching on campus, please visit: https://www.aau.at/en/corona.
Lecturer
Course title german Working Women Throughout History
Type Lecture - Course (continuous assessment course )
Course model Online course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 4.0
Registrations 10 (20 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 22.03.2021
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Remarks (english)
  • Dear participants, thank you very much for your interest in „working women throughout history”, and welcome. To ensure that the class will actually take place, I have enhanced the access to the class for students of history, education sciences and so on. Therefore, I have also delayed the date for our first appointment, and will arrange another one. If that is a problem for you, please, contact me. nora.melzer@uni-graz.at

Best wishes, nora melzer

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge about therelevance of women’s work (paid and unpaid) throughout history; motivation andencouragement of the participants to think of their own role on the labourmarket, as well as the women in their families; reflection on the currentsituation of women and their work in economy.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

lectures

free writing of shortessays during the lessons on working women of the participants’ families

watching and discussion ofthe documentation about Käthe Leichter, a pioneer of Austrian labour law, andanti-discrimination measures 

watching and discussion ofa documentation about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court

Team work and presentationon specific topics by the students 

Speeches by the participants

Course content

The coursemainly deals with legal, historical, and sociological  developementsof working women. The starting point will be the legal situation in varioushistorical eras and context, and their impact on the performance of work bywomen and girls. On this basis, the current situation of women’s employment andlabour is being analyzed and discussed. The issue itself, thecircumstances of the cases, and the actual situation allow open discussion andcontroversy, in legal, economic and historical fields. Thus, due to the overalltopic, the participation of students of allbranches of study at the University of Klagenfurt is possible, and they arewelcome to contribute by bringing theknowledge of their fields. 

Main topics will be:

  • farmer, agricultural worker, prostitute and queen – only possible professions for women?
  • Rural exodus: factory worker and maiden are widening the range of allowed professions
  • the new group of white-collar workers: secretary and shop girls
  • (legal) reasons of (explicit) prohibition of women’s work
  • Paid and unpaid work of women throughout history
  • Relation of real property and working opportunities
  • Union movement and women’s work
  • Pioneers in their fields (first lawyer, physician, architect, CEO with…)
  • Have their always been housewives?
  • (First) specific work and health protection measures for women
  • Leading women – still not equal?
  • Everyday life problem: is the gender pay gap real?

Link to further information

https://www.aau.at/rechtswissenschaften/privatrecht-arbeitsrecht/

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Modified examination information (exceptional COVID-19 provisions)

If an examination in the lecture hall is not possible due to Covid-19 restricitons, the examination will take place in distance mode (ROPE). 

Examination methodology

students‘ activeparticipation (discussion, team work and presentation, speeches, short essays)

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme History (SKZ: 603, Version: 11W.1)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 18.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Adult Learning and Education and Vocational Education and Training (SKZ: 847, Version: 20W.1)
    • Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (Compulsory elective)
      • b6.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Social Pedagogy and Social Inclusion (SKZ: 846, Version: 20W.1)
    • Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (Compulsory elective)
      • b6.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Master's degree programme Diversity Education in School and Society (SKZ: 545, Version: 20W.1)
    • Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (Compulsory elective)
      • b6.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven ( 0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
    • Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies ( 4.0h VK/KU / 8.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Gender Studies (Compulsory elective)
      • 7.12.1 Gender Studies 1 ( 0.0h VO, VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law (SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
    • Subject: Freie Wahlfächer (Optional subject)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
        • 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen

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Sommersemester 2023
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Sommersemester 2020
  • 618.383 VC Working Women Throughout History (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)