618.383 (21S) Working Women Throughout History
Overview
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- 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
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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
Time and place
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
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 schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor's degree programme History
(SKZ: 603, Version: 11W.1)
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Subject: Freie Wahlfächer
(Optional subject)
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Freie Wahlfächer (
0.0h XX / 18.0 ECTS)
- 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
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Freie Wahlfächer (
0.0h XX / 18.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Freie Wahlfächer
(Optional subject)
- Master's degree programme Adult Learning and Education and Vocational Education and Training
(SKZ: 847, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(Compulsory elective)
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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
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b6.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Social Pedagogy and Social Inclusion
(SKZ: 846, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(Compulsory elective)
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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
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b6.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(Compulsory elective)
- Master's degree programme Diversity Education in School and Society
(SKZ: 545, Version: 20W.1)
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Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(Compulsory elective)
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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
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b6.1 LV zu Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven (
0.0h XX / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Gender Studies: Transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law
(SKZ: 519, Version: 12W.3)
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Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies
(Compulsory elective)
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Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (
4.0h VK/KU / 8.0 ECTS)
- 618.383 Working Women Throughout History (2.0h VC / 4.0 ECTS)
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Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies (
4.0h VK/KU / 8.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Feministische Wissenschaft/Gender Studies
(Compulsory elective)
- Bachelor's degree programme Business and Law
(SKZ: 519, Version: 18W.1)
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Subject: Gender Studies
(Compulsory elective)
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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
-
7.12.1 Gender Studies 1 (
0.0h VO, VC, KS, SE / 4.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Gender Studies
(Compulsory elective)
- 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
-
Freie Wahlfächer (
0.0h XX / 9.0 ECTS)
-
Subject: Freie Wahlfächer
(Optional subject)