Queer London

Instructor

Dr. Susan Shaw

Location

London

Course Description

Who we are and what we do, monarchies and museums, churches and brothels, detective novels and Shakespeare’ plays, all are shaped by gender. As one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, London is a great place to explore the workings of gender, race, and social justice in history, society, art, architecture, science, and religion. From its ancient pagan religions to modern-day churches, mosques, and temples, from historical to contemporary monarchs, from the beginnings of the detective novel to today’s captivating crime dramas, London is a case study in interlocking social differences and structures of power. Studying in London offers opportunities not only to read about how gender and race work but to see and experience them through walking Jack-the-Ripper’s Whitechapel or discovering the untold LGBTQ stories in British history or taking afternoon tea in the posh Mayfair district or visiting the National Justice Museum.

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