Topical Questions in History and Theory of Architecture: Gendering History. Women Travellers 052-0851-21L
Seminar (052-0851-21)
Organizer: Group Anne Hultzsch
Lecturers: A. Hultzsch, L. Stalder
Time: Thursday, 12.00-14.00
Location: HIL E6
Syllabus - Gendering History HS21
The course material and readings can be found on Moodle.
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1 23 September Introduction
2 30 September Reading the Enlightenment
3 7 October Reading the Picturesque
4 14 October Reading the Sublime
5 21 October Writing Exercise
[28 October no class, seminar week]
6 4 November Mid-term Peer-Review
7 11 November Reading Empire 1
8 18 November Reading Empire 2
9 25 November Writing Exercise
10 2 December Guest Lecture and Discussion
11 9 December Final Peer-Review
Gendering History? Gendering Architectural History?
Core Reading
Offen, Karen M. ‘Thinking about Feminism in European History’. In European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History, 19–26. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000.
Pollock, Griselda. ‘About Canons and Culture Wars’. In Differencing the Canon: Feminist Desire and the Writing of Art’s Histories, 2–6. London and New York: Routledge, 1999.
Smethhurst, Paul. ‘Abroad’. In Forsdick, Charles, Zoë Kinsley, and Kathryn Walchester, eds. Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, 1–3. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2019.
Further reading
Bird, Dúnlaith. ‘Gender’. In Forsdick, Charles, Zoë Kinsley, and Kathryn Walchester, eds. Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, 98–101. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2019
Hills, Helen. ‘Theorizing the Relationships between Architecture and Gender in Early Modern Europe’. In Architecture and the Politics of Gender in Early Modern Europe, edited by Helen Hills, 3–22. Aldershot: Routledge, 2003.
Willis, Julie. ‘Invisible Contributions: The Problem of History and Women Architects’. Architectural Theory Review 3, no. 2 (November 1998): 57–68.
How did women view the changes to the position of the individual, to the concept of experience and the consequences for architecture, that occurred during what is called ‘the Enlightenment’?
Core Reading
Laugier, Marc-Antoine. ‘Essay on Architecture (1753)’. In The Emergence of Modern Architecture: A Documentary History from 1000 to 1810, edited by Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis, 333–38. London: Routledge, 2004.
Piozzi, Hester Lynch. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy and Germany. Vol. 2. 2 vols. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1789. 82-84, 98-104.
Schopenhauer, Johanna. Reise durch England und Schottland. Stuttgart: Steingrüben, 1965 (Leipzig, 1818). 7-14, 17-26.
Further reading
James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. ‘Neoclassicism, the Gothic Revival, and the Civic Realm. In Architecture since 1400, 237-254. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Thompson, Carl. ‘Journeys to Authority: Reassessing Women’s Early Travel Writing, 1763–1862’. Women’s Writing 24, no. 2 (3 April 2017): 131–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699082.2016.1207915.
PD Dr. Anne Hultzsch
Organizer: Group Anne Hultzsch
Lecturers: A. Hultzsch, L. Stalder
Time: Thursday, 12.00-14.00
Location: HIL E6
Syllabus - Gendering History HS21
The course material and readings can be found on Moodle.
[pic-nolightbox-20210902-172822-z232.jpg]
SCHEDULE
1 23 September Introduction
2 30 September Reading the Enlightenment
3 7 October Reading the Picturesque
4 14 October Reading the Sublime
5 21 October Writing Exercise
[28 October no class, seminar week]
6 4 November Mid-term Peer-Review
7 11 November Reading Empire 1
8 18 November Reading Empire 2
9 25 November Writing Exercise
10 2 December Guest Lecture and Discussion
11 9 December Final Peer-Review
1 Introduction
Gendering History? Gendering Architectural History?
Core Reading
Offen, Karen M. ‘Thinking about Feminism in European History’. In European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History, 19–26. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000.
Pollock, Griselda. ‘About Canons and Culture Wars’. In Differencing the Canon: Feminist Desire and the Writing of Art’s Histories, 2–6. London and New York: Routledge, 1999.
Smethhurst, Paul. ‘Abroad’. In Forsdick, Charles, Zoë Kinsley, and Kathryn Walchester, eds. Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, 1–3. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2019.
Further reading
Bird, Dúnlaith. ‘Gender’. In Forsdick, Charles, Zoë Kinsley, and Kathryn Walchester, eds. Keywords for Travel Writing Studies: A Critical Glossary, 98–101. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2019
Hills, Helen. ‘Theorizing the Relationships between Architecture and Gender in Early Modern Europe’. In Architecture and the Politics of Gender in Early Modern Europe, edited by Helen Hills, 3–22. Aldershot: Routledge, 2003.
Willis, Julie. ‘Invisible Contributions: The Problem of History and Women Architects’. Architectural Theory Review 3, no. 2 (November 1998): 57–68.
1 Reading the Enlightenment
How did women view the changes to the position of the individual, to the concept of experience and the consequences for architecture, that occurred during what is called ‘the Enlightenment’?
Core Reading
Laugier, Marc-Antoine. ‘Essay on Architecture (1753)’. In The Emergence of Modern Architecture: A Documentary History from 1000 to 1810, edited by Liane Lefaivre and Alexander Tzonis, 333–38. London: Routledge, 2004.
Piozzi, Hester Lynch. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy and Germany. Vol. 2. 2 vols. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1789. 82-84, 98-104.
Schopenhauer, Johanna. Reise durch England und Schottland. Stuttgart: Steingrüben, 1965 (Leipzig, 1818). 7-14, 17-26.
Further reading
James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. ‘Neoclassicism, the Gothic Revival, and the Civic Realm. In Architecture since 1400, 237-254. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Thompson, Carl. ‘Journeys to Authority: Reassessing Women’s Early Travel Writing, 1763–1862’. Women’s Writing 24, no. 2 (3 April 2017): 131–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/09699082.2016.1207915.
Contact
PD Dr. Anne Hultzsch
