Postgraduate Module Descriptor


ARAM230: Gender, Sexuality and Violence in Palestine/Israel

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessmentSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Class discussions & workshopsWeekly1-7Verbal feedback
Project proposal1000 words1-6, 8-9Written & verbal feedback

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

CourseworkWritten examsPractical exams
10000

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment% of creditSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
News article posts (3)103 x online links to existing news articles, posted to our class forum4-6, 8Verbal feedback in seminar discussion
Reflective Diary453,000 words1-9Written feedback
Summative Project (group or individual)45Written submission of 2000 words OR 15 minute pre-recorded presentation. Submissions will be in a DIGITAL format [e.g., film review, exhibition review, op-ed article, short film, podcast, video or photo essay, poetry, play script, Instagram page, blog, etc.]. This list is not exhaustive. 1-9Written feedback; verbal feedback (if required)
0
0
0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessmentForm of re-assessmentILOs re-assessedTimescale for re-assessment
News article posts (3)3 x online links relevant to topics from our course4-6, 8August/September reassessment period
Reflective diaryReflective diary (3000 words)1-9August/September reassessment period
ProjectWritten submission of 2000 words OR 15-minute pre-recorded presentation. 1-9August/September reassessment period

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Abdo, N., Captive Revolution: Palestinian Women’s Anti-Colonial Struggle within the Israeli Prison System, 2014.

Abdo, N. and Yuval-Davis, N., Unsettling Settler Societies: Articulations of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class, 1995.

Abdo, N. and Masalha, N. (eds.), An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba, 2018.

Arvin, M., Tuck, E. and Morrill, A., ‘Decolonising Feminism: Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism and Heteropatriarchy’, Feminist Formations, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 8-34, 2013.

Fanon, F., ‘Concerning Violence’ in The Wretched of the Earth, 1968.

Icaza, R. and de Jong, S. (eds.) Decolonization and Feminisms in Global Teaching and Learning, 2019.

Lentin, R., Thinking Palestine, 2008.

Morgensen, S., ‘Theorising Gender, Sexuality and Settler Colonialism: An Introduction’, Settler Colonial Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 2-22, 2012.

Natanel, K., Sustaining Conflict: Apathy and Domination in Israel/Palestine, 2016.

Puar, J., Terrorist Assemblages: homonationalism in queer times, 2007.

Said, E., ‘Permission to Narrate’, Settler Colonial Studies, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 27-48, 1984.

Shalhoub-Kevorkian, N., Militarization and Violence against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East: A Palestinian Case Study, 2009.

Sharoni, S., Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Politics of Women’s Resistance, 1995.

Wolfe, P., ‘Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native’, Journal of Genocide Research, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 387-409, 2006.