GENDER.ED Directory

Welcome to the GENDER.ED Directory. It brings together gender and sexualities studies researchers from across the University of Edinburgh, and gender and sexualities studies-related courses at undergraduate ordinary, honours, and postgraduate levels. With over 330 entries, the GENDER.ED Directory provides a comprehensive overview of the research and teaching being conducted at the University of Edinburgh. The Directory is designed to be used by prospective and current students and researchers, potential collaborators, and the wider community interested in gender and sexualities studies.

Researchers found in the Directory range from our PhD and early career researchers to Professors. Within these profiles, you will find details of research interests, ongoing research projects, noteworthy gender and sexualities-related publications, and teaching activity. We hope these entries will enable researchers to connect with one another (across and beyond the institution), encouraging multidisciplinary collaboration.

Course entries on the Directory provide insight into the content taught in each course, the course’s credit level, and the year taken. Course entries provide a valuable resource to students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, assisting in navigating gender and sexualities studies pathways through their University programmes.

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Name	Details
Introduction to The Modern History of Sexuality	Today, sex is at the tip of society's tongue. What really is this thing called 'sexuality' and how did it become such a ubiquitous social and political issue? This course offers a first introduction to the sexual past that seeks to answer this question with a focus on the modern West. It may be less suitable for students who already have a background in sexuality and gender studies. SCQF Credits: 20 Credit Level: 10 Year Taken: UG3
Investigating Individual Learner Differences	This course is appropriate for practising teachers and new teachers who are interested in language learning and teaching issues. The course examines a range of psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic differences found among learners considering them in the context of the second language classroom and the implication of these differences implications for language teaching pedagogy.
Investigating Science in Society	'Investigating Science in Society' considers the social nature of science and scientific knowledge, as well as the relationship between science and wider society. We begin by considering different ways that people have tried to make sense of science: through assumptions, by writing definitions and by carrying out studies of what scientists do. We move on to systematically explore important elements of scientific practice. We examine the inner workings of scientific observation, experimentation, teamwork, writing, replication and debate.
Iona Macintyre	Her broad research interests are in the writing (including narrative, poetry, and political and historical writing), history, and culture of nineteenth-century Spanish America and Brazil. Within this she works primarily on: Argentina history of the book gender studies popular print forms (such as conduct and pamphlet literature) Spanish American independence transatlantic relations
Issues and Concepts in Digital Society	This postgraduate seminar is a core course, taught in conjunction with Researching Digital Life. The course will explore the rise of digital and mobile technologies and their effects on macro-level social institutions, as well as on everyday social life. This core course provides an introduction to the key concepts and debates in the field of digital sociology.
Jackie Gulland	Dr Jackie Gulland is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh. Her work is inter-disciplinary and crosses the fields of social policy, sociology, social work, history and law. Her research interests include: Disability Older people Caring Gender How people negotiate their rights within the welfare state. Her current research concerns gender and care and the relationship between the social security system and concepts of work and reproductive labour. Jackie’s recent publications include:
Jaime Garcia Iglesias	Jaime Garcia-Iglesias (he/him) is sociologist and a Chancellor’s Fellow in Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society; Usher Institute. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester and a MA in Critical Theory from the University of Nottingham. Jaime’s work spans the sociology of health and illness, public health, sexuality, and digital technology: he has worked extensively on sexual health and its social impacts among men who have sex with men, particularly in relation to HIV and Mpox. He also works across sociology, history, and queer studies.
Javier Pérez-Osorio	Javier (he/him) is a queer Latin American film scholar. He holds a PhD in Film and Screen Studies from the University of Cambridge. Javier also holds an MA in Film and Film Cultures from the University of Leicester and a BA in Philosophy and Theology from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). Research Interests
Jazz Studies: Critical Perspectives on Music and Culture	While not a history class per se, this course will take a roughly chronological approach to examining the evolution of jazz as musical and cultural practice from c. 1920 - 2000. In addition to contextual musical content, relevant theoretical frameworks will include (but are not limited to) aspects of race theory, gender theory, disability, anecdotal theory, and approaches drawn from ethnomusicology.
Jeevan Sharma	Jeevan R Sharma is Senior Lecturer in South Asia and International Development at the University of Edinburgh.

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