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.
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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.
If you would like to be added to the Directory, please contact us at gender.ed@ed.ac.uk.
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| Name | Details |
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Global Perspectives on Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
Child and adolescent mental health has been identified by the World Health Organisation as a major, yet neglected global health priority. This course will provide an overview of different mental health conditions that can affect children and young people and the social settings, determinants and structural factors which can exacerbate poor mental health. |
Global Women Filmmakers |
The course focuses on rethinking the notion of film auteurism by engaging with the work of a number of global women filmmakers. We will look at how contexts of production and reception impact the work of female filmmakers, and we will explore a variety of issues regarding female agency and women¿s access to the means of production and distribution. What is the role of film festivals for the circulation of films made by women? Where are these films available and for which audience? In what ways are diasporic women filmmakers contributing to decolonising the gaze? |
Greg Walker |
Professor Greg Walker (he/him) is Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. Greg is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the English Association, the Society of Antiquaries, the Agder Academy of Arts and Sciences (Norway), and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an elected member of the Academia Europaea. He was Chair of the REF 2021 sub-panel for English Language and Literature. |
Gulf Politics |
This course offers taught postgraduate students an introduction to the history, politics, and development of the Gulf states of the Middle East. A distinct sub-system of the region, the resourcerich states of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran command enduring relevance within the international system. |
Hannah Halliwell |
Biography |
Harish Nair |
Professor Harish Nair is a Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences and the Co-Director of the Centre for Global Health at the Usher Institute. He is also involved with RESCEU and RESPIRE. Harish is both medically and scientifically trained (MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi in India and PhD from University of Edinburgh). |
Harriet Cornell |
Harriet (she/her) taught Economic and Social History, and Scottish History at the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, before moving to Edinburgh Law School after completing a Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship. |
Hatice Yıldız |
Dr Hatice Yıldız is a Lecturer in Modern Gender History since 1750 at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. She is affiliated with both the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History and the Edinburgh Centre for Global History. Her research interests lie at the intersection of gender, economic and social histories of South Asia and the Middle East. |
Health inequities and the social determinants of health (Distance learning) |
Inequalities or disparities in the health of different population groups are seen both within and between countries. The term 'health inequities' denotes differences in the health status of groups occupying unequal positions in society; such inequities can be seen across multiple axes including gender, ethnicity/race, area and socioeconomic position. This course aims to demonstrate the extent of inequalities in health, to explore the underlying determinants of health and health inequalities, and to consider policy responses to health inequities. |
Health, bodies and embodiment |
This course supports students to understand and engage critically with social scientific approaches to human bodies and embodiment, and to appreciate the relevance of these to studying health. It is primarily designed for students undertaking the MA Health, Science and Society but takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing widely from sociology, anthropology, philosophy, cultural studies, and is open to students in Years 3 and 4 across the University. The course will be of particular interest to students undertaking degrees in Social and Political Sciences. |