TEACHING FEMINIST THEORY AND CRITICISM: HAS FEMINIST THEORY BECOME MAINSTREAM?
TEACHING FEMINIST THEORY AND CRITICISM: HAS FEMINIST THEORY BECOME MAINSTREAM?

Summary/Abstract: Relaying on the authors’ experience in teaching feminist theory and criticism at all levels of academic studies (BA, MA, and PhD) and dedication to practice of feminist pedagogy in the classroom, the paper aims to show gains as well as challenges in teaching interdisciplinary courses in feminist theory and to critically examine the presence of feminist theory in courses taught at Faculty of Philology and Faculty of Political Science of the University in Belgrade. Authors analyze syllabi, other course materials (both translated and published in Serbian), students’ attitudes towards the courses at the beginning and end of the semester, students’ feedback, and the challenges of anti-gender discourses in academia, in an effort to create a feminist classroom. The necessary attention is paid to the different ways in which feminist theory has been institutionalized at two faculties of the University of Belgrade, as well as to the collaboration between them.

• Details
• Contents