Gender and sexuality: Pasts, presents, futures
This summer course explores issues of gender and sexuality in the contemporary world with a special emphasis on LGBTQ+ issues.
An international summer school at the University of Copenhagen.
This course asks: How has history formed the present that we find ourselves in, and how do we form the present that will become a future? We will explore this through reading, discussing, exploring the city, visiting activist organizations in Copenhagen, and having international experts teach and discuss with us.
The course partly overlaps thematically with the Danish Culture Course, Gender and Sexuality, which runs in both the Spring and Autumn semesters.
Read the full course description.
Weekends are included
Note that weekend days are included in the course schedule given the condensed period of two weeks.
Transportation
We will be using the university as our classroom, but also explore the city, and look for traces of its sexual and minority history.
All sites can be easily reached via public transport, bicycle, foot, or/and scooter – however, should you have any accessibility-related concerns, please feel free to mail your queries in advance to dcc@hum.ku.dk.
Examination
The exam is a written take-home assignment with an optional subject.
Scope: 6-10 standard pages.
Duration: 4 August 2025 – 13 August 2025 (including weekend).
- First round: 1 April 2025
- Second round: 1 June 2025 (after availability)