Online Text Collection for Lecturers

The online Gender Studies text collection contains gender related texts in electronic form. In accordance with the currently applicable data protection guidelines, the library can be used by lecturers in Gender Studies at the University of Zurich.

The text collection is structured as follows:

• Basic theoretical readings: This section contains texts from introductory courses and fundamental theories.
• Core topics and subject areas: This section contains texts on core topics in gender studies, such as queer studies and intersexuality. Texts on scientific theory can also be found here.
• Disciplines: This section contains texts that can be clearly assigned to a specific subject, such as history or media studies.
• Methods
• Theories of science
• Course reader

The entire text collection can be searched using keyword search.

The text collection is located on SWITCHdrive. Interested lecturers can use it during the semester in which they are teaching at UZH. To obtain access authorization, please contact genderstudies[at]aoi.uzh.ch

The online Gender Studies text collection was created in cooperation with the E-Learning Center of the Faculty of Arts and SWITCH, which develops Internet services on behalf of Swiss universities and operates an interuniversity database. The original aim of the project was to create an electronic library that could be operated and used beyond the University of Zurich in cooperation with other university centers for gender studies within the framework of the Gender Studies CH network. This would have provided both students and lecturers with an attractive pool of fundamental research literature. Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, the project could not be realized in this interuniversity form. The online text collection is therefore currently only available to lecturers at the University of Zurich who offer their own courses in the field of gender studies.
The current inventory reflects the courses offered to date in the field of gender studies. We are endeavoring to continuously expand this inventory and welcome the submission of additional fundamental texts, which we will gladly include in the text collection.