School of Gender Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU)

The Master of Arts in Gender Studies is a flagship programme of the School of Gender Studies, MGU which seeks to amalgamate rigorous theoretical explorations on gender with meaningful, actionable feminist practice. The programme offers future change nist practice. The programme offers future change makers a holistic educational experience that will engage them in learning and critiquing interdisciplinary texts and perspectives to make critical interventions in theory, policy and practice. The programme will provide students with an in-depth knowledge of the epistemological, conceptual, legal and empirical contexts in which gendered inequalities and power dynamics are produced and enacted. The programme aims to also challenge pedagogical inertia with syllabi that combine gender-centred core courses with multidisciplinary foundational courses and an evolving basket of innovative electives that will bring in practitioners, thinkers and activists engaging in gender issues in various institutional contexts in local, regional and global frameworks. The programme also emphasises an introduction to research methods that will help the students chart unique pathways and perspectives on gender in their future endeavours. The MA in Gender Studies aims to provide students with an opportunity ● to critically understand the theoretical and ethical concerns of gender, identity and sexuality in multidisciplinary contexts ● to create an inclusive pedagogical space where students can engage in learning conceptual categories that feminist and queer theory offers while also critiquing the various marginalities produced by inequalities of class, caste, race, religion, disability and sexuality. ● to apply gender theory to ongoing and emerging discussions in policy, planning and practice with an interdisciplinary approach and to contribute to contemporary feminist and queer political movements and projects. ● to develop skills in feminist and queer research and documentation to make transformations in various organizational and institutional contexts. ...view more