Women's Studies at the University of Turku
The Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Turku is a unit under the Faculty of Humanities and its School of Art Studies. The special focus of the Centre is on humanities - aesthetic subjects, history, cultural studies.
The Centre for Women's Studies was founded in 1995 but courses in Women's Studies have been taught since the mid 80s. The programme in Women's Studies aims at an interdisciplinary approach in both teaching and research. The aim is to give students a broad knowledge of feminist methodology and theory. The programme focuses on Nordic (Scandinavian) women, dealing with historical perspectives and with current issues. The fields of research are in cultural and social studies. The teaching is given mainly in Finnish.
The Centre co-operates with The Institute of Women's Studies at Åbo Akademi University in planning courses in English which then are open to students from both universities. Despite this, exchange students of Turku University who attend courses at The Institute of Women's Studies at Åbo Akademi University, must register as students at Åbo Akademi University separately.
Note! The Centre for Women's Studies only offers courses for undergraduate exchange students. There are no courses or teaching available on postgraduate level.
If you want to know more about Women's Studies generally in Finland, The Christina Institute for Women´s Studies at the University of Helsinki offers some good links in English. We recommend also HILMA - the University Network for Women's Studies.