Gender Studies Courses Offered 2026/27 (Continuously updated)
Semester 1
GEND1001. Introduction to Gender Studies (Dr. Anna Bautista)
GEND2005. Religion, gender, and sexuality (Prof. Christina Wong)
GEND2006 TransAsia: navigating transness and intersections in Asia (Dr. Brenda Alegre)
GEND2008. Queer theory and women’s perspectives (Prof. Grace En-Yi Ting)
GEND2009 Feminist and queer literature in Asian contexts (Sanjena Sathian)
GEND2019. Staging the Body (Dr. Crystal Kwok)
GEND3901 Gender Studies Research (Capstone Experience) (Dr. Alison So)
Faculty of Arts
School of Humanities:
– CLIT2089 – Culture and ‘queer’ theory
– HIST2231 – Beauty Histories
School of Chinese:
– CHIN2146 – The “sickly beauties”: gender and illness in late imperial China
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
– JAPN2045 – Sex, gender, and technology in Japan
Faculty of Social Science:
– SOCI3012 – Gender and Society
Faculty of Law:
– LLAW3239 – Law and social justice at the intersections: gender, race, religion and sexuality
Semester 2
GEND1001 Introduction to Gender Studies (Dr. Alison So)
GEND2001. De-colonising gender (Dr. Brenda Alegre)
GEND2011. Feminism in popular culture (Dr. Anna Bautista)
GEND2012. Queer feminisms and Japan: approaches to stories, politics, and imagination (Prof. Grace En-Yi Ting)
GEND2015. Performing the body through film (Dr. Crystal Kwok)
GEND2018. Women in Hong Kong History: Private Lives and Public Voices (Dr. Alison So)
GEND3001. Internship in Gender Studies (Dr. Brenda Alegre)
GEND3901. Gender Studies research (capstone experience) (Prof. Grace En-Yi Ting)
Faculty of Arts
School of Humanities:
– ARTH2100 – Body, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary art
– CLIT2016 – The body in culture
– HIST2070 – Stories of self: History through autobiography
– HIST2143 – Love and loyalty: Women and gender in Chinese History
– HIST2161 – Making race
– HIST2213 – Witchcraft, magic, and the devil in early modern Europe and America
– HIST2232 – Women’s Magazines as History
School of Chinese:
– CHIN2264 – Chinese eroticism
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
– GLAS2141 – Women and Gender in Asia
Faculty of Social Science
– SOCI3011 – Gender and Crime
– SOCI3021 – Marriage and the family
– SOCI3081 – Sexuality, culture and identity
Faculty of Law
– LLAW3220 – Gender, sexuality and the law
(Last updated on July 28, 2026)
