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The proposed change has been long in the making. Since the beginning of women’s studies, issues of gender and sexuality have been integral to the discipline and are currently at the forefront of scholarship in the field. Even a glance at the Committee’s website...
Epps called the council’s vote a “wise and respectful decision” and said it will be of benefit both to students in the concentration and the University.
Epps said the new tracks would help ensure that students in the concentration will be able to find courses of study to suit their intellectual goals.
Epps said the tone of the discussion was “friendly” and “engaged” and that “people raised very good questions.”
Discussion about the place of gender and sexuality studies began seriously last year, with an unofficial Faculty committee that convened to hash out ways of centralizing those studies at Harvard. Epps said he convened the group after he was approached by several students from other departments seeking ways to plan...