Week 1 Introduction to the course and brief overview of the content.

Week 2 How do we emphasize our identity(s)?

Week 3 Surfacing the field: the social construction of identity

Week 4 From “me” to the “collective.” The concept of “stigma.”

Week 5 The social construction of Reality.

Week 6 The “trinity” of the discursive field of identity: gender, ethnicity and class.

Week 8 Gender identity - construction and reconstruction

Week 9 Ethnic and racial identities. Outreach visit

Week 10 Identities in Organizations.

Week 11 IDENTITY. THE REPRESENTATION IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Week 12. Researching Identity.

Week 13 FINAL ASSIGNMENT