Diary dates 2024
course calendar
GENERAL INFORMATION
Semester dates
Semester 1:
Semester 2:
Semester structure
Each semester is 12 weeks long, with two breaks for you to focus on catching up with reading and working on your semester assignment.
The first semester breaks early for one week for the Spring holidays (???), and then again for one week (???) for UK school half term and Memorial Day (in the US).
The second semester breaks for one week for UK school half term (???) and for Thanksgiving (???) (in the US).
Lectures are recorded so you can watch them later, but to aid freedom and spontaneity of discussion, seminars are not recorded.
Lectures
The lecture is a live 90 minute session with a introduction before and a discussion afterwards.
The lecture is available on the website the day after the second of the two lectures for the module. You can access it at any time thereafter.
Seminars
The seminars build on the lecture session through a 90 minute discussion/workshop on the module theme.
Timing
Lecture and seminar sessions are each given twice a week, on alternating weeks, with the lecture in week 1 of the module followed by the seminar in week 2. You are welcome to attend both weekly sessions if you want to.
SESSION A: 10 am UK time on Sundays
SESSION B: 7 pm UK time on Wednesdays
Scroll down for the exact dates of each class and please put them in your own calendar.
Zoom links
Meeting ID: 364 893 6459
Password: CMS2023
You will be sent Zoom reminders just before each session, but in the event of an email failure you can always get in using the meeting ID.
All times are set for the UK
Make sure to factor in changes in the time difference due to Daylight Savings in your own location and in the UK (where the time changes on March 26 and October 29.)
ALL DATES TO BE CHANGED TO 2024 dates
Semester One
March 19 – June 7
Module 01. Introduction to Contemporary Menstrual Studies
Sunday, March 19, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, March 22, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, March 26, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, March 29, 7 pm: Seminar
Module 02. Menstruation in popular culture
Sunday, April 2, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, April 5, 7 pm: Lecture
Break 1
April 6—15
Module 02. Menstruation in popular culture (continued)
Sunday, April 16, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, April 19, 7 pm: Seminar
Module 03. Menstrual Stigma
Sunday, April 23, 10 am: Lecture
Friday, April 28, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, April 30, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, May 3, 7 pm: Seminar
Module 04. Menstruation and feminism
Sunday, May 7, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, May 10, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, May 14, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, May 17, 7 pm: Seminar
Module 05. Menstruation, wellbeing and health
Sunday, May 21, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, May 24, 7 pm: Lecture
Break 2
May 27-June 3
semester 1 assignment due
June 7
Module 05. Menstruation, wellbeing and health (continued)
Sunday, June 4, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, June 7, 7 pm: Seminar
Semester Two
September 17 – December 6
Module 06. Menstruation, business and technology
Sunday, Sept 17, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, Sept 20, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, Sept 24, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, Sept 27, 7 pm: Seminar
Module 07. Menstruation and the workplace
Sunday, Oct 1, 10 am, 11 am: Lecture
Wednesday, Oct 4, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, Oct 8, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, Oct 11, 7 pm: Seminar
Module 08. Menstruation and sustainability
Sunday, Oct 15, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, Oct 18, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, Oct 22, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, Oct 25, 7 pm: Seminar
Break 1
October 29 — November 4
Module 09. Menstruation, menstrual activism, and the law
Sunday, Nov 5, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, Nov 8, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, Nov 12, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, Nov 15, 7 pm: Seminar
Break 2
November 18 — November 25
Semester 2 Assignment due
November 25
Module 10. Integration and summing up
Sunday, Nov 26, 10 am: Lecture
Wednesday, Nov 29, 7 pm: Lecture
Sunday, Dec 3, 10 am: Seminar
Wednesday, Dec 6, 7 pm: Seminar