Session 195: Roundtable: Women in World History: A Reappraisal of Approaches to Teaching: Sponsored by the Committee on Teaching about Asia (CTA)

Organizer and Chair: Keith Snodgrass, University of Washington

Discussants: Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago; Heidi Roupp, World History Connected; Anand A. Yang, University of Washington

Keywords: history, gender.

As world history a more necessary and widely taught topic at both the K–12 level and the collegiate level, the role of women and how that is addressed within the world history framework becomes increasingly important. Recent scholarship on this topic needs to be incorporated within the curriculum at all levels. This roundtable proposes to address how the study of women in Asian history as it relates to world history is included in newly evolving frameworks and curriculum on world history, including examining the scope of coverage, the integration of Asian topics in wider themes, and how recent scholarship is incorporated into these new frameworks. This panel will address both the content of these frameworks and methods of introducing this topic in the secondary and college classroom.