1 Goddesses and Other Divine Women WCL 3355 Dr. Caryn Tamber-Rosenau Spring 2025 Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2:30 p.m. Agnes Arnold 301 E-mail: cmtamber@central.uh.edu Office phone: 713-743-9341 Student office hours: Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30. My office is on the 6 th floor of Agnes Arnold Hall in an interior hallway shared with the African American Studies program. My office number is AH 639. You can come to student office hours to discuss the course, questions you have, assignments, etc. No appointment is necessary to come to student office hours. If you need to meet outside of these hours, please e-mail me to make an appointment. Please call me: Dr. Tamber-Rosenau, Prof. Tamber-Rosenau, Dr. T-R, Prof. T-R, or just Professor (she/her pronouns) How to get in touch: Send me an email! I generally respond within 24 hours during the week and within 48 hours over a weekend. If I don’t reply within that time frame, please contact me again. Course description: What do goddesses do? What are the connections between gender and divinity? Are there transgender divine figures? How are goddesses and other female divine figures represented in popular culture? Why do scholars and the public often misinterpret goddesses? How do monotheistic faiths incorporate the divine feminine? Did God “kill the goddess”? In this course, we will explore these and other questions by examining visual and literary primary sources, as well as secondary scholarly literature. We will discuss goddesses and other divine women in a variety of historical and modern cultures, including ancient Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia as well as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Students will hear guest lecturers from around the university. Image: Burney Relief, 19 th -18 th centuries B.C.E., British Museum