In a noteworthy academic development, a prestigious Ivy League institution is introducing a thought-provoking course that delves into the complex interplay between gender studies and the contentious issue of what is described as the “genocide” in Gaza.

Princeton University plans to offer this 200-level course, titled “Gender, Reproduction, and Genocide,” in the upcoming spring semester. The course promises to provide students with a comprehensive exploration of genocide through the lens of gender analysis, with a pronounced emphasis on the ongoing situation in Gaza.

According to the course description available on Princeton’s website, “This seminar explores genocide through the analytic of gender, with a central focus on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.” The curriculum is designed to draw from a rich tapestry of decolonial, Indigenous, and feminist perspectives, examining how genocidal endeavors impact reproductive life, as well as sexual, familial, and community structures essential for survival.

Integrated within the university’s anthropology and gender studies programs, the course aims to encourage students to critically engage with these challenging topics, fostering a deeper understanding of the sociopolitical dynamics at play.

As students walk across the historic campus of Princeton University, they will have the opportunity to engage with this unique academic offering, broadening their perspectives on complex global issues.

“Students will engage reproductive justice frameworks, survivor testimony, and Palestinian feminist critiques of colonial violence, while situating Gaza within comparative histories of the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, and genocide against Black and Indigenous populations,” according to the description.

The class also promises that students will interface with “leading feminist scholars.”

Visiting scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, an Israeli-born feminist scholar who abruptly retired from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem amid scandal last year, will instruct the class.

Hamas terrorists watch the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Princeton described Shalhoub-Kevorkian as a “feminist whose scholarship on the settler colonial state’s brutality, unchilding, securitized and sacralized politics, state crime, law and society, and global feminist politics, challenges epistemic violence.”

In Israel, she was an outspoken critic of the war in Gaza and reportedly cast doubt on reports of sexual violence by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israeli concertgoers. Over the past several years, she faced significant backlash from state leaders.

President Donald Trump successfully negotiated a peace deal between Israel and Hamas on the two-year mark of the beginning of the war. That deal included a ceasefire and Israeli troop withdrawal in exchange for the return of Israeli hostages held in brutal conditions in Gaza.

President Donald Trump during a dinner with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize after the historic agreement.

Princeton referred Fox News Digital to a letter by its president, Christopher L. Eisgruber, regarding the school’s commitment to academic freedom.

The school said that Shalhoub-Kevorkian’s appointment as a visiting scholar concludes next July. 

Shalhoub-Kevorkian did not return a request for comment.