Conference:
Still fit for Purpose?
Conceptualising (Emerging) Masculinities of the Current Moment
5-7 December 2024
Venue:
RPTU
Kaiserslautern-Landau
Campus Landau, Germany
(click on RPTU above for link to university)
Funded by:
Objective of the Conference:
With this conference we would like to branch out beyond "political masculinities" and inquire if global challenges of the present moment are adequately captured by existing theoretical concepts used in masculinity studies. For this reason, we invite contributors to (re)examine, question and potentially expand the theoretical foundations of the field in order to be able to appropriately address the complexities and transformations of new and emerging masculinities of the current moment.
Please find the revised programme (as of 29 October 2024) at the top of the page.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Carol Harrington, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
on Toxic Masculinity
Debbie Ging, Dublin City University, Ireland
on Masculinity in the Manosphere
Registration and Payment
Please follow this link, which leads you to our conference service website
Registration is a two-step process. First, you register, then you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the "ProCampus Ticket Shop", where you can pay the conference fees.
Conference Fees (Registration Deadline: 21 October 2024)
- Online Only: 40 €
- Regular: 200 €
- Student: 100 €
Accomodation
Please
book directly via the guest house “Butenschoen-Haus”, where we’ve made reservations for a limited number of rooms, available
until 1 September.
After this date, rooms might still be available, but there is no guarantee for this. Single rooms, including breakfast, are available for 70€ per night, a double room, including breakfast, costs
106€. There is an additional 4€ booking fee per reservation. Please find instructions for booking and a German-English translation of the booking website at the top of this
page.
Payment for your rooms will have to be done at the guest house directly. They take credit cards, cash and European “girocards” (formerly EC cards).
Conference venue and accomodation: Butenschoenhaus, Landau in der Pfalz
Travel Directions
The best is to fly to Frankfurt am Main and then take a train to Landau/Pfalz (ca. 2 hrs).
You can find connections here:
In Landau you can take a local bus from the central train station ("Hauptbahnhof") to "Alter Messplatz". There are a number of buses going that way. You can find the bus routes here:
You could also walk, but it takes ca. 25 minutes.
Conference Organisers:
Kathleen Starck, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Silvia Gerlsbeck, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Ann Biedermann, University of Kaiserslautern-landau
Please send inquiries to:
k.starck@rptu.de or biedermann@uni-landau.de
About the Research Network
This network welcomes researchers from all academic backgrounds interested in the field of political masculinities and men in politics. We hope to continue the interdisciplinary discussions on political masculinities held at conferences from 2012-2017, a summer school in 2018. and a workshop in 2021. If you are interested in research related to these fields, you can find information on previous events on the left.
If you are conducting projects, organizing conferences or have recently published in this field, we would like to encourage you to share this on our website and join our databse of researchers (see left for database).
Contact: k.starck@rptu.de