We would like to thank all participants for this really exciting and successful conference. Thank you for your expertise and the many fruitful discussions.

Objective of the Conference:

At this conference we inquired if global challenges of the present moment are adequately captured by existing theoretical concepts used in masculinity studies. Contributors (re)examined, questioned and expanded 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 programme at the top of the page.

Keynote Speakers:

Carol Harrington, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

on Toxic Masculinity

Debbie Ging, Dublin City University, Ireland

on Masculinity in the Manosphere

Conference Organisers:

Kathleen Starck, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

Silvia Gerlsbeck, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

Ann Biedermann, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

Please send inquiries to:

[email protected] or [email protected] 

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: [email protected]