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)

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 preliminary programme at the top of the page.

Information on registration, the conference fee, accomodation, etc. will follow at the end of April/beginning of May 2024. Please watch this space.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

(titles of keynotes tba)

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

Please send inquiries to:

k.starck@rptu.de or silvia.gerlsbeck@rptu.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 and below.

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