In a joint project between the Departments of European Languages and Cultures and English and Creative Writing, a two-day symposium will be held on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th September 2014.
Border Masculinities will bring together scholars from a wide range of specialisms to discuss spatial and conceptual borders with regard to the representation of masculinities. Papers will be delivered that consider masculinities in Britain, as well as in North and Latin America, and how the condition of the border can open up analyses and discussions of forms of masculinity in literature, film and other cultural representations. Current debates about masculinities will be challenged with innovative analyses that re-consider the ways men and masculinities have been conceptualised across a number of different disciplines.
This is a free event but we would appreciate it if you could fill in the following registration form for catering purposes: Border Masculinities registration form
For further information, please contact: Dr Amit Thakkar and Dr Brian Baker: a.thakkar@lancaster.ac.uk or b.baker@lancaster.ac.uk
PLEASE NOTE WE CAN OFFER BURSARIES FOR ATTENDANCE AT THIS EVENT IF YOU ARE A POSTGRADUATE STUDENT IN THE UK (SEE FORM BELOW). THE BURSARIES ARE WORTH £80 each.
Symposium venue (for Registration, Keynote and all other talks):
Bowland Room North Seminar Room 20
Friday 19th September
17.30 Welcome, Registration and Coffee
18.00 Keynote Lecture
Chris Harris (University of Liverpool)
Crossing Patriarchal Borders: Men and Women’s Rights in Mexico
19.30 Dinner
Saturday 20th September
9.00 Saturday Attendees Registration
9.15 Panel 1: British and North American Spaces
Discussant: Alice Ferrebe (Liverpool JMU)
Charlotte Mathieson (University of Warwick)
Brian Baker (Lancaster University)
Andy Tate (Lancaster University)
10.45 Coffee
11.00 Panel 2: Masculinities in Political Spaces
Discussant: Amit Thakkar (Lancaster University)
Charlotte Baker (Lancaster University)
Victoria Carpenter (University of Derby)
Jo Crow (University of Bristol)
12.30 LUNCH BREAK
13.30 Panel 3: Latin American Spaces
Discussant: Brian Baker (Lancaster University)
Mark Millington (University of Nottingham)
Amit Thakkar (Lancaster University)
Cornelia Grabner (Lancaster University)
15.00 Coffee
15.15 Round Table led by Chris Harris (University of Liverpool)
16.00 Close
Further information can be found at the symposium’s blog here: https://bordermasculinities.wordpress.com
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