Dear all, apologies for eventual cross-posting.

 

CFP: Postgraduate Conference: Masculinities, Violence and (Post-)Conflict

 

The Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) and the International Conflict
Research Institute (INCORE) at Ulster University invite proposals for a
one-day postgraduate conference on "Masculinities, Violence and
(Post-)Conflict" on Thursday, 14 January 2016. This student-led event will
offer academic presentations, peer discussion, networking opportunities and
expert feedback in a supportive environment. The conference will be followed
by an international high-level workshop on Masculinities and Violence on
Friday, 15 January 2016, organized by International Alert, Saferworld and
Conciliation Resources (CR), providing a forum for both practitioners and
international academics to engage on the topic.

 

The conference will bring together postgraduate students working on the
interface between social constructions of masculinities as well as violence
and (post-)conflict. Specifically, the conference will focus on the
relationship between these areas, assessing how socially constructed notions
of masculinities - in their varying forms, including hegemonic and
subordinate conceptions - theoretically and conceptually can, and
empirically do (or do not), fuel violence or impact the advancement of
women's rights. At the same time, we aim to explore how situations of
violence and victimisation influence and (re-)shape notions and dynamics of
masculinities (both combatant and civilian identities), in itself and in
relation to femininities and gender-hierarchies. The conference will
therefore move beyond simplified conceptualisations of gender identities and
critically explore the largely ambivalent role of masculinities. We thus aim
to approach masculinities as both potentially contributing to violence and
at the same time as potentially (and factually) vulnerable. 

 

We invite paper proposals from postgraduate students across various
disciplines that utilize a gendered lens while exploring the dynamics of,
and/or relationships between masculinities, violence and (post-)conflict
either conceptually or empirically in different geographical contexts and
across time. In-depth case study analyses alongside theoretical explorations
and empirically-grounded papers, including feminist theoretical and
methodological approaches, are welcome. Speakers and discussants at the
conference include, inter alia, Prof. Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Prof. Brandon
Hamber (both Ulster University) and Dr. Henri Myrttinen (International
Alert).

 

If you would like to propose a paper, please submit an abstract of max. 250
words and a short one-paragraph academic bio by 15 November 2015 to Philipp
Schulz (
<file:///C:\Users\e15023971\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary%20Inte
rnet%20Files\Content.Outlook\X1G9ZEAE\[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]) and Seamus Campbell (
<file:///C:\Users\B00671830\Downloads\[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask]).

 

Papers will be grouped thematically and distributed among three main panels.
Each panel will have a designated commentator, an established academic or
other expert in the field. Commentators will offer expert feedback as well
as complement and stimulate peer-discussion. We are seeking the possibility
of a publication of contributions (from conference and workshop), for which
selected postgraduate papers might also be considered.

 

Participation and attendance at the conference are free of charge and
participants are invited to attend the workshop on the following day. We
regret that we are unable to offer travel bursaries or other assistance with
costs. 

 

Please feel free to circulate this CFP as widely as possible among your
networks. The CFP can also be accessed via the following link:
<https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8f9b86c3079d818d01fb315eb/files/Call_for_Pape
rs_Postgraduate_Conference_Masculinities_Violence_and_Conflict.pdf>
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8f9b86c3079d818d01fb315eb/files/Call_for_Paper
s_Postgraduate_Conference_Masculinities_Violence_and_Conflict.pdf


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