With apologies for cross posting. Call for Papers Men at War: Masculinities, Identities, Cultures 2-day International Conference, 10-11 September 2009, GWACS - Group for War and Culture Studies and JWCS - Journal of War and Culture Studies In association with GENCAS - (Gender and Society) Swansea University MEICAM - (Conflict and Memory) Swansea University The Group for War and Culture Studies (GWACS) will hold this year's annual conference in association with research centres GENCAS (Gender and Society) and MEICAM (Conflict and Memory) based at Swansea University. Plenary Speaker: Graham Dawson (Brighton) "Masculinity, State Violence, and the Political Psychology of Military Extirpation: Reflections of the Israeli Assault on Gaza, 27 December 2008 - 17 January 2009." Themes of papers might include: War Propaganda and Masculine Identities Men's Testimony Soldiers or Warriors? Mythical Men at War Military Masculinities in Visual Cultures Conflict and Emasculation Disability and Masculine Identities Cultures of Homosexuality/Homosociality Fictional Representations of Men at War The 'Language' of Men at War Terrorism and Masculine Identities Please submit abstracts (100 words) to Helena Scott ([log in to unmask]) by March 1 2009. A selection of papers from the conference will be published in a themed issue of the refereed Journal of War and Culture Studies. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17526272 The conference will be held at the University of Wales Conference Centre, Newtown, Mid Wales http://www.wales.ac.uk/defaultpage.asp?page=e3000 Dr Brigid Haines School of Arts (German) Swansea University Swansea GB-SA2 8PP Director, GENCAS (Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society) http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/staff/haines.htm <http://www.swan.ac.uk/german/staff/haines.htm> 01792 205678