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Call for Papers
"Masculinity in Russia": Interdisciplinary Conference
10-14 June 2002
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Papers are invited for an interdisciplinary conference that will explore questions in the emerging study of masculinity in Russia. The study of masculinity in the Russian context is relatively undeveloped, although scholars of masculinity in Western Europe and the United States have demonstrated the value of such scholarly inquiry. Topics for "Masculinity in Russia" may include, but are not limited to:
Male Social, Political, or Economic Roles
Male Sexuality
Masculinity in Political Representation
Hegemonic and/or Subordinate Masculinities or Archetypes
Intersections Between Masculinity, Ethnicity, Race and/or Class
"Crises" in Masculinity
Masculine Aesthetics
The purposes of this workshop are to facilitate cross-pollination among scholars investigating masculinity in Russia, to explore scholarly conceptions of masculinity within a interdisciplinary perspective, to provide participants with informed feedback on work-in-progress, and to facilitate publication of research on Russian masculinity. To those ends, "Masculinity in Russia" will be a working meeting in which participants collectively discuss papers submitted in advance. Papers from all disciplines are welcomed; those from typically under-represented fields (anthropology, communications, geography, psychology) are especially encouraged.
"Masculinity in Russia" will be held in as a part of the annual Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Workshop participants will be encouraged to apply to the Summer Research Lab for free university housing which may be extended beyond the conference dates. (For further information on housing allowances and the Summer Research Lab see: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl.htm.) Participants will have afternoons free to conduct research in the largest Slavic library West of Washington, D.C.
Interested scholars may submit paper proposals of no more than 500 words and a curriculum vitae by 15 January 2002 to:
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