The workshop brings together scholars from different disciplines who are working on various aspects of masculinities. We will discuss problems of analysing 'masculinity' and debate the usefulness of specific theoretical concepts.
Registration is essential (no fee). Please contact M.fritsche@soton.ac.uk to register.

Date: 10 June 2010
Place: German Historical Institute GHI London
Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2NJ

Programme:

9.30 Welcome Prof. Andreas Gestrich (GHI London) & Dr. Maria Fritsche (University of Southampton)

9.45 Keynote Prof. Michael Roper (University of Essex)

10.10 - 10.30 Coffee Break

10.30 - 12.00 Session 1 - Chair Prof. Neil Gregor (University of Southampton)

- Chris Dillon (Birkbeck College) 'Toughness against oneself'. The construction of masculinity in the Dachau concentration camp SS

- Joan Tumblety (University of Southampton) Physical culture and the problem of masculinity in France , 1918-1940

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch

13.00 - 14.30 Session 2 - Chair Dr. Yohai Hakak (University of Portsmouth)

- Maria Fritsche (University of Southampton) What power do masculine ideals have? Using oral history interviews to analyse masculine identities of deserters in the Wehrmacht.

- Kim Wünschmann (Birkbeck College)
Issues of masculinity among Jewish concentration camps prisoners in the aftermath of the November pogrom 1938

14.30 - 15.00 Coffee Break

15.00 - 16.00 Session 3 - Chair Dr. Sean Brady (Birkbeck College)

- Neil Penlington (Birkbeck College)
Queering normality: masculinity and 'normal' sexuality in interwar Britain

16.00 - 17.00 Concluding Discussion