"Masculinities in Russia III" 23-27 June
2004
Deadline: 15 January, 2004.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Papers are
invited for an interdisciplinary conference, "Masculinities inRussia
III," to be held 23-27 June 2004 at the Summer Research Laboratoryon
Russia and Eastern Europe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The conference endeavors to support research by Russian/FSU scholars
in the emerging field of Masculinity Studies. Building on previous meetings,
organizers hope to continue discussion of key issues in the field while
expanding the theoretical, topical, and geographical scope of the meeting.
Organizers thus especially invite papers that situate articulations
of masculinity in Russia/FSU within a larger historical, theoretical,
or geographical framework. Papers from all disciplines are welcome,
and those from typically underrepresented fields, such as anthropology,
communications, geography, and psychology, are especially encouraged.
Papers that examine masculinity in any area of the Former Soviet Union,
including its non-Russian republics or cultures, are welcome. Topics
for "Masculinities in Russia" include but are not limited
to: Masculine Aesthetics, Performance, or Iconography; Historical Forms
of Masculinity; Masculine Hierarchies (Hegemonic and/or Subordinate
Masculinities); Masculine Identities (Intersections with Race, Class,
Sexual, and National Identities); Male Sociability; Male Sexualities;
Practices of Becoming Masculine. Masculinities in Russia" will
be a working meeting in which participants collectively discuss papers
submitted in advance. The meeting will beheld as part of the annual
Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe at the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Participants are 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: www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl.htm.).Participants
will have afternoons free to conduct research in the largest Slavic
library west of Washington, D.C. Please submit paper proposals of no
more than 500 words and a c.v. to: Dr. Brian James Baer and Dr. Laura
L. Phillips Coordinators, "Masculinities in Russia III" Department
of History200 Patterson Hall Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA
99004or by e-mail (preferred) to BOTH lphillips@ewu.edu and bbaer@kent.edu