Call for Papers

Victorian Masculinities:
A two-day interdisciplinary postgraduate conference at Keele
University, 20th-21st April 2006.

 
Guest speaker: Dr. Colin Cruise (Staffordshire University)

This conference aims to bring together research students from across
the humanities who are working on the topic of masculinity in the
Victorian period. This could include the construction, representation
or discussion of masculinity in visual art, design or literature of the
period.
There will also be a workshop on publishing led by Professor David
Amigoni (Keele University) and Philippa Joseph (Blackwell Publishing).

Please send abstracts (200-250 words) for papers of 20-25 minutes, or
express your interest in chairing a panel, to the conference
organisers, Amelia Yeates and Graeme Smart at
masculinitiesconferencecontacts.bham.ac.uk. Or simply come along and
enjoy the papers and discussion.

Abstract deadline: 20th January 2006

Further information and a booking form (places will be limited) can be
found at the conference website: www.masculinities.bham.ac.uk. Places
must be booked by 28th February 2006.

This conference is organised in conjunction with the University of
Birmingham (School of Historical Studies) and is generously supported
by the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), The Paul Mellon
Centre for Studies in British Art and BAVS (British Association for
Victorian Studies).