Workshop themes

Here you can see workshop themes of the conference. You can read a description of each workshop by clicking on the link. The following themes, which were suggested earlier, have not been established: Theme A: Men’s social innovation, management, and hegemony in the welfare state, Theme E: Work, technology, and machines, Theme G: (Incap)able bodies and (im)potent sexualities, Theme I: Men and masculinities in a North/South-perspective – On globalization, migration, orientalism, and Diaspora, Theme M: ‘Working with boys’: Empowerment and work with male identity – between practical intersections and (ideal) connections, Theme N: Organization of work, management, and human capital(ization), and Theme O: Cultures of knowledge and regimes of knowledge under and after the feminist movements.

Theme B: Theorizings of Nordic masculinities

Friday 30/1 at 10.30-12.15 in Geo Fagsal 02. Workshop moderator: Øystein Gullvåg Holter, Universitety of Oslo . Languages: English and Scandinavian.

Theme C: The destabilization of notions of masculinity and views on men’s hegemony

Thursday 29/1 at 16.30-19.00 in Auditorium 46 and Friday 30/1 at 13.15-15.00 in Theory Room 03.2.2. Workshop moderators: Claes Ekenstam, Göteborg University, and Dag Balkmar, Linköping University. Languages: 29/1: English, 30/1: Scandinavian.

Theme D: Sports, violence, and war – ‘Masculine’ body politics and use of physical force as a weapon and manifestation

Friday 30/1 at 10.30-12.15 and 13.15-15.00, both in Theory Room 03.1.3. Workshop moderator: Ole B. Norfjell, Reform, Oslo. Languages: at 10.30-12.15: English and Scandinavian, at 13.15-15.00: Scandinavian.

Theme F: Old and (un)healthy masculinities – Age, health, and the disabled body

Torsdag 29/1 at 16.30-19.00, and friday 30/1 at 10.30-12.15 and 13.15-15.00, all sessions are in Auditorium 45. Workshop moderator: Simon S. Simonsen, Roskilde University. Languages: 29/1: English, 30/1: Scandinavian.

Theme H: The education and upbringing of boys and the formation of masculinities

Thursday 29/1 at 16.30-19.00 and Friday 30/1 at 13.15-15.00, both in Geo Fagsal 02. Workshop moderators: Marie Nordberg, Karlstad University, and Jan Kampman, Roskilde University. Languages: 29/1: Scandinavian and English, 30/1: Scandinavian and English.

Theme J: Parenthood(s) and the distribution of care for children

Friday 30/1 at 10.30-12.15 and at 13.15-15.00 i Auditorium 46. Workshop moderator: Bente Marianne Olsen, Udsatteenheden, Servicestyrelsen, Copenhagen. Languages: 10.30-12.15: English and Scandinavian, 13.15-15.00: Scandinavian.

Theme K: Historical perspectives on men and masculinities in the welfare state

Thursday 29/1 at 16.30-19.00 and Friday 30/1 at 13.15-15.00 in Theory Room 01. Workshop moderators: Anders Ahlbäck, Åbo University / Anne-Birgitte Ravn, Aalborg University. Languages: 29/1: Scandinavian, 30/1: English.

Theme L: Traditional representations and new images of men and masculinities in art and politics

Thursday 29/1 at 16.30-19.00 in Theory Room 03.1.3. Workshop moderator: Jørgen Lorentzen, Universitety of Oslo. Languages: English and Scandinavian.

Theme P: Diverse perspectives on transnationalisation/virtualisation

Friday 30/1 at 10.30-12.15 and 13.15-15.00, both in Meeting Room in P8. Workshop moderator: Jeff Hearn, GEXcel, Tema Genus, Linköping University. Language: English.

Theme X: Men doing "women’s work"

Thursday 29/1 at 16.30-19.00 in Meeting Room P8. Workshop moderator: Steen Baagøe Nielsen, Roskilde University. Languages: English and Scandinavian.