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Lecture Series 2002-2003 |
Masculinities series:
Questions of gender have been addressed by scholars in virtually every discipline over the last three decades. Although the field of gender studies is diverse and complex, many still assume that to study gender means to study women; as a result, masculinity sometimes remains unexplored and unexamined. The Kirkland Project programming for 2002-2003 very appropriately, then, centered on the variety and multiplicity of "masculinities.” Because there is no single masculinity, the series emphasized the ways in which masculinities are shaped, performed, experienced, and perceived through differences of race, class, sexual orientation and sex/gender (since masculinity isn't strictly the purview of male human beings). Though these categories overlap and intersect, our programs in the fall for the most part highlighted racialized masculinities, addressing Latino gang culture, the hip hop generation of African-American males, European male artisans, and stereotypes about pan-Asian masculinity. In the spring, our focus was on sex/gender and sexual orientation. Throughout, we raised questions about how biological factors, cultural understandings, and media representations interrelate in the creation of "masculinities."
Schedule of Events:
Thursday, September 5 at 4:00 PM in the Events Barn, Beinecke Complex
"What Makes a Man? Intellectual Investigations into Manhood, Masculinities, and Men"
Opening reception to follow. Come and find out more about the Kirkland Project. More information.Thursday, September 19 at 8:00 PM in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium
Lecture: Anne Fausto-Sterling, "Thinking Systematically about the Emergence of Gender"
Reception to follow.Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 PM in the Events Barn , Beinecke Complex
Lecture/Reading: Luis J Rodriguez, "Creating Community in Violent Times"
Reception to follow.
Friday, September 27 at 1:00 pm in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit
Luis J. Rodriguez, Guest lecture in College 130: Coming of Age in America.Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 PM in the Events Barn, Beinecke Complex
Lecture: Bakari Kitwana, "Thuglife and the Hip Hop Generation: Representations of Black Masculinity in Popular Culture"
Co-sponsored by Africana Studies and the Black Student Union. Reception to follow.Monday, November 4 at 7:30 pm in the Events Barn, Beinecke Complex
Lecture: Leslie Feinberg, "Women's Liberation and Transgender Liberation."
Co-sponsored by the Jane Watson Irwin Chair in Women’s Studies.(Picture)
Thursday, November 14 at 4:00 PM in the Kirner-Johnson Red Pit
Lecture: Michael Herzfeld, "Masculinity, Tradition, and Marginalization in European Cultures"
Co-sponsored by Departments of Anthropology and Classics. Reception to follow. (Picture)
Saturday, December 7 at 9:00 PM in the Events Barn, Beinecke Complex
"Peeling Presents Peel This"
Co-sponsored by the Asian Cultural Society. (Pictures).Sunday, December 8 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM in the Events Barn, Beinecke Complex
Writing and performing workshop with Peeling.Thursday, January 23 at 7:30 PM in the Red Pit
Masculinities Film Series: Face/Off with discussion to follow facilitated by Dana Luciano, English
Refreshments provided.Thursday, January 30 at 7:30 PM in Kirner-Johnson 109 (Red Pit)
Lecture: "How (Not) to Be a Boy: Mark Doty on Masculinity"
Co-sponsored by the department of English.Friday, January 31 at 8:00 PM in the Fillius Events Barn
"Mark Doty: An Evening of Poetry and Prose"
Co-sponsored by the department of English. (Picture)Saturday, February 1 from 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM in Schambach 108
A Workshop with Mark Doty: "Writing, Origins and the Body"
Reservations required. Co-sponsored by the department of English.Wednesday, February 5 at 7:30 PM in the Red Pit
Film: Baby Boy with discussion to follow facilitated by Todd Franklin, Philosophy
Refreshments provided.Friday, February 7 at 7:30 PM in the Fillius Events Barn
A Reading by Phil Memmer. Co-sponsored by the department of English. (Pictures)Saturday, February 8 from 1-4 PM in Burke 215
A Workshop with Phil Memmer: "Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues"
Reservations required. Co-sponsored by the department of English.Thursday, February 20 at 7:30 PM in the Red Pit
Film: Ma Vie en Rose with discussion to follow facilitated by Minnie Bruce Pratt, Women's Studies
Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the French Club.Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 PM in the Red Pit
Western with discussion to follow facilitated by Martine Guyot-Bender, French
Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the French Club.Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 PM in Kirner-Johnson 144 (Aud)
Lecture: "Globalization and its Mal(e)contents: The Political Economy of Terrorism," by Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology, SUNY Stony Brook. Co-sponsored by the department of sociology and the Levitt Public Affairs Center.Friday, March 7 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in the Events Barn
Workshop with Michael Kimmel: "Proving It: Masculinities, Sexualities and Aggression"
Co-sponsored by the department of sociology and the Levitt Public Affairs Center.Friday, March 7 at 7:30PM in Kirner-Johnson 109 (Red Pit)
Three Kings with discussion to follow facilitated by Lisa Trivedi, History
Refreshments provided.3/7- 3/9: The Kirkland Project sponsored its second conference,"Masculinity: Global and Local," featuring student and faculty work, focused on masculinities. More information.
Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 PM in Kirner-Johnson 109 (Red Pit)
Lecture: "Studs, Tools and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By," by Peter Murphy. Co-sponsored by the department of English.
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