Exploring Masculinities -- A Travelling Seminar

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EXPLORING MASCULINITIES - A TRAVELLING SEMINAR

DATE:   1 - 2 February, 2002: TIME:    9:30 am - 5:30 pm

VENUE:     Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University Dear Friends,

The Department of Sociology in association with Aakar and UNIFEM cordially invites you to attend Exploring Masculinities - A Travelling Seminar, being held at the Delhi University on 1st and 2nd February, 2002. The seminar includes presentations of academic papers, activist narratives and films on masculinities. As the title suggests the seminar will be visiting six universities in India. The first seminar was held at Baroda (19-20 December, 2001), Trivandrum (9-10 January 2002) Delhi on 1-2 February, 2002. From Delhi it will move to Chandigarh, Allahabad and Shillong. The seminar explores diverse questions of male sexuality and male culture. Activists and academics involved with gender issues have critically commented on masculinity and its impact on gender relations as well as the institutionalisation of male power in the context of violence against women, the HIV/ AIDS pandemic and the failure of the population control programmes. However, the passion and rigour with which women's lives and women's cultures have been studied and documented in South Asia has been missing in the study of masculinities. This is unfortunate because a textured understanding of the diversity of South Asian men's experiences, attitudes, beliefs, practices, situations, sexualities and institutions is essential to challenge gender based hegemonies and equally critical for building a more humane world. We look at the seminar as a unique platform to introduce the current theories and practices of masculinities to the university community and hope generate interest for further work in the area. We look forward to your presence and participation in the seminar. Please feel free to inform all those who are interested to come for the seminar. For further information or queries, please contact: Rahul Roy (Tel: 6515161, E-mail - aakar@...) or

Suman Bisht (Tel: 7942338, E-mail - suman@...)

Please find below the list of presentations. Yours Sincerely, Dr. RADHIKA CHOPRA Dept. Of Sociology, Delhi University

Rahul Roy Aakar

We are expecting the following presentations at the Delhi Chapter of the seminar series: THE PLAY OF MASCULINITY IN RELIGION AND VIOLENCE By Shail Mayaram, Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi THE VIRGIN AND THE PROSTITUTE: AMBIVALENT MASCULINITY IN THE LIFE OF SUFI BABA By Deepak Mehta, Dept. Of Sociololgy, Delhi University SHIFTING WORK/SWITCHING GENDER: Masculinity, effeminacy and work By Radhika Chopra, Dept. Of Sociology, Delhi University

OCCUPYING MIDDLE SPACE: THE STREE PARTY ACTOR IN LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY MARATHI THEATRE By Urmila Bhirdikar, University of Pune GENDERING CHILDHOOD: MASCULINITY AND READING By Deeptha Achar, Department of English Literature, M.S.University, Baroda

ICRW NATIONAL STUDY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE By Nata Duvvury, International Council for Research on Women, Washington(DC), USA THE DARK SUBCONTINENT OF MASCULINITY: VIEWING INDIAN HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF MEN'S STUDIES By Mangesh Kulkarni, Dept.of Post Graduate Studies Research, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai.

CONSTRUCTING AND PERFORMING MASCULINITIES By Shohini Ghosh, A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi FEMALE MASCULINITY IN TAMIL FOLK MYTH, THE STORY OF ALLI, THE QUEEN By Kanchana, Department of Philosophy, Daulat Ram College, Delhi University

KING OF DREAMS (FILM) By Amar Kanwar, Independent film maker, Delhi MAJMA (FILM) By Rahul Roy, Independent film maker, Delhi

CONCERNS AND INSECURITIES: GROWING UP A MAN IN KERALAM By Santhosh Kumar, K.C., Campuscircle a youth organisation based in Kerala QUEERING GENDER By Shaleen Rakesh, NAZ India, Delhi

CLOSING COMMENTS AND OPEN HOUSE: The Way Forward By Uberoi

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