(De)Constructing Masculinity Conference 2018

Conference exploring masculinity in Greco-Roman antiquity 1st-2nd November, @KingCollegeLon. Organised by PhD candidates @grace_emmett and @BurkeTomlinson.

[Dr Tom de Bruin @Tominee]

Exciting news this morning, my article on Masculinity in the Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs was just published (Open Access!) in Lectio Difficilior! @masculinityconf

https://t.co/AqmEN3U5ko

[Queer@King's @QueerKCL]

Why are lesbians called ‘lesbians’? What is ‘Greek love’? Were the Ancient Greeks and Romans ‘all bisexual’?

Join us to discover the answers to this and more at our Queer Classics event on the 28th February.

Sign up open now - all welcome!
https://t.co/SwITCkgcb2

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This is happening in September in Istanbul with a great line up of speakers already confirmed.

[masculinitiesjournal @masculinitiesj]

2nd International Symposium on Men and Masculinities in Istanbul #troublingtimes #masculinities #MasculinitiesIstanbul2019 #ICSM2019 is getting ready! Remember the team? Here is a picture of us while “boarding” the first symposium in İzmir in 2014! https://t.co/Vw6p1VKjzA

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Call for Submissions 🚨: The Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies (@JIBS_Journal) currently has an open call for submissions for its inaugural issue (due to be published in the summer of 2019). Deadline is 31st March.

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Enjoying a (very) belated celebratory drink to mark the end of the conference - thanks again to everyone who joined us back in November! #menbackthen

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Call for Submissions: special issue of Religion and Gender journal on the theme of ‘Gendering Jesus’, deadline is 15th April 2019 (full manuscript required at point of submission). See here for details: https://t.co/LZTawW6boP

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If you came to the conference, we are keen to hear your feedback! This form should take max. 5 minutes and would help us think through what worked well/what we could do differently next time: https://t.co/UmiQeF7r68 #menbackthen

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We did a little write up of the conference for @AcademicLogos - check it out here (along with some brilliant photos from Tavis Bohlinger) https://t.co/a6BtdwJkuI #menbackthen

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A huge thank you to everyone who joined us over the past two days - lots of ideas to mull over and we're excited to see where these interdisciplinary conversations go next. Taking a little break for some R&R but we'll be back soon #menbackthen

[Paul Middleton @ProfPMiddleton]

.@masculinityconf conference dinner. #MenBackThen #BiblicalStudiesAndClassicsUnite

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@AndrewBunt Fantastic paper, thank you Andrew!

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Rounding off the conference with a delicious meal at @BillsRestaurant on Kingsway. Thanks again to @AcademicLogos for treating us to some more wine. Thanks everyone for coming and safe journeys home #menbackthen

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Time now for a well-deserved wine reception; a huge thank you to @AcademicLogos for generously funding it 🍷 #menbackthen

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It’s an honour to welcome Professor Emerita Helen King (@fluff35, OU) to give her keynote address now, titled ‘’We Won’t Play Culture to Your Nature’: Turning the Tables in Gender’ #menbackthen

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The second century CE Teachings of Silvanus is the topic of the final paper in our other panel, given by @BlossomStefaniw (German Research Council). Using queer theory, Blossom points to the paradox of the hyper-masculine subject, who is also imagined as slavish etc. #menbackthen

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@ClaireRJackson rounds off the proposed panel by concentrating on Heliodorus’ Aithopika. How does comparing the portrayals of Theagenes and Achilles reflect on broader contemporary concerns about masculinity? #menbackthen

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Next we have @ElainaM42 who draws a parallel between Seneca’s Thyestes’ ingestion of his children with the penetration of a Roman adulterer: both tender masculinity vulnerable #menbackthen

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Henry Tang (Cambridge) moves discussion on to the heroic bodies in Statius’ Thebaid, particularly thinking about the connection between height and virtus #menbackthen

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Up first in the Hypermasculinity panel is @katmawford (Manchester) who is looking at Sophocles’ Ajax and the connection between madness and excessive masculinity #menbackthen

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What’s the relationship between touch and the heroic male body in Homer’s epics? Antonia Marie Reinke (Cambridge) considers book 22 of the Iliad and the deconstructed masculinity of Hector’s heroic body #menbackthen