[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Papers: Migration, Islam and Masculinities (Oldenburg, Germany, 12 – 14 April 2007)

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Call for Papers

Migration, Islam and Masculinities: Transforming Emigration and
Immigration Societies
International Conference at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg,
Germany
12 – 14 April 2007

The theme of the conference 'Migration, Islam and Masculinities:
Transforming Emigration and Immigration Societies' is essentially a
research desiderata. On the one hand there are few research projects in
migration studies which use masculinity as a category of analysis. On
the other hand migration has been neglected in studies on masculinities,
and migrant masculinities have not really been considered as an
independent topic. This noticeable lack of research into ethnic and
national differences of masculinities needs to be addressed.

This is particularly true of the investigation of Muslim migrant
masculinities. Subsequent to the attacks on 11 September 2001, this was
identified as a specific research area with an explicit emphasis on
differences between ‘Western’ and ‘Muslim’ or migrant identities.
Although the experience of migration has been, and remains, a
constitutive factor for the biographies of numerous leaders of different
factions of political Islam, it has been neglected in research. The same
goes for the diverse formations of Islam in diaspora and their relation
to (re)constructions of masculinities.

This conference represents an attempt to bring together results from
research projects in the fields of ‘Migration and Masculinity’ and
‘Masculinity and Islam’. An analytical look at the field of 'Migration,
Islam and Masculinities' should be interdisciplinary and take different
factors into account. We specifically wish to stimulate a theoretical
debate.

There will be a number of keynote addresses as well as parallel
sessions. We invite abstracts of approximately 200 words until 1 March
2007, under the following themes:

1. Migration and Constructions of Masculinities
2. Islam and Diaspora-Masculinities
3. Feminist Perspectives on 'Muslim Migrant Men’
4. Masculinisation & Feminisation of the Labour Market
5. Representations of Masculinities, Migration and Islam
6. Counselling Men – Moving Masculinities

The conference is funded by the German Research Foundation and the
Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, and will be led by Dr.
Lydia Potts, Dr. Dursun Tan, Dr. María do Mar Castro Varela and Dr.
Nikita Dhawan. Contributions are welcome in either English or German.

Up to date information is available from:
http://www.masculinites.de

Contact:
dursun.tan at uni-oldenburg.de
lydia.potts at uni-oldenburg.de