Kathleen Starck, Univ. of Koblenz-Landau/Germany; Russell Luyt, Univ. of Greenwich, London

Venue: Landau
Time: 01.-03.12.2017
Proposals due: 31. März 2017

The conference aims to encourage and develop diverse understanding concerning the relationship between the concepts of political masculinities and populism. In the current political and social climate where media debates are often heated and analysis is in danger of taking second place to (political) opinion, the organizers hope to provide an arena in which to consider the gendered functioning of populist politics and politicians – both past and present – and thereby contribute toward understanding the rise of populism globally in the 21st century.

Populism, which is a modern phenomenon that can be traced back to Russia and the United States of the late 19th century, is a contested political concept, in which some even question its analytic utility … read more (PDF).