This online seminar series presents ongoing research within the European research consortium MASCAGE, a project which analyses social constructions of ageing masculinities and/through their cultural representations in contemporary European literatures and cinemas. During three events in the spring of 2021, researchers from the six national teams of MASCAGE, Austria, Ireland, Estonia, Israel, Spain and Sweden, will present studies on ageing and masculinity in different regional contexts of Europe.
MASCAGE is funded by a grant from ERA Gender Net Plus. The series is co-organised with the Department of Gender Studies, Södertörn University, the Research Group on Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities, Örebro University and the Research School on Successful ageing, Örebro University.
Th seminars are free of charge and open to all. All seminars are held in Zoom. To register please sign up here:
https://sh-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5UrceCpqTwtEtXmgD2mBpRDvllxKwUsxAEF
Programme:
February 24th 13-15 pm (GMT+1) |
Male directors in the second half of life: Israel and beyond |
Aging Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Spanish Literature |
Dementia and Masculinity in Recent Irish Literature |
April 15th 13-15 pm (GMT+1) |
The road taken: Aging man’s final journey representations in contemporary Israeli literature |
Reading/Being Ove: cultural representations of ageing masculinity and older men’s readings of A Man Called Ove (Backman, 2012) |
The (Hopeful) Potential of Old Age and Caring Masculinity in Estonian Films 'A Friend of Mine' (2011) and 'Tangerines' (2013)
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June 7th , 13-15 (GMT+1) |
Older Men’s Resistance to Stereotypes of Ageing in Ireland |
Fear and loathing in pandemic. Researching masculinity and old age during a health crisis |
Men 65+ in Austria: Lived Experiences and Media Representations |