The MASCAGE Irish Team will hold the webinar "Imagine Ageing: Irish Culture and Society" on Friday, 18th September, 2-3.30 pm. 

This event is part of the pan-European project Gendering Age: Representations of Masculinities and Ageing in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas (2019-2022). It brings together six speakers from a variety of backgrounds to consider issues and themes in the representation of ageing masculinities in an Irish context. It marks the first in a planned series of webinars and events at NUI Galway/Moore Institute that will explore cultural constructions of ageing in film and literature.

Further details and registration available on Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/imagine-ageing-irish-culture-and-society-webinar-tickets-119608741967

We will be delighted to see you there.

The 5th International Conference on Men and Equal Opportunities: Men who care will take place in Tallinn (Estonia) on 3-4 September 2020. The conference will consist of four plenary sessions and five workshops, and the organisers have created possibilities for panels and workshops to work both online and on-site, using the platform Hybridity.

While the importance of men’s and boys’ active participation and responsibility as actors of change for gender equality and their role as co-beneficiaries of gender equality policies is widely acknowledged in principle, this general awareness is not very often backed up by long-term commitment and initiatives. At the conference we will seek to provide a space for continuing and furthering discussions and learning from each other’s experience on topics ranging from caring to toxic masculinities. In this framework, we are addressing issues such as men’s responsibility to care for oneself, care for others and care for well-being and sustainability of societies, including for promoting gender equality. Both challenges and good and promising practices covering these topics will be discussed in a panel and workshop format, involving a wide range of stakeholders, among them decision-makers, policy-makers, researchers and activists.

The Tallinn conference is a follow-up from the previous conferences held in Germany (2012), Austria (2014), Luxembourg (2016) and Sweden (2018). The general aim of this series of conferences is to address both the issues of involving more men in promoting gender equality and of gender-specific challenges men face, including due to restrictive gender norms.

On the 3rd of September, Josep María Armengol will be talking about the MascAge project in one of the sessions about inspiring actions in the field of men, masculinities and aging. Please find attached the full program for the conference. 

The Graz International Summer School Seggau (GUSEGG) 2020 had to be postponed to summer 2021 due to the COVID-19 regulations. 

Since the situation in Austria has improved, we decided to hold a local GUSEGG event at Schloss Seggau, the GUSEGG Research Hub. In the course of 3 days, 25 participants including Uni Graz students, professors, and lecturers, will attend lectures and talks and engage in follow-up discussions. Of course, we would love to have a broader audience participate in this event - at least virtually. This is why we will broadcast the lectures, talks, and part of the discussions via Zoom and everyone is invited to join us! This format gives you the possibility to also actively get involved in the discussions.

Attached please find the program for the GUSEGG Research Hub. If you are interested in following Hub 1, 2 or 4 (Hub 3 is a hands-on workshop unfortunately not suited for online broadcasting), please express your interest by writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday, 20.7.2020, 12:00. You will then receive the link and password for the Zoom session. Find the information also at our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/310322817042683/​

We look forward to seeing you online!

We are happy to communicate that Josep María Armengol, project coordinator and PI in Southern Europe, has been selected to join the Global Young Academy for a tenure of five years. The GYA gives a voice to young scientists around the world and empowers them to lead international, interdisciplinary and inter-generational dialogue with the goal to make global decision making evidence-based and inclusive.

You can learn more about the project and see the complete list of new members here.

Due to the recent developments concerning COVID-19 (Corona virus), the workshop with the title “Masculinities Aging Between Cultures: Methods and Concepts in Dialogue” planned as a collaborative event as part of the Gender Net+ project “Representations of Masculinities and Ageing in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas” and to take place at the University of Rostock from April 16-17, 2020, has been cancelled. We very much regret inconveniences caused by this necessary decision, and hope to organize this event at a later date.

On 16 and 17 April 2020, a workshop will take place at the University of Rostock, with the title "Masculinities Aging Between Cultures: Methods and Concepts in Dialogue". The workshop will deal with concepts such as mobility across countries in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the experiences of male migrants regarding their aging bodies, and issues related to the refugee crisis. Methodolodically, the workshop will focus on the conceptual themes of relationality, care and kinship.

As a part of the workshop, Raquel Medina will present her talk "Cinema and glory: Almodóvar’s ageing journey through space, time, and pain."