Men & Masculinities under Socialism: A Social and Cultural History

International Workshop: University of Bern, 8–9 October 2020

Thursday, 8 October 2020, 1:00 – 7:30 pm

Introduction & Keynotes
The Politics of Masculinity and Whiteness in Recent American History, Jürgen Martschukat (University of Erfurt)

Military Masculinity and Postwar Recovery in the Soviet Union, Erica L. Fraser (Carleton University)

Film screening and discussion
The Prefab People (Panelkapcsolat), Béla Tarr (Hungary, 1982) Introduced by György Kalmár (University of Debrecen)

Friday, 9 October 2020, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Youth/Age, Love, and Sexuality
Lorenzo Santoro (Universitá della Calabria), Brendan M. McElmeel (University of Washington, Seattle), Andrea Bělehradová (Masaryk University, Brno)

Military Masculinities
Magali Delaloye (University of Hamburg), Wojciech Śmieja (Univer- sity of Silesia, Katowice)

Family and Medicine
Natalia Jarska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Amanda Williams (University of Leeds)

Race, Religion, and Violence
Ivan Simić (Charles University, Prague), Cristina Diac (University of Bucharest), Marina Yusupova (Newcastle University)