Foundation for Male Studies Conference
Proposals for papers are being accepted on any aspect of male studies, including the deep biology of the male, anthropological perspectives on the experience of being male, psychoanalytic study of boys and older males, history of the male, literacy and boyhood, boys' and men's well-being, depiction of males in literature and the media, males in a changing economy, global perspectives on the experience of being male, themes in the sociology of being male, public policy and health care explicitly devoted to boys and older males, the male experience in higher education.
Papers are welcomed from non-Anglophone countries. Papers are welcomed from Independent Scholars. This is not a gender studies conference. It is not a men's studies conference in the generally accepted sense. This is the more detail-oriented email that went out to friends of male studies (thanks to Durwin Foster for forwarding this to me). Wagner College will host the first annual Conference on Male Studies, on Friday and Saturday, October 1-2, 2010. Six themes representing several disciplines will be addressed by panels and individual presenters:
▪ The deep biology of the experience of being male (genetics, biology, psychoneuroendocrinology, paleoanthropology);
▪ Literacy and education of boys and college males (pedagogy, sociology);
▪ Socioeconomic factors leading to males' over-involvement in the criminal justice system, underemployment and limited opportunities as fathers, resulting from changes in child custody law (economics, forensics, law, public policy);
▪ Misandric representations of boys and mature males in the media and advertising (media studies including cinema, television and internet, and advertising);
▪ Accounts of the experience of being male (history, literature, autobiography);
▪ Pressing issues related to the emotional well-being of boys and older males, most notably depression and suicide (clinical psychology, medicine and psychiatry, social work).
Proceedings of the conference will be published in the first issue of a new journal, Male Studies, in 2011. Please submit your proposal as a (1) single authored paper, (2) panel (naming colleagues who would be willing to participate with you), or (3) a workshop. The two-day conference will be interdisciplinary and international in scope. In your proposal, indicate the specific discipline(s) your proposal represents. Include current contact information.
As a reminder, as mentioned on the Call for Papers, please send your documents to mgroth@wagner.edu. Also, please forward this message to other scholars with whom you work or have worked. Proposals will be accepted until August 31.
More information here.
Fag/Hag: A Scandalous Chapbook of Fabulously-Codependent Poetry
A forthcoming release from Sibling Rivalry Press, has a few spots remaining for poems that would fit into the scope of the book.
Simply put, we need poems about fag hags and fag stags, however you interpret those terms or concepts. Did your best girlfriend take you on a talkshow themed, “You Say You’re Gay, But I Want You Anyway”? Write a poem about it. Are you straight but want to cross the line a bit? Come on over! Do you hate these labels? Submit a poem lashing out against them. All styles are welcome, from sonnets to free verse, from the whimsical to the socially-aware.
Because the book is nearly ready to go to print, this request for submissions is the equivalent of a last call in a gay bar. The deadline to submit a poem is Sunday, June 13. Approximately five spots remain. Contributors will be rewarded with constant promotion and pimping by Sibling Rivalry Press and Bryan Borland.
Email siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com your submission, with your poem inserted into body of message or attached as a .rtf document. Please include a seven-word bio, not counting your name toward those seven words. For example, Bryan Borland thinks that you should submit a poem.
More information here.
Sci-fi Chapter Books for Boys
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: An editor from a renowned publisher just told me that she is looking for middle-grade sci-fi chapter books for boys! If you have one, submit it to me at marisa@lperkinsagency.com -- send a query letter, a full synopsis and your first chapter. Please keep in mind that a middle-grade manuscript should be at 50,000 word count. Please submit only if your work is complete... and proofread, proofread, proofread. It must be impeccable and ready to be seen by the publishers. I look forward to reading your work.
More information here.
Proposals for papers are being accepted on any aspect of male studies, including the deep biology of the male, anthropological perspectives on the experience of being male, psychoanalytic study of boys and older males, history of the male, literacy and boyhood, boys' and men's well-being, depiction of males in literature and the media, males in a changing economy, global perspectives on the experience of being male, themes in the sociology of being male, public policy and health care explicitly devoted to boys and older males, the male experience in higher education.
Papers are welcomed from non-Anglophone countries. Papers are welcomed from Independent Scholars. This is not a gender studies conference. It is not a men's studies conference in the generally accepted sense. This is the more detail-oriented email that went out to friends of male studies (thanks to Durwin Foster for forwarding this to me). Wagner College will host the first annual Conference on Male Studies, on Friday and Saturday, October 1-2, 2010. Six themes representing several disciplines will be addressed by panels and individual presenters:
▪ The deep biology of the experience of being male (genetics, biology, psychoneuroendocrinology, paleoanthropology);
▪ Literacy and education of boys and college males (pedagogy, sociology);
▪ Socioeconomic factors leading to males' over-involvement in the criminal justice system, underemployment and limited opportunities as fathers, resulting from changes in child custody law (economics, forensics, law, public policy);
▪ Misandric representations of boys and mature males in the media and advertising (media studies including cinema, television and internet, and advertising);
▪ Accounts of the experience of being male (history, literature, autobiography);
▪ Pressing issues related to the emotional well-being of boys and older males, most notably depression and suicide (clinical psychology, medicine and psychiatry, social work).
Proceedings of the conference will be published in the first issue of a new journal, Male Studies, in 2011. Please submit your proposal as a (1) single authored paper, (2) panel (naming colleagues who would be willing to participate with you), or (3) a workshop. The two-day conference will be interdisciplinary and international in scope. In your proposal, indicate the specific discipline(s) your proposal represents. Include current contact information.
As a reminder, as mentioned on the Call for Papers, please send your documents to mgroth@wagner.edu. Also, please forward this message to other scholars with whom you work or have worked. Proposals will be accepted until August 31.
More information here.
Fag/Hag: A Scandalous Chapbook of Fabulously-Codependent Poetry
A forthcoming release from Sibling Rivalry Press, has a few spots remaining for poems that would fit into the scope of the book.
Simply put, we need poems about fag hags and fag stags, however you interpret those terms or concepts. Did your best girlfriend take you on a talkshow themed, “You Say You’re Gay, But I Want You Anyway”? Write a poem about it. Are you straight but want to cross the line a bit? Come on over! Do you hate these labels? Submit a poem lashing out against them. All styles are welcome, from sonnets to free verse, from the whimsical to the socially-aware.
Because the book is nearly ready to go to print, this request for submissions is the equivalent of a last call in a gay bar. The deadline to submit a poem is Sunday, June 13. Approximately five spots remain. Contributors will be rewarded with constant promotion and pimping by Sibling Rivalry Press and Bryan Borland.
Email siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com your submission, with your poem inserted into body of message or attached as a .rtf document. Please include a seven-word bio, not counting your name toward those seven words. For example, Bryan Borland thinks that you should submit a poem.
More information here.
Sci-fi Chapter Books for Boys
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: An editor from a renowned publisher just told me that she is looking for middle-grade sci-fi chapter books for boys! If you have one, submit it to me at marisa@lperkinsagency.com -- send a query letter, a full synopsis and your first chapter. Please keep in mind that a middle-grade manuscript should be at 50,000 word count. Please submit only if your work is complete... and proofread, proofread, proofread. It must be impeccable and ready to be seen by the publishers. I look forward to reading your work.
More information here.
