CHANSE Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Project title: Crisis in the Critical Study of Men and Masculinities
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: University of Stavanger
• Country: Norway (NO)

Research area

• Call theme: Crisis - Perspectives from the Humanities
• Keywords:

  masculinity; masculinities; gender; literature; arts

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  I am a Professor of Literature specialising in representations of gender and masculinities. I have published two monographs on masculinities in literature and a range of articles on issues related to masculinities such as beards, fatherhood, flaneurs, and much more. I am looking for partners who work on representations of masculinities in literature and the arts. I am particularly interested in connecting with scholars with expertise in masculinity studies related to LGBTQ+ issues.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  I am interested in developing a project related to investigating the concept of "crisis" in the study of men and masculinities. It seems the most common premise for research within the field of the Critical Study of Men and Masculinities (CSMM) is the idea that masculinity is in crisis. I would like to examine the idea of crisis on a range of levels: the centrality of the concept in the field of CSMM; are ideas of crisis more common in certain categories of CSMM?; what impact does the idea of crisis of masculinities have on wider societal perceptions of men and masculinities?; what are the possibilities for moving beyond ideas of crisis in the field? These are some introductory ideas; I would certainly be interested in speaking more with partners to explore other avenues related to the concept of crisis and refine the focus of any such project.

Peter Ferry

• Organisation: University of Stavanger
• Position: Professor of English Literature
• E-mail: peter.ferry@uis.no