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The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN)'s 2024 Workshop, Masculinities: Hazing, Homosociality & the Construction of Sexuality, will take place on Thursday, May 2 - Friday, May 3.

Professor Matthew Gutmann (Brown University) will deliver the keynote address, “The Fallaciously Primordial Male: Desires, Norms, and Links” on Thursday, May 2 at 5:00 pm.  A reception will follow the talk.

Matthew Gutmann is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Brown University. His research and teaching have focused on men and masculinities; sexuality; public health; politics; and the military in Mexico, the United States, and China. His books include The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City (1996/2006); Mainstreaming Men into Gender and Development: Debates, Reflections, and Experiences (with Sylvia Chant; 2000); The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Mexico City (2002); Changing Men and Masculinities in Latin America (ed.; 2003); Fixing Men: Sex, Birth Control and AIDS in Mexico (2007); Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak out Against the War (with Catherine Lutz; 2010); Global Latin America: Into the 21st Century (ed. with Jeffrey Lesser; 2016), and Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short (2019).