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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.

Friday Panel Schedule

8:30 – 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast 

9:00 – 9:15 am: Welcome & Workshop Introduction

9:15 – 10:45 am: Panel 1, Adolescent Development & the Linguistic Encoding of Masculinities

C.J. Pascoe
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Oregon

Scott Kiesling
Professor of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh

10:45 – 11:00 Break 

11:00 – 12:30: Panel 2, Hazing, Masculinity & Homosocial Bonding in Campus Life Contexts

Aldo Cimino
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Kent State University

12:30 – 1:15 | Lunch 

1:15 – 2:20 | Panel 3, Anxieties & Contestations over Definitions of Masculinity

Kristen Barber
Associate Professor of Race, Ethnic, and Gender Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Casey Ryan Kelly
Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2:20 – 2:40 | Break 

2:40 – 4:30 | Panel 3 Q&A + Panel 4, Trans Masculinities

Miriam Abelson
Associate Professor of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Portland State University

BONUS @ 5pm | Art Tour of the masculinities mini-exhibit at The Block Museum