The Kirkland Project will hold its second annual conference, "Masculinity: Global and Local," on Saturday, March 8, in the Kirner-Johnson building on the Hamilton College campus. In the interest of deepening Hamilton's engagement with the theme of masculinity, the conference will consider masculinity both out in the world and on the college level.
The conference will include a mix of presentations by students and faculty, and panel discussions on war, race, jocks and tomboys, sexual assault, and fraternities. The Student Arts League is organizing an Art Show for that weekend under the theme of masculinity, and student Anthony Ng '05 will display the Masculinity Wall with input from members of the Hamilton community on what masculinity means. The conference is free and open to the public. Following is the schedule.
Saturday, March 8:
9:30-10 a.m.: Registration and coffee catered by Cafe Opus.
10-11 a.m.: Individual Presentations by Colgate Professor Kate Deimling,
Hamilton Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Veronica Tichenor, and students Thomas Acampora, Nicholas Mirick, Mimi Pearle, and Shauna Sweet.
11:15 a.m.-12 p.m.:
I. Presentations by Assistant Professor of Sociology Kirsten Paap's Sociology of Gender 212 class.
II. "Domestic Violence: Masculinity Gone Awry?" moderated by Judith Owens-Manley, Levitt Center, with students Lara Baron, Josue Laforest, Emily Richardson, and Alison Tiano.
Lunch
1-2 p.m.: "War and Masculinity," with Professor of History Esther Kanipe, and students Diana Duran, Maurice Michaane, and Linwood Rumney.
2:15-3:15 p.m.: "Fraternities," moderated by Assistant Professor of History Lisa Trivedi, with members of fraternities AD, Chi Psi, DKE, D-Phi, DU, TDX, and TKE.
3:30-4:15 p.m.: "Sexual Assault," moderated by Nathan Stell '04 with members of MAC, SAC, Harassment Grievance Board, Womyn's Center, and student researchers Katie Adelstein and Cory Lown.
4:30-5:30 p.m.: "Jocks, Cheerleaders, Tomboys, and Sissies," moderated by Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Mark Masterson, with Lecturer in Teacher Education Gil Whiting, and T.J. Davis, Athletic Department; students B.J. Markle, Mark Castro, Eric Nunez, and Gabriela Soto.
5:30: Reception in Cafe Opus
Any questions please contact the Kirkland Project at (315) 859-4288 or email Laura Crandall at lcrandal@hamilton.edu.
