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Exploring masculinities and religion: historical and contemporary perspectives through research

  • Seminar
  • Languages and cultures
Event date:
Time:
10:15–15:45
Event location:
Joensuu campus, Agora building, room AT102, and online
Additional information:
Yliopistokatu 4
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The School of Humanities at the University of Eastern Finland organizes a joint seminar of the projects “Lutheran Masculinities 1517–1937” and “Religion, meaning and masculinities: Religion in the lives of men in Finland” will be held on 20 February starting at 10. The language on the seminar is English.

Programme

10.15–10.45 Welcome & introduction of the projects 
Kati Tervo-Niemelä & Sini Mikkola 

10.45–11.15 Martin Luther, Masculinity, and Leadership 
Tapio Leinonen

11.15–11.45 From a Pious Peasant to a Redeemed King. Ideals of Manhood in Pietist Newspapers in the early 1800s 
Hanna Pöyry

11.45–12.15 Representations of Manhood in 17th-century Funeral Biographies
Miia Kuha 

12.15–13.00 lunch break (at own cost)

13.00–13.30 Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives on Studying Masculinities 
Marjukka Laiho

13.30–14.00 Inverted Gender Gap in Religion? Are young men getting more religious than women in the Nordic Countries? 
Kati Tervo-Niemelä

14.00–14.30 Redefining Masculinity through Lived Experiences of Fatherhood 
Johanna Mantere

14.30–14.45 coffee break

14.45–15.45 Joint discussion: Mapping masculinities: Current Insights and Future Directions 

For further information, please contact Docent, University Lecturer Sini Mikkola, email sini.mikkola@uef.fi.