Important Seminar in Lisbon (ICS)

SEMINAR

“FAMILY LIFE FROM THE MALE PERSPECTIVE: NEW ROLES, NEW IDENTITIES”
Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon
Lisbon, 21st September 2007 - Auditorium

PROGRAMME

9.30 – 9.45 Welcome
Jorge Vala, Chairman of the academic board
Karin Wall, Coordinator of the research project

CHAIR: Karin Wall
9.45-11.15 Conference by Jeff Hearn
(Linköping University, Sweden; Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; and University of Huddersfield, UK)
"What next in critically studying men and masculinities?
Neglected themes and developing theories"

11.15-11.30 Coffee Break
CHAIR: Maria das Dores Guerreiro
11.30-12.00 Family life from the male perspective: the Research Project and Key Data on Men in Families
Karin Wall, Sofia Aboim
12.00-12.45 Men within the couple: changing identities and social diversity
Sofia Aboim

12.45-14.30 Lunch
CHAIR: Anália Torres
14.30-15.15 Fatherhood, Work and Family in Men’s Lives: negotiating new and old masculinities
Karin Wall
15.15-16.00 Fatherhood in transition: primary parenting fatherhood after conjugal break-up
Sofia Marinho
16.00-16.15 Coffee Break
CHAIR: Teresa Joaquim
16.15-17.00 Men’s fertility projects
Vanessa Cunha
17.00-17.45 Discourses of Gender in Men's Narratives of Identity, Family and Fatherhood
Maria do Mar Pereira
17.45-18.00 Discussion and conclusion