AMSA Conferences:

 

The Friday evening grand dinner took place at the McGill's Faculty Club. Noted Social Theorist and Author Victor Seidler (right) delivered the 2009 Conference keynote address. Seidler is Professor of Sociology at Goldsmith's College of the University of London.

 

AMSA’s annual conference continues to be the largest annual men's studies conference in North America, drawing an international group of participants representing a broad range of academic disciplines and interests.  An open and affirming event featuring scholarship and respectful dialogue on the critical study of men and masculinities, anyone with an interest in this emerging field of study is welcome to participate. Download the Full Conference Program (pdf).   

 

Prior to the Conference participants gathered in four pre-conference workshops: "Teaching Men's Studies: Unique Pedagogies" Description (pdf); "Teaching Young Males: A Workshop for those Working in Schools and Related Professions" Description (pdf); "Finding Meaningfulness and Harmony in Daily Life: The Integrity Model in Counseling and Psychotherapy with Men" Description (pdf); "The Internationalization of Men’s Studies: The State of the Debate in Quebec and What Can Be the Future?" Description (pdf). 

 

A group of Canadian scholars encouraged and facilitated AMSA's first conference in Canada, including (left) Professors Jean-François Roussel and Will Penny.

 

Masculinités et sociétés from Université Laval and Université de Montréal awarded AMSA approximately $2,000 (Canadian) for expenses related to 2009 conference keynote speakers. Masculinités et sociétés is a funded research group affiliated with Université Laval (Quebec City) and Université de Montréal. It is engaged in a research program evaluating the adequacy of social services provided to men in crisis in Quebec.  M&S’s activities include organizing academic conferences or colloquiums and taking part in other academic events related to its purposes. It is directed by Dr. Jocelyn Lindsay, Professor and Head, School of

Social Work, Université Laval.

Call for Paper Submissions & Readers for the AMSA 2009 Conference Proceedings Volume.

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AMSA Holds its 16th Annual Conference
Masculinities and Institutions:
Mapping the Connections
At Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
April 4th-6th, 2008

Ninety-seven scholars and practitioners participated in the 2008 AMSA Conference on Men and Masculinities, Masculinities and Institutions: Mapping the Connections, April 4th through 6th at Wake Forest University.  The conference featured two keynote addresses, pre-conference men’s studies workshops, and presentations by over 50 scholars, practitioners and activists. AMSA’s conference continues to be the largest annual men's studies conference in the United States, drawing an international group of participants representing a broad range of academic disciplines and interests.  An open and affirming event featuring scholarship and respectful dialogue on the critical study of men and masculinities, anyone with an interest in this emerging field of study is welcome to participate.
Download the 2008 Conference Program

AMSA Conference 2008 in Photos -- as they are submitted

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Kansas City Star Columnist Reflects on Father's Day Based on His Experience at the 2007 AMSA Conference

"On Sunday, I will give and receive cards for Father’s Day

But the occasion also is a great opportunity to discuss what it is to be a good dad and a real man. Some guidance came from the recent American Men’s Studies Association conference at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Television is not a good teacher. However, we let it define good dads and real men. That’s a bigger problem for African-Americans.

Conference participants learned that white viewers see TV fathers and their own as being about the same. Black viewers felt media fathers were more positive than their own...."

Read more of the column.

Past AMSA Conferences

• AMSA I. Stony Point, NY, April 2-4, 1993
• AMSA II. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, March 25-27, 1994
• AMSA III. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, March 24-26, 1995
• AMSA IV. Howard University, Washington, DC, March 22-24, 1996
• AMSA V. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, March 21-23, 1997
• AMSA VI. Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, March 20-22, 1998
• AMSA VII. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, March 12-14, 1999
• AMSA VIII. Buffalo, New York, March 2000
• AMSA IX. Holiday Inn Mountain View, Albuquerque, NM, March 23-25, 2001
• AMSA X. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 11-13, 2002
• AMSA XI. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 11-13, 2003
• AMSA XII. Aurora University, Aurora, IL, April 2-4, 2004
• AMSA XIII. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, April 1-3, 2005
• AMSA XIV. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, April 7-9, 2006
• AMSA XV. University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, March 30-April 1, 2007 A Photo Album from the 2007 Conference.
• AMSA XVI. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, April 4-6, 2008
• AMSA XVII. Concordia and McGill Universities, Montréal, OC, Canada, April 3-5, 2009

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