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LECTURE SERIES
ASKING THE LAW’S
‘MAN QUESTION’: MEN,
MASCULINITIES AND THE
LEGAL PROFESSIONS
PROFESSOR RICHARD COLLIER
22 MARCH 2017 | 6.30PM-7.30PM KEELE HALL | THE SALVIN ROOM
political dimensions of
studying masculinity within
the context of the law
We face complex problems in the legal profession around
work-life balance, and hyper-masculine cultures, associated
with neoliberalism, appear to authorise the very practices
that are implicated in contributing to the poor wellbeing
of many legal practitioners. With a focus on the discussions
around fatherhood, Professor Collier will consider the
political dimensions of studying masculinity within the
context of the law and explore ways in which it might
be possible to ask the law’s ‘man question’.
Richard Collier is Professor of Law and Social Theory
at Newcastle University. He is a Fellow of the Academy
of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society
of Arts and has published extensively on men, masculinity,
families and the Law.
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