The First International MKGD-ZMSBw Online Workshop
Masculinities, Militaries, Violence and Wars since 1945
Thursday and Friday, June 25 and 26, 2026, 2:00 – 6:00 PM (CET)
Zoom: Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) of the University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBwM)
Hosts:
- Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History, Munich – Berlin (IfZ)
- University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBwM), Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS)
- Research Network on Military, War and Gender/Diversity (MKGD)
- Bundeswehr Centre of Military History and Social Sciences, Potsdam (ZMSBw)
Organisation:
- Daniel R. Bonenkamp, M.A. (UniBwM/IfZ)
- Prof. Dr. Karen Hagemann (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Dr. Friederike C. Hartung (ZMSBw)
- Prof. Dr. Isabel Heinemann (IfZ)
- Prof. Dr. Eva Herschinger (UniBwM, CISS)
Contact: Daniel R. Bonenkamp, M.A. (UniBwM/IfZ), email: daniel.rugerio@unibw.de and Prof. Dr Eva Herschinger (UniBwM, CISS), email: ciss_events@unibw.de
Registration:
The number of participants is limited, first come first serve.
A registration is required, after their registration participants will get the Zoom URL.
Deadline for the registration is June 1, 2026.
For the registration form click here
Please send your registration form to Prof. Dr. Eva Herschinger: ciss_events@unibw.de
Programme
For a PDF of the programme click here
For the abstracts and bios of the presenters an moderators click here
Thursday, June 25, 2026
2:00 – 2:20 PM: Welcome
- MKGD Research Network and UniBwM, CISS: Dr. Eva Herschinger
- IfZ Munich/Berlin: Dr. Isabel Heinemann
- ZMSBw: Prof. Dr Dr Alaric Searle
2:20 – 3:10 PM: Introduction: Masculinities in the Research on Gender, Violence and War in the Present
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Isabel Heinemann (IfZ Munich/Berlin)
- David Duriesmith (University of Sheffield):
Researching Masculinities and Militarism during Anti-gender Backlash
3:10 PM: Break
3:20 – 6:00 PM: Panel 1: Colonial and Postcolonial Masculinities
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Karen Hagemann (UNC Chapel Hill)
- Ana Catarina Pinho (Universidade Nova de Lisboa):
The Soldier in the Frame. Militarized Masculinities and their Afterlives in (Post)Colonial Archives. The case of the Portuguese Colonial War, 1961-1974 - Matthias André Voigt (Free University of Berlin):
Indigenous Vietnam Veterans: (Post)Colonial Perspectives on Martial Masculinities, War, Culture, and the Tribal/American Nation - Sourav Das, M.A. (Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur):
Martial Masculinities: Regional Identity and Military Service in India - Melissa Sánchez, M.A. (Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt):
Militarized Masculinity and the Reproduction of Violence in Colombia, 2002–2018
4:40 – 4:50 PM: Break
4:50 – 6:00 PM: Discussion
Friday, June 26, 2026
2:00 – 5:00 PM: Panel 2: Masculinities in Contemporary Eastern and Western Armies
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Eva Herschinger (UniBwM, CISS)
- Dr. Rüdiger Heinze (Technical University of Braunschweig):
Female Warriors, Male Heroes: Masculinity and Femininity in Contemporary US-American War Movies
- Karia Hartung, M.A. (Royal Holloway, University of London):
Military Masculinities in Times of ‘Gender Perspective’ – NATO’s Approach to Implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda and its Effects on Military Gender Hierarchies
- Dr. Dina Bolokan (University of Bath):
Disobedient Masculinities – Desertion and Draft Evasion in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
- Dr. Nina Janz (NIOD Institute for War):
Visualizing the Warrior: Masculinity, Identity, and Volunteer Fighters in the Ukraine War
3:25 – 3:35 PM: Break
3:35 – 5:00 PM: Discussion
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Final Discussion: The Future of Research
Moderation: Dr. Friederike Hartung (ZMSBw)
Final Comments: Dr. Heiko Biehl (ZMSBw) and David Duriesmith (University of Sheffield) (?)

