Andrew Hawkes: Performing Masculinity: Calgary Men in the Great War

In this talk, Andrew explores how men accepted, rejected, and renegotiated hegemonic masculine expectations over the course of the war.
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Title: Performing Masculinity: Calgary Men in the Great War

Description:

This talk is about the subject of my master’s thesis, conceptions of masculinity in Calgary soldiers during the Great War. I will explore how men accepted, rejected, and renegotiated hegemonic masculine expectations over the course of the war. At battalion departure parades, in their letters home, and in memoirs written years after the war, men performed masculinity. The textual records they left behind, demonstrate how the war impacted hegemonic codes of masculinity. The definition of manliness that existed in 1914 was not destroyed by the Great War, but it did not emerge unscathed.

Biography:

My name is Andrew Hawkes, and I am a recent graduate of Western University. I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Specialization in International Relations) degree and a Master of Arts (History) degree. During my graduate studies, when the research for this talk was conducted, I was fortunate to be awarded a CGS-M scholarship from SSHRC, and a MINDS Supplement from the Department of Defence. I also received the Jean Armstrong Fletcher Award from the Western University History Department. I am a born and raised Calgarian, who enjoys hiking, camping, and reading.

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