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Past Event
Seminar

Questionable Warriors: How Masculinity Affects the Waging of War

Open to the Public

Feminist scholars have shown that states and militaries rely on men and women to perform particular gender roles during war. But how do representations of gender affect states' ability to wage war? This presentation examines the gender constructions of men who fought in the Russian-Chechen wars to shed light on the difficulties the Russian state faced in waging these wars.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
Russian soldiers surround one of their numbers playing a guitar in a tent at the Beslan army base in Ossetia in the North Caucasus, Jan. 25, 1995.

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Feminist scholars have shown that states and militaries rely on men and women to perform particular gender roles during war. But how do representations of gender affect states’ ability to wage war? This presentation examines the gender constructions of men who fought in the Russian-Chechen wars to shed light on the difficulties the Russian state faced in waging these wars.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.