‘New Man’ in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Practices, Networks and Mobilization, c. 1910-1960

The ZMO is holding a conference on ‘‘New Man’ in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Practices, Networks and Mobilization, c. 1910-1960‘ from 27-29 September 2017. The Call for Papers is open until 15 January 2017. The programme will be added as soon as it is available.

Core topics are:

  • Youth movements as the avant-garde: children and young people in projects of social engineering
  • A (non-)gendered being? New Women and New Men
  • The body as a revolutionary site: physical culture and sports
  • Educational initiatives, political training and cadre schools to mold the minds of (Wo)Man
  • The ‘New Man’ builds the nation: development projects and civil society
  • The ‘New Man’ in translocal perspective: knowledge and practice transfer (South-South, and North-South)