Julia Welland
Title of thesis
Masculinity and Militarism in the British Army
My research is interested in the ways in which militarised masculinity is constructed within the British Army, the bodies upon which it is 'written', and its internal contradictions and instabilities. Using Judith Butler's theory of performativity and Avery Gordon's methodology of ghosts and hauntings, I seek to trace the ways in which the impossibility of a stable militarised masculine subjectivity will result in violent external effects.
Supervisors
Dr. Veronique Pin-Fat and Dr. Cristina Masters
Planned submission date
September 2012
Research interests
Poststructural theory; feminism; queer theory; militarism.
Conferences and invited presentations
"'Feminine trouble' and the (re)constitution of the militarised masculine subject", Aberystwth-Lancaster Graduate Colloquium, Durham, 6-7 May 2010.
"Basic Training and the Myths of Asexuality and Discipline', International Studies Association, Montreal, March 2011; British International Studies Association, Manchester, April 2011; and,
Rethinking Violent Masculinities Workshop, London School of Economics, London, May 2011.
"Human Haunts and Cyborg Soldiers", International Studies Association, San Diego, April 2012.
Teaching experience
- GTA on Introduction to International Politics (POLI10601) (2010-2012)
- GTA on Questions about International Politics (POLI20522) (2012)
Additional information
- Co-convener of the Poststructuralism Reading Group (2010-2012)
- Third Year Politics PhD Student Representative (Current)
- Member of the Poststructural and Critical Thought Cluster
Publications
"Gender, War and Technologies" in J. Mathers (ed.), Handbook on Gender and War, Edgar Elgar Publishers Ltd, Forthcoming, 2012.
Email address
julia.welland@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk