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It’s been almost 20 years now since R.W. Connell published her groundbreaking and inspiring work, Masculinities, and masculinity studies has become a major field of study, a conceptual domain ready to come out of the closet, and a central critical point of reference in gender, identity, power and trans-anything discussions. The debate over the public visibility and hierarchy of gendered identities has manifested itself as a complicated conflict area more strongly than ever. It has often been reassured that it is of utmost importance to define and redefine the scope of masculinity studies, to establish its basic methodology, and maintain a balance between the ambiguity of interdisciplinary studies and objectivity of a scientific field.We have been working on a peer reviewed online journal that will be published biannually in English and that will serve to provide an independent forum for issues of gender, identity and culture, with a particular emphasis on masculinity studies. Masculinities offers a joint ground for the interdisciplinary and pioneering research in the field of gender and masculinity, necessarily outreaching into arts, literature, history, sociology, philosophy, communications, linguistics, and medicine so as to enable researchers to share their work, discuss prospective projects, learn from each other, and inspire young scholars.We invite scholarly and critical contributions, including articles, book and film reviews, reviews of the published articles as well as announcements of forthcoming events, conference reports, and information on other matters of interest to gender studies and/or masculinity studies for the inaugural issue to be published in June 2013. The contributions to the journal should be sent to the email address given below as of April 15, 2013 and they may be related (but not limited) to the topics listed below. You can visit our website for the submission guidelines and further details and you can join our email group that provides updates and recent news as well as announcements and call for papers for the symposiums and journals on masculinity and gender studies.Murat Goc, PhDSexism and masculinityMorality and masculinityIdeology and masculinityPhilosophy and masculinityMedicine and masculinityAesthetics and masculinityDisability and masculinityFatherhood and masculinityBuddy relations and masculinityOrientalism and masculinityOccidentalism and masculinityFashion and masculinityMusic and masculinityAlcohol and masculinityMasculinity in travel literatureProfessional life and masculinityFootball and masculinitySpatial perception and masculinitySports and masculinityGastronomy and masculinityRacism and masculinityTheology and masculinityRituals and masculinityEthics and masculinityDetective fiction and masculinityScience fiction and masculinityFantastic fiction and masculinityHistorical fiction and masculinityMass media and masculinityFilm studies and masculinityTelevision and masculinityLaw and masculinityBureaucracy and masculinityTechnology and masculinityPolitics and masculinityCrime and masculinityCyberculture and masculinityViolence and masculinityMythology and masculinityEvil and masculinityMobility and masculinityService industry and masculinityInternet and masculinityPornography and masculinityEroticism and masculinityBeauty and masculinityUgliness and masculinityPerversion and masculinityTransgression and masculinityPerformance arts and masculinityDance and masculinityLegends and masculinityBody and masculinityOral literature and masculinityDeath and masculinitySexuality and masculinityAging and masculinityMelancholia and masculinityWorshiping and masculinityQueer theory and masculinityFeminism and masculinityHistory and masculinityPower and masculinityHomosexuality and masculinityCultural topography and masculinityEngineering and masculinityFood culture and masculinityPublishing and masculinitySea and masculinityMonstrosity and masculinityScapegoats and masculinityMilitary and masculinityWar and masculinityMartial arts and masculinityTransgender and masculinityChildcare and masculinityHumor and masculinityComic books and masculinityAnime culture and masculinityGraphic arts and masculinityPhotography and masculinityGaze and masculinityMake-up and masculinityAIDS and masculinityHair and masculinityAnimals and masculinityFame and masculinityHonor and masculinityAdventure and masculinityDesign and masculinityCyberculture and masculinityInformation Technologies and masculinityPerformativity and masculinityGrotesque and masculinityReason and masculinityEmotions and masculinityHomophobia and masculinitywebsite: http://masculinitiesjournal.wordpress.commail: masculinitiesjournal@gmail.commail group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&#38;fromgroups=#!forum/masculinitiesjournal&#160;