Máirtín Mac an Ghaill

Máirtín Mac an Ghaill is Professor in Sociology at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of The Making of Men: Masculinities, Sexuality and Schooling (1994)[1] and Contemporary Racisms and ethnicities (1999).

He did his undergraduate degree at University of Liverpool and his MSc and PhD at the University of Aston. He was professor of Education at University of Sheffield and Newcastle University before moving to Birmingham.

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Academic interests

• Education and inequality
• Contemporary racisms and ethnicities
• The sociology of Masculinity and sexuality
• The Irish diaspora in England

His books include The Making of Men; Contemporary Racisms and Ethnicities; Global Futures: Migration, Environment and Globalization (with Avtar Brah and Mary Hickman); and Men and Masculinities and Gender, Culture and Society (with Chris Haywood). He has recently been a joint director of a Joseph Rowntree Foundation funded project exploring Bangladeshi young people, ethnicity and transition to adulthood. He is currently working with postgraduate students from China, Taiwan and Japan on: Global masculinities, cultural identity and popular culture.

Other professional appointments

Editorial Board

Men and Masculinities [2]

Race Ethnicity and Education [3]

Ethnography and Education [4]

Qualitative Research[5]

Recent selected publications

Books

Mac an Ghaill, M. (forthcoming) Education and Masculinity: Emerging Emotional Landscapes. London: Routledge (with Chris Haywood).

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2007) Gender, Culture and Society London: Macmillan (with Chris Haywood)

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2006) Gender and Education (ed) London: RoutledgeFalmer (with M. Arnot)

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2003) Men and Masculinities: Theory, Research and Social Practice. Buckingham: Open University Press. (with Chris Haywood).

Articles and chapters

Mac an Ghaill, M. (in press) ‘Representing the Figure of the (Male) Irish Migrant: ‘Nothing to write home about’, Cultural Sociology.

Mac an Ghaill, M. (forthcoming) ‘Understanding the cultural: Boys, masculinities and emotions’ , Social Science and Medicine, (with Chris Haywood).

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2009) ‘The queer in masculinity: boys’ identity formation’, in N. Rodriguez (ed.) Queer Masculinities. New York: NYU Press (with Chris Haywood).

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2007) ‘Boys schooling: English practices and perspectives’, in K. Davidson and F. Blye (eds) Masculinities, Nationalisms and Schooling: International Perspectives. Canada: Fernwood. (with Chris Haywood)

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2007) ‘The significance of teaching boys’, (2002) in W. Martino and B. Meyenn (eds.) What about the Boys?: Issues of Maculinity in Schools. Buckingham: Open University Press (with Chris Haywood).

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2007) ‘A Man of the World: Emerging Representations of Global Genders’ , (2002) http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ed/events/conf-pdf/cPaperMacAnGhaill.pdf (with Chris Haywood).

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2007) ‘Heterosexism and homophobia in the hidden curriculum’, in B.B. Banks (ed.) Gender and Education: An Encyclopaedia. New York: Greenwood Press (with Chris Haywood)

Mac an Ghaill, M. (2007) ‘Masculinity, homophobia, and teaching,’ in B.B. Banks (ed.) Gender and Education: An Encyclopaedia. New York: Greenwood Press (with Chris Haywood).

See also

• Men's studies

Forthcoming events/talks

• 18 November 2010 Aston University *[6]
• 2 December 2010 School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University *[7]

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