Now back from an inspiring week of papers, performances and workshops at Talking Bodies Conference - and exploring beautiful Chester! It was an absolute pleasure to share my research in such a supportive, stimulating and creative academic environment.

Back after attending Talking Bodies Conference . Also had the opportunity to present my research on masculinities in India.It was a memorable week of academic engagement with a lot of amazing friends at the beautiful city of Chester!

Happy to share that our article "The Male Householder and the Hypermasculine Deity: Malayalam-Language Films Based on the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala" has been published in the journal 'Visual Anthropology'. Link to the article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Apologies to all who experienced difficulties while trying to submit their abstract. We have now dealt with the technical issues. If you reopen the registration page and login you should be able to submit your abstract. The submission deadline has been extended to 8th January.