Andrew Gorman-Murray and Peter Hopkins in conversation : reflections on masculinities and sexualities research on GPC’s 25th anniversary

In this piece, Andrew Gorman-Murray and Peter Hopkins reflect upon the relationships between sexualities, masculinities and feminist geographies, including how these fields have shaped each other. They also reflect on the emergence of research about masculinities, and the place of men, within feminist geography. Andrew previously served as one of the Book Review Editors of Gender, Place and Culture and Peter has served as one of the Book Review Editors before becoming an Editor and then Managing Editor of the journal. Andrew is Professor of Geography at Western Sydney University in Australia; his research has focused upon geographies of gender and sexuality, with recent work centring on LGBT experiences of disasters and on the impact of mobile work on household transformations. Peter is Professor of Social Geography at Newcastle University in the UK. His earlier work explored youthful Muslim masculinities and intergenerational relations. He continues to focus on the intersections of gender, ethnicity, religion and youth with recent working focusing on gendered Islamophobia, everyday geopolitics and equality and diversity. In 2014, Andrew and Peter co-edited a collection on Masculinities and Place with many contributions from feminist geographers