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Dr Richard Howson

B.Soc.Sc (Hons), University of New England, PhD UOW.

Location:19:2021
Phone:02 4221 4926
Email: rhowson@uow.edu.au

Position

Head, School of Social Sciences, Media & Communication
Senior Lecturer, Sociology Program
Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong 

Teaching 2009

Gender and Society, 3rd Year
Third Sector, 3rd Year
Social Policy, 3rd Year
Contemporary Social and Political Theory, 3rd Year

Research Programs

Theme Coordinator, Citizens, States and Power

Research Specialisation

Contemporary social and political theory, masculinities and feminist theory, theory of hegemony, social policy and social capital.

Open Position Fellow. Centre of Gender Excellence (GEXcel), Linkoping University, Sweden.

Current Research Projects

• Open Position Research Fellow GEXcel in theme 2 Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities.
• Political Sociology focusing on Postmarxist and Social Capital Theory (Central aspect of the forthcoming monograph Sociology of PostMarxism)
• Hegemony and Sovereignty: Indigenous claims on State Power in Australia and New Zealand. This is a URC and CSP funded project.

Recent Publications

Click here for searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.

Monographs

• Howson, R. (2009 forthcoming). Sociology of Postmarxism. New York: Routledge, forthcoming.
• Howson, R. (2006). Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity. London: Routledge.

Volumes

• Donaldson M., Hibbins R., Howson R. and Pease, B. (eds.) (2009). Migrant Men : Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge.
• Howson, R. & Smith, K. (eds) (2008). Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion. New York: Routledge.

Book Chapters

• Donaldson, M. and Howson, R., (2009). Men, Migration and Hegemonic Masculinity in Donaldson, M., Hibbins, R., Howson, R. and Pease, B. (eds.). Migrant Men: Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge.
• Howson, R., (2009). Theorising Hegemonic Masculinity: Contradiction, Hegemony and Dislocation in Donaldson, M., Hibbins, R., Howson, R. and Pease, B. (eds.) Migrant Men : Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge.
• Hearn, J., and Howson, R., (2009). Policy, Men and Transnationalism in Donaldson, M., Hibbins, R., Howson, R. and Pease, B. (eds.) Migrant Men: Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience. New York: Routledge.
• Nilan, P., Donaldson, M., and Howson, R., (2009). Indonesian Islamic Masulinities in Australia in Donaldson, M., Hibbins, R., Howson, R. and Pease, B. (eds.) Migrant Men: Critical Studies of Masculinities and the Migration Experience New York: Routledge.
• Howson, R. (2008). Hegemony in Pre-Prison Context. In Howson, R. & Smith, K. (eds) Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion, New York: Routledge.
• Howson, R. & Smith, K. (2008). Hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. In Howson, R. & Smith, K. (eds) Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion, New York: Routledge.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Howson, R. (2009) 'Deconstructing Hegemonic Masculinity: Contradiction, Hegemony and Dislocation', Nordic Journal for Masculinity Studies 4: 1.
• Howson, R. (2008). ‘Hegemonic Masculinity in the Theory of Hegemony’. Men and Masculinities. 11.1
• Nilan, P., Donaldson, M., and Howson, R.,(2007). ‘Indonesian Muslim Masculinities in Australia’. Asian Social Science. Vol. 3, No. 9.
• Howson, R. (2007). ‘From Ethico-Political to Postmarxism’. Re-Thinking Marxism. Vol. 19, No. 2.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Howson, R. (2009) 'Why Masculinity is Still an Important Empirical Category: Migrant Men and the Migration Experience', GEXcel Conference Proceedings, Sub-theme 2 - Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities: Contradictions of Absence
• Donaldson, M., Howson, R., and Nilan, P. (2006). ‘Comparative Masculinities: Why Islamic Indonesian Men are Great Mates and Australian Men are Girls’ in Refereed Proceedings for ASAA Conference, University of Wollongong.
• Howson, R. (2003). ‘Antagonism and Equivalence in a Radical Plural Democracy’ in New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, Refereed Proceedings for TASA Conference, University of New England, 4–6 December.

Current Research Students

PhD/Masters
Trent Brown
Scott Burrows
Truda Grey
Doug Meredith
Corrina Trimarchi
Melissa Wooderson

Honours
Melanie Becktel
Andrew Cameron
Adam Rogan