Tim Edwards from the University of Leicester discussed the changing nature, meanings and potential consequences of "masculinity" in his speech at Minerva Palas in Karaköy on May 16, 2015. Commenting on "the rise of new and apparently more narcissistically driven or 'feminized' masculinities," Edwards noted that although its social construction was generally recognized, this rise offered little consensus as to the origin or implication of such masculinities. In his speech, Tim Edwards tried to provide a new perspective on these issues through film and the gaze.