CFP: 10th International Symposium for Olympic Research

Rethinking Matters Olympic:

Investigations into the Socio-Cultural Study of the Modern Olympic Movement

10^th International Symposium for Olympic Research

organized and sponsored by

The International Centre for Olympic Studies

at

The University of Western Ontario

28, 29, 30 October 2010

At this time I would like to extend an invitation to interested individuals to submit an abstract of your most recent Olympic-related research for adjudication towards presenting at the 10^th Symposium, with accepted papers to be published in the Symposium Proceedings, which, as usual, will be produced and available to you upon your arrival at the Symposium. The deadline date for submission of abstracts is Monday, 1 March 2010, and the submission of final texts by no later than Friday, 30 July 2010. We will, as per the Beijing Model, follow up this initial announcement with periodic newsletter-announcements detailing other organizational details, such as registration fees, accommodation logistics, the program as it develops, keynote addresses, and other matters. I wish you all the very best for the remainder of 2009 and throughout the upcoming Olympic year of 2010. Cheers, and I look forward to hearing from you. Bob Barney

CFP: ISHPES Seminar - "Sport and the State: A Controversial Relationship"

Call for Papers

We would like to remind you that the next ISHPES Seminar is scheduled to
take place June 3-6, 2010.  The central topic of this year's Seminar is "Sport and
the State: A Controversial Relationship".  It will focus above all on this
"controversial relationship". Not only historians, but also sociologists,
political scientists, and representatives of related disciplines are
expressly invited to come and contribute their thoughts from their own
specific perspective.  The deadline for abstract submissions is February
15, 2010.  For further details, please visit our website at
http://congress.wincol.ac.il

Yoav Meckel, Ph.D,

Chairman of the Organizing Committee

The ZinmanCollege of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate
Institute, Israel

Congress Office:
Tel- 972-98639200

Mail Address: congress@wincol.ac.il

Website: http://congress.wincol.ac.il

INTERNSHIP: College Sport Research Institute

The College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) Internship Program allows students/individuals from any academic discipline the ability to gain practical research, development or event-management experience. Consistent with the mission and goals of CSRI and the Scholarly Conference on College Sport, we welcome both undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in college sport, college-sport research, event-management, development, or education to apply for the internship program. Internships can be structured for course credit.

Commitment and Compensation

CSRI internships are flexible, in regard to time commitments. Presently, research and event-management internships are unpaid. As a result we recognize interns in these positions may need to secure additional part-time employment. Therefore, the minimum time commitment for research and event-management interns is 20 hours/week. Since development internships are paid - based on a percent (20%) of developed memberships, donations, or sponsorships - the minimum time expectation for these internships is 30 hours per week. However, if interns require a specified number of hours to satisfy course credit requirements, CSRI can accommodate such a need.

• Research Internships (Three - [3] Internships)
  

• Development Internships (Two [2] Internships) Paid
  

• Event-Operations Internships (Two [2] Internships)
  

How to Apply

Internship applicants must submit an application packet that includes:

• Resume specifying academic standing and GPA

• Letter of interest detailing: Previous experience, Education & Rationale for applying

• Three letters of recommendation (one from a previous professor)

Send all appropriate paperwork to:

CSRI Internship Coordinator

College Sport Research Institute

Evergreen House, CB 8162

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Or

Email information to: csri@unc.edu

Application Deadlines

College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) internships are offered during fall, spring, and summer semesters. Interested candidates must submit an application packet by the deadlines listed below:

Spring: December 11

Summer: March 15

Fall: June 15

For more information on each internship, please visit the College Sport Research Institute website: www.unc.edu/csri

SEMINAR: Insuffler la paix - pensez-y, parlez-en, faites-la!

Pour diffusion immédiate
Novembre 2009

Le YMCA du Grand Moncton insuffle la paix chez les personnes de tous âges durant la Semaine de la paix du YMCA

(Moncton, N.-B.) – Chacun de nous a le potentiel d’être un bâtisseur de paix comme le souligne le thème de la Semaine de la paix du YMCA : « Insuffler la paix - pensez-y, parlez-en, faites-la! ». En concert avec les autres YMCA du Canada, le YMCA du Grand Moncton insuffle la paix et aide les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes à avoir une influence positive, spécialement durant la Semaine de la paix se déroulant du 21 au 28 novembre 2009.

« Dans le monde planétaire d’aujourd’hui, nous sommes plus liés les uns aux autres que nous puissions l’imaginer, dit Chris Robicheau, coordonnateur du Comité international du YMCA du Grand Moncton. En diffusant notre message de paix, nous sommes capables d’inspirer les autres à s’engager dans des actions pacifiques », d’ajouter M. Robicheau.

Même si la paix fait partie des programmes de toute l’année du YMCA du Grand Moncton, dans le cadre de la Semaine de la paix, on met plus d’accent sur l’exploration de la paix à de nombreux échelons, spécialement chez les enfants et les jeunes. Cette année, on se concentre sur le fait d’inspirer les autres à s’engager activement dans la paix dans leur vie quotidienne. Cela constitue une partie importante de l’instauration de la paix.

« Nos actions individuelles à l’égard de la paix sont des éléments clés de la création d’un monde plus sain et pacifique. La Semaine de la paix du YMCA est centrée sur l’importance de démontrer et de vivre nos valeurs de base d’inclusion, de respect, de responsabilité, de bienveillance, d’amour et de protection de la Terre », dit M. Robicheau.

Le YMCA a créé un guide d’activités axées sur la paix pour aider les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes à traduire leurs valeurs en action en explorant des sujets comme la coopération, l’empathie, le respect, la communication positive, la résolution des conflits et les parallèles entre les enjeux mondiaux et communautaires. Le YMCA encourage les parents et les enseignants à consulter le site www.ymca.ca pour télécharger ce guide gratuit.

Un fait saillant de la semaine est l’octroi de la Médaille de la paix du YMCA à une personne ou un groupe qui, sans ressources spéciales, démontre un engagement à l’égard de la paix par le biais de ses contributions spéciales au sein de la collectivité ou à l’étranger.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NASSS Newsletter, Dec 09

This the third call for submissions for the December edition of the NASSS Newsletter.

Deadline: Friday, December 11 at midnight.

Send to Sean Smith (sean.smith@rogers.com)
               

CFP: THE 8th ANNUAL DONALD MACINTOSH SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT DAY CONFERENCE

Saturday| January 16| 2010

Queen’s University| Kingston| Ontario

The School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University would like to invite all those interested in socio-cultural studies of sport and exercise to our annual day conference, held in the memory of our colleague, Dr. Donald Macintosh.

Call for papers

Graduate students who would like to present their work at the conference should send abstracts or proposals for round-table discussions to Samantha King (kingsj@queensu.ca) by December 15, 2009. We are looking for presentations of works-in-progress, as well as presentations of completed research.

The conference programme will consist of several sessions of graduate student presentations, a catered lunch, and the annual Donald Macintosh Memorial Lecture.

Dr. Christine Dallaire of the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa/École des Sciences de l’Activités Physique, Université d’Ottawa will speak on:

“The Jeux de la Francophonie Canadienne 2008 and the Discursive Construction of Francophoneness as a Technique of the Self”

Kingston is accessible by VIA rail or bus. It is a two hour and 45 minute drive from downtown Toronto or downtown Montreal. It is a two-hour drive from Ottawa and a one-hour drive from Watertown, NY.

Registration fees are $30 for faculty and $20 for students.

For information, or to add your name to our email list, write to Karima Dorney (7kjd1@queensu.ca)

CONFERENCE: Place and Rôle of Olympism in Education in Europe.

An international conference will be held in Besancon the third of December
entitled : Place and Rôle of Olympism in Education in Europe. This
conference (French language) is free. You'll find the programme on the
site of CESH.

http://www.cesh.eu/pdf/programme_03122009_Besancon_french.pdf

Sincerely yours

JF Loudcher
President of European Committee for Sports History

CFP: HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON SPORT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Dear colleagues

I am preparing a collection of papers on Sport Management for a book titled:

 ‘HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON SPORT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP’

I invite you to participate by submitting a paper for this book.

The deadline for papers is March 30th 2010.

The following is a list of possible topics:

•       Entrepreneurship in sport
•       Sport management
•       Philanthropy and social responsibility in sports-related industries
•       Sports marketing
•       Sponsorship, branding and targeting initiatives in sports
•       College and professional sports
•       Marketing innovations in sports and sports-related industries
•       Challenges and opportunities in sports-related industries
•       Regulatory and government issues in sport marketing
•       Marketing of sport events and sport teams broadcast rights
•       Segmenting and developing the sport consumer and sports teams
•       Internationalization activities in sport
•       The impact of sports on other industries (e.g. education, tourism, law)

Please email your papers in a word document file by March 30th 2010.

Best regards,

Vanessa

Dr Vanessa Ratten
Assistant Professor
Management Division
A J Palumbo & J F Donahue Schools of Business Administration
464 Rockwell Hall
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Phone: 412 396 1907
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com

Previous handbooks:

http://www.e-elgar-business.com/Bookentry_main.lasso?id=3923
http://www.e-elgar-asia.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12939

AWARD: NASSS 2010 Book Award

The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport invites nominations for
its annual book award. Books eligible for the award will meet ALL of the
following criteria:

• The book offers a scholarly analysis of a sport related issue or phenomenon
written from a sociological, anthropological, or related perspective.
• The book was first published in 2009.
• The book has not previously been a NASSS book award selection and has not been
previously nominated.

Please use the form on the NASSS Awards webpage ( http://www.nasss.org/awards.html#book ) when submitting titles for consideration.  Deadline
for nominations is March 1, 2010.

Best regards,
Parissa Safai
2010 NASSS Book Award Committee Chair

--
Parissa Safai, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science
E-mail: psafai@yorku.ca

CFP: North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)

THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION of NASSH

Coronado Springs Resort & Convention Center, Lake Buena Vista, Florida May 28-31, 2010

The 38th annual convention of the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) will be held at the Coronado Springs Resort & Convention Center, Walt Disney World, Florida, May 28-31, 2010. (Information about convention registration and accommodations available at NASSH2010.ORG)

The Program Committee encourages all NASSS members and others interested in sport history to think about research presentation possibilities for the convention. Abstracts may be submitted for individual papers (20 minutes) or for complete sessions (95 minutes – typically, but not necessarily, composed of 3 presenters at 20 minutes each, a commentator at 20 minutes, and discussion at 15 minutes). Proposals for complete sessions are strongly encouraged.

All submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee (Catriona Parratt [Chair]) according to their individual merit, contribution to the field, and potential contribution as components of the total program. Proposals that do not provide all the information requested will be returned to the author(s). The deadline for the submission of proposals is *** DECEMBER 1, 2009 ***. Please send abstracts to Catriona Parratt, Program Chair, by E-mail at catriona-parratt@uiowa.edu or via fax to 319-335-6669.

CONFERENCE: ISHPES Seminar 2010

ISHPES Seminar 2010
3 - 6 June 2010
"Sport and the State:
A Controversial Relationship" organized by The Zinman College of
Physical Education & Sport Sciences
at the Wingate Institute Israel
and the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES)

This seminar is part of the 2010 Wingate Congress of Exercise & Sport Sciences
For more information see www.congress.wincol.ac.il or ask Annette Hofmann (nettehof@web.de)

CONFERENCE: Transnational Scholars for the Study of Gender and Sport

The 5th conference of the Transnational Scholars for the Study of Gender and Sport will be held in Lyon, France, on the 21, 22 and 23 January, 2010. There will be no fee, but attendees will have to pay their lunches at the restaurant of the university (around 9 euros).
Lyon is easily reachable by train (TGV = 2 h from Paris) or plane (Lyon St Exupery Airport).
The University is at 10' by local transport from the train Station of Lyon-La Part Dieu.

For more information contact THIERRY.TERRET@adm.univ-lyon1.fr
Thierry Terret 

Conference: A Mirror to Our Culture: Sport and Society in America

“A Mirror to Our Culture: Sport and Society in America” will be a distinctive,
intimate, and affordable three-day event that will provide opportunities for sports
academics and professionals working in sports-related fields to network and to share
their expertise on a wide range topics related to American sports. It is
co-sponsored by the Green Bay Packers and St. Norbert College.

The conference includes a number of elements meant to create a unique experience for
all those who participate and attend. Paul Tagliabue, former Commissioner (CEO) of
the National Football League, Carl Vogel, Partner of SCP Worldwide, and Robert
Kustra, President of Boise State University, will give major addresses offering
their perspectives on Sports in America, The Future of American Sports, and Modern
College Athletics - A View from the Top. The conference will also include a gallery
exhibition of the finest American sports photography, and a juried festival of
sports-themed films and videos. More details can be found at
www.snc.edu/sportandsociety.

The conference registration fee of $275 will include a dinner for all attendees in
the Legends Club Area at Lambeau Field, three days of luncheons, several coffee
breaks daily, a guided tour of Lambeau Field, admission to the Packers Hall of Fame,
access to all major addresses and sessions, and admission to photography gallery and
all film/video showings. There also will be single-day conference registration
available when registration opens February 1, 2010.

To maintain an intimate atmosphere, total registration at the conference will be
limited to 300. Preference for registration will be given to those giving papers and
presentations. We encourage you to submit your paper/presentation abstract at
https://www.snc.edu/sportandsociety/secure/submitpaper.html. We hope to see you
next May!

Kevin G. Quinn, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics
Conference Director, "A Mirror to Our Culture:
Sport and Society in America" www.snc.edu/sportandsociety

St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
De Pere, WI 54115
(920) 403-3447 phone
(920) 403-4098 fax

JOB: Dean, School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences, Barry University

Dean of the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences

Institution: Barry University

Posted: October 31, 2009

Location: Florida

Category: Kinesiology/exercise physiology/physical education, Academic administration, Deans

Position Description: Not Provided

Employment Level: Full Time

Website: http://www.barry.edu

Salary: Unspecified

Dean of the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences

Barry University seeks a dynamic, energetic and innovative leader to serve as Dean of the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences. This is a full-time, 12-month position. The Dean reports to the Provost and is the academic officer who provides administrative supervision and leadership to the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences (HPLS). The School of HPLS is comprised of three distinct units: the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences (SES), the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA), and the Department of Campus Recreation and Wellness (CRW).

The successful candidate will have the following characteristics:

* An earned Doctorate from a regionally/internationally accredited institution in one of the disciplines represented in the School of HPLS.
* A strong record of teaching and scholarship that supports the vision and goals of the School and a record of academic achievement consistent with an appointment at the rank of full professor.
* A record of success in resource allocation and securing external funding.
* Five years successful administrative experience in higher education at the department chair level or above or other comparable experience.
* Experience with program standards and review processes of accrediting agencies.
* Significant budgetary and planning experience in higher education.
* Commitment to NCAA Division II philosophy of athletic and academic balance and excellence among all student-athletes.
* Ability to promulgate recreation and wellness among the Barry community.
* Commitment to diversity, shared governance, faculty/coaches/staff development, and academic excellence consistent with the university's Adrian Dominican mission.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills that support the development and cultivation of new opportunities within the School, the University, and the community.

Responsibilities:

The Dean is responsible for providing visionary leadership and strategic planning for the programs in the School in cooperation and consultation with the faculty, coaches, and staff. The Dean will oversee faculty, coach, and staff development as well as the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of goals and directions for the three units. The Dean will be expected to manage the budget, support faculty research, support the development of new programming and public/private partnerships, and oversee self-studies for accreditation.

The Campus and Community:

Barry University is a comprehensive Catholic institution with a diverse student population of over 8,000. The university consists of two colleges and seven schools with a full-time faculty of 300. The University offers 45 undergraduate degrees and more than 25 graduate programs. The campus in located within the greater Miami metropolitan community of Miami Shores, Florida.

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2009 and will continue until position is filled. The appointment date is July 1, 2010. Letter of interest, CV, contact information for three to five references, unofficial doctoral transcripts, and statement of educational philosophy should be sent electronically to Dr. Karen A. Callaghan, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences hplsdeansearch@mail.barry.edu

Barry University is an equal opportunity employer. International professionals are encouraged to apply.

JOB: Dept Chair, Syracuse

Department Chair / Exercise Science (025184)

Institution: Syracuse University

Posted: October 26, 2009

Location: New York

Category: Kinesiology/ exercise physiology/ physical education, Other health/ medicine

Position Description:Tenure Track

Employment Level: Full Time

Website: http://www.sujobopps.com

Salary: Not Provided

Syracuse University invites applications and nominations for the tenure-track position of Chair of the Department of Exercise Science in the School of Education to begin summer of 2010. To be considered, candidates must have earned a doctorate in exercise science, exercise physiology or related discipline and demonstrate a record of teaching effectiveness and scholarship commensurate with appointment at the associate professor/full professor level. They must possess a strong record of publication and have obtained a level of extramural funding demonstrating excellence in research. They must show readiness to contribute to both undergraduate and graduate teaching, advise Master's and PhD student research, and perform University and professional service.

The department supports a number of academic programs and pursues a range of project and research interests. It is one of seven departments in the School of Education and offers undergraduate majors in physical education and health and exercise science, and a master's degree program in exercise science. A program in physical therapy is offered through an articulation agreement with a neighboring medical university. Currently, students may pursue doctoral studies in exercise physiology through the Ph.D. program in Science Education. The department consists of seven faculty members, 150 undergraduate students and 60 graduate students.

Candidates must have demonstrated or have the potential to lead and administer such an academic department. This includes interacting effectively with students, faculty members, and other administrators; collaborating with others in a multidisciplinary teaching and research environment; engaging in the local community and promoting the engagement of others; showing a commitment to diversity in the actions and plans of the department. Unique opportunities exist for participation in translational and interdisciplinary research, collaborating with basic science departments on campus and the neighboring medical university. In such an environment, candidates must have and be able to express a vision for the department that will move it forward.

Although outstanding candidates in all areas of exercise science will be considered, special consideration will be given to investigators with a record of research in human cardiovascular, ventilatory, or metabolic physiology, as well as those that complement the new institutional commitments in cell signaling and disability studies. Special consideration will also be given to those applicants with experience in both applied and basic physiology.

Initial screening of applications is ongoing and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

IMPORTANT: As part of the application process, you must complete a Dean/Senior Executive/Faculty Application at http://www.sujobopps.com and apply to job# 025184; to be considered, a CV must be attached to the application.

You must also send letter of application outlining your accomplishments and future directions, and 3 letters of recommendation to Dr. James Bellini, Search Committee Chair, Exercise Science, Room 201 Women's Bldg, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-5040; jlbellin@syr.edu; (315) 443-2114 fax (315) 443-9375; for additional information on the department go to http://www.soe.syr.edu.

Syracuse University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

CFP: 2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport

*2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport*

*Wednesday-Friday: April 21-23, 2010 *

*William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center*

* The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *

*Chapel Hill, NC*

Call for Papers

The /College Sport Research Institute/ welcomes the submission of
abstracts for its 3rd annual Scholarly Conference on College Sport to be
held on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC. The conference’s mission is to: “Provide students,
scholars, and college-sport practitioners with a public forum to discuss
relevant and timely intercollegiate-athletics issues.”

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:*

To be considered for acceptance, abstracts must reflect college-sport
research on the history of intercollegiate athletics, social-cultural
college-sport issues, legal theory or the application of law to
college-sport issues, business-related issues in college sport, or
special topics related to current college-sport issues. *_The research
should have reached a fairly complete stage of development, and the
abstract should provide enough detail about the research, so the
reviewers have sufficient information to judge its quality._* Abstracts
proposing teaching-related sessions on college-sport issues will also be
considered, as long as the abstract provides sufficient detail to judge
the quality of the proposed session.

*_Abstracts will undergo a multi-person, blind-review process to
determine acceptance.
_*
Abstracts submitted to CSRI should not be concurrently submitted for
consideration to another conference.

*_SUBMISSION DEADLINE:_*

Abstracts should *NOT* be submitted prior to Monday, October 12, 2009
and *MUST* be received no later than *_Friday, January 15, 2010
(11:59p.m. EST)._* Submissions received after this date and time will
not be considered for acceptance.

*ABSTRACT FORMAT AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:*

All abstracts *MUST *be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word
attachment and must contain the following information and conform to the
following format requirements:

  * Single-spaced
  * One-inch margins,
  * Times New Roman 12-point font, and
  * 400-word maximum for 30-minute presentations and posters, and
    800-word maximum for 65-minute presentations.

*ABSTRACT FORMAT:*

Line 1: Type of session desired (choose from the options below):

· 30-minute oral presentation (including questions)

· 65-minute teaching symposium, roundtable, or workshop

· 65-minute forum (2-3 papers with a discussant, including questions)

· Poster presentation

Line 2: three to four keywords that will help the program coordinator
schedule similar topics in succession

Line 3: author(s) and institution(s) names (centered on page)

Line 4: presentation title (centered on page)

Line 5: blank

Line 6 to end: text of abstract (including demonstration of research
conducted)


In the email message accompanying the attached abstract, include the
principal author’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and fax
and telephone numbers.

*_Submission of abstract(s) indicates the intent of the presenter(s) to
register for the conference at the appropriate registration fee._*

**

*Email all abstracts to:*

(Graduate Research Coordinator – College Sport Research Institute) at
*csri@unc.edu* **

NOTE: All abstracts *MUST *be submitted electronically as a Microsoft
Word attachment**

For more information regarding the conference:

http://www.csriconference.org <http://www.csriconference.org/>

or

919.843-6774 / 919.962-3507

CF

*2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport*

*Wednesday-Friday: April 21-23, 2010 *

*William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center*

* The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *

*Chapel Hill, NC*

Call for Papers

The /College Sport Research Institute/ welcomes the submission of
abstracts for its 3rd annual Scholarly Conference on College Sport to be
held on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC. The conference’s mission is to: “Provide students,
scholars, and college-sport practitioners with a public forum to discuss
relevant and timely intercollegiate-athletics issues.”

*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:*

To be considered for acceptance, abstracts must reflect college-sport
research on the history of intercollegiate athletics, social-cultural
college-sport issues, legal theory or the application of law to
college-sport issues, business-related issues in college sport, or
special topics related to current college-sport issues. *_The research
should have reached a fairly complete stage of development, and the
abstract should provide enough detail about the research, so the
reviewers have sufficient information to judge its quality._* Abstracts
proposing teaching-related sessions on college-sport issues will also be
considered, as long as the abstract provides sufficient detail to judge
the quality of the proposed session.

*_Abstracts will undergo a multi-person, blind-review process to
determine acceptance.
_*
Abstracts submitted to CSRI should not be concurrently submitted for
consideration to another conference.

*_SUBMISSION DEADLINE:_*

Abstracts should *NOT* be submitted prior to Monday, October 12, 2009
and *MUST* be received no later than *_Friday, January 15, 2010
(11:59p.m. EST)._* Submissions received after this date and time will
not be considered for acceptance.

*ABSTRACT FORMAT AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:*

All abstracts *MUST *be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word
attachment and must contain the following information and conform to the
following format requirements:

   * Single-spaced
   * One-inch margins,
   * Times New Roman 12-point font, and
   * 400-word maximum for 30-minute presentations and posters, and
     800-word maximum for 65-minute presentations.

*ABSTRACT FORMAT:*

Line 1: Type of session desired (choose from the options below):

· 30-minute oral presentation (including questions)

· 65-minute teaching symposium, roundtable, or workshop

· 65-minute forum (2-3 papers with a discussant, including questions)

· Poster presentation

Line 2: three to four keywords that will help the program coordinator
schedule similar topics in succession

Line 3: author(s) and institution(s) names (centered on page)

Line 4: presentation title (centered on page)

Line 5: blank

Line 6 to end: text of abstract (including demonstration of research
conducted)


In the email message accompanying the attached abstract, include the
principal author’s name, postal mailing address, email address, and fax
and telephone numbers.

*_Submission of abstract(s) indicates the intent of the presenter(s) to
register for the conference at the appropriate registration fee._*

**

*Email all abstracts to:*

(Graduate Research Coordinator – College Sport Research Institute) at
*csri@unc.edu* **

NOTE: All abstracts *MUST *be submitted electronically as a Microsoft
Word attachment**

For more information regarding the conference:

http://www.csriconference.org <http://www.csriconference.org/>

or

919.843-6774 / 919.962-3507

CFP: African Americans and the History of Sport

Call for Papers


“African Americans and the History of Sport”


The Journal of African American History is planning a special issue devoted to African Americans and the History of Sport. While there have been many important books and articles published on African American athletes historically, this special issue will seek to offer new insights based on the latest research in this significant area of 19th and 20th century African American history.

The Journal of African American History welcomes essays on any aspect of the history of African Americans and Sport, including but not limited to: 1) Sport and Gender Politics; 2) Jim Crow and the Desegregation of Professional Sports; 3) Sport and International Politics; 4) Sport and Social Protest; 5) African American Athletes and College Sports Historically; 6) African Americans and the Rise of the Sports Industry; 7) Athletics and the Urban Landscape.

Essays should be no more that 35 typed, double-spaced pages (12 point font), including endnotes. Guidelines for manuscript submission are available in The Journal of African American History; and on the JAAH website: www.jaah.org/

Submitted essays will be peer-reviewed. Your cover letter should include the title of your essay, name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number. Your essay should begin with the title of the essay and NOT include your name.

Please send three (3) hard copies of your manuscript to:

Dr. V.P. Franklin, Editor
The Journal of African American History
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Teachers College, Box 75
Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027

E-mail address: vof1019@aol.com.



Submission Deadline: To be determined.

CFP: The Development of Football: Commercialization, Culture and Identity

The Development of Football:
Commercialization, Culture and Identity

Thursday, April 8 – Saturday, April 10, 2010

Department of Sport Science, Malmö University
Location, Orkanen


Ever since the revolutionary breakthrough of television and, a decade or so later, the infamous Bosman ruling, the world of association football has been divided into strong centers, less powerful semi-peripheries, and more or less marginalized fringes. Some national leagues have, in sporting and economic terms, left the others far behind. The same pattern is apparent in women’s football. What’s more, there’s a clear division within the national leagues as well, with the same handful of rich and famous clubs claiming top positions in the league tables. Is this the football of the future? Is the division into centers and peripheries beneficial for football? These are some of the themes and question that will be penetrated at Malmö University’s important international football conference.

The conference on football will have a number of interesting keynote speakers – with local, global and glocal focuses. Confirmed speakers are Richard Giulianotti (UK), John Hughson (UK), Hans Hognestad (Norway), Boria Majumdar (India), Torbjörn Andersson (Sweden) and Jesper Fundberg (Sweden).

The conference committee now invites participants to present PAPERS, preferably, but not necessarily, relating to the following themes:

• The Status and the Prospects of National Football Leagues
• Post-Bosman and the Development of Football
• The Globalisation/Glocalisation of Football
• Football and Local and National Identity
• Directions in Contemporary and Future European Football
• The Future Development of Women Football
• Sponsoring and Marketing of Women Football
• The Implication of the 6+5 Rule or the Economic Doping of Football Clubs

Please submit ABSTRACTS (250 – 400 words) electronically to

• Annika Larsson (annika.larsson@mah.se)

no later than December 15, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be given on January 11, 2010. Accepted articles must be submitted in full by March 15th, and will be considered for publication in a special issue of Soccer and Society, in 2011, or in Nordic Sport Studies Forum.

For further information, please contact Bo Carlsson, Malmö University (bo.carlsson@mah.se)


But Actually, It’s Two Conferences...

The Department of Sport Science is organizing two separate, and yet partly coinciding conferences, under the joint heading of ”Centers and Peripheries in Sport”. Both conferences are focusing on inequalities in the development of sport. The first conference, “The Development of Football: Commercialization, Culture and Identity”, commencing on the 8th of April, acknowledges the inconsistencies in association football between centers and peripheries in the European context. On Saturday the 10th a particular focus on women’s football will mark the end of the first conference and the opening of the second conference, “The Development of Women Sport: Separate but not Equal”, which concentrates on the development of women’s sports, with an emphasis on equality and differences. A separate Call for Papers for the second conference has been distributed, and can be accessed through the conference website, http://www.centersandperipheriesinsport (active from October 26, 2009).

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CFP: The Development of Women Sport: Separate but not Equal

The Development of Women Sport:
Separate but not Equal

Saturday, April 10 – Monday, April 12, 2010

Department of Sport Science, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

Location, Orkanen

Gender differences and similarities, and whether differences and similarities should be reflected in the organization of sports, is a hotly contended issue in media, in sports, and between scholars. There is consensus about the basic inequalities within sports, but how can that be corrected? Who will spearhead the campaign for gender equality in sports, and in what way should it be run? I various ways, feminists have tried to steer society towards gender equality; but how did the association sports respond? These and many more questions concerning men, women and sports will be subject to thorough exploration at this unique conference.

The conference on gender and sports will have a number of exciting keynote speakers: Raewyn Connell (Australia), Kari Fasting (Norway), Pirkko Markula (Canada), Celia Brackenridge (UK), Gertrud Pfister (Denmark), Sigmund Loland (Norway), Marion Keim (South Africa), Boria Majumdar (India) Martin Polley (UK), Susanna Hedenborg (Sweden).

The conference committee now invites participants to present PAPERS, relating to the theme of gender, women and sports.

Please submit ABSTRACTS (250 – 400 words) electronically to

o Annika Larsson (annika.larsson@mah.se)

no later than December 15, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be given on January 11 2010. Accepted articles must be submitted in full by March 15th, and will be considered for publication in a special issue of Sport and Society, in 2011, or in Nordic Sport Studies Forum.

For further information, please contact Susanna Hedenborg, Malmö University (susanna.hedenborg@mah.se)

But Actually, It’s Two Conferences...

The Department of Sport Science is organizing two separate, and yet partly coinciding conferences, under the joint heading of ”Centers and Peripheries in Sport”. Both conferences are focusing on inequalities in the development of sport. The first conference, “The Development of Football: Commercialization, Culture and Identity”, commencing on the 8th of April, acknowledges the inconsistencies in association football between centers and peripheries in the European context. On Saturday the 10th a particular focus on women’s football will mark the end of the first conference and the opening of the second conference, “The Development of Women Sport: Separate but not Equal”, which concentrates on the development of women’s sports, with an emphasis on equality and differences. A separate Call for Papers for the second conference has been distributed, and can be accessed through the conference website, http://www.centersandperipheriesinsport (active from October 26, 2009).

CFP: “African Americans and the History of Sport”

“African Americans and the History of Sport”

The Journal of African American History is planning a special issue devoted to African Americans and the History of Sport. While there have been many important books and articles published on African American athletes historically, this special issue will seek to offer new insights based on the latest research in this significant area of 19th and 20th century African American history.

The Journal of African American History welcomes essays on any aspect of the history of African Americans and Sport, including but not limited to: 1) Sport and Gender Politics; 2) Jim Crow and the Desegregation of Professional Sports; 3) Sport and International Politics; 4) Sport and Social Protest; 5) African American Athletes and College Sports Historically; 6) African Americans and the Rise of the Sports Industry; 7) Athletics and the Urban Landscape.

Essays should be no more that 35 typed, double-spaced pages (12 point font), including endnotes. Guidelines for manuscript submission are available in The Journal of African American History; and on the JAAH website: www.jaah.org/

Submitted essays will be peer-reviewed. Your cover letter should include the title of your essay, name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number. Your essay should begin with the title of the essay and NOT include your name.

Please send three (3) hard copies of your manuscript to:

Dr. V.P. Franklin, Editor
The Journal of African American History
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Teachers College, Box 75
Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027

E-mail address: vof1019@aol.com.

Submission Deadline: To be determined.

CFP: The 17th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball

NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture announces The 17th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball


Wednesday, March 10-Saturday, March 13, 2010


Fiesta Resort Conference Center
2100 South Priest Drive
Tempe, Arizona


Call for Papers 

The 17th Annual NINE Spring Training Conference invites original, unpublished papers that study all aspects of baseball, with particular emphasis on history and social policy implications.   Abstracts only, not to exceed 300 words, should be submitted by December 1, 2009, to:



NINE Spring Training Conference
c/o Trey Strecker
Department of English
Ball State University 
Muncie, Indiana 47306-0460 

Email: tstrecker@bsu.edu  

Email abstracts are preferred.  Authors will be notified as quickly as possible whether their papers have been accepted.  Authors are required to register for the conference and present their work in person.  The 2010 conference program and accepted abstracts will be posted here on the NINE Web site in January 2010.


Keynote Speaker: Larry Dierker 

Larry Dierker pitched for the Houston Colt .45's, Houston Astros, and St. Louis Cardinals from 1964 to 1977.  He broadcast Astros games from 1979 to 1996 and in 2004, and managed the Astros from 1997 to 2001, finishing in first place four times and earning the National League Manager of the Year Award in 1998.  He is the author of This Ain't Brain Surgery: How to Win the Pennant Without Losing Your Mind and My Team: Choosing My Dream Team from My Forty Years in Baseball.


Featured Guest: Marty Appel 

Marty Appel is the president of Marty Appel Public Relations, and he was the New York Yankees Director of Public Relations from 1973 to 1977.  He is the author of seventeen books, including Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike "King" Kelly and Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain.  


Registration

Conference registration forms are available online on the new NINE Web site at http://nine.iweb.bsu.edu/registration.htm.   

The $175 conference registration fee includes the Saturday evening banquet and tickets for two spring training games, if paid prior to January 1, 2010.  After January 1, the conference fee will be $195, and game tickets are not guaranteed.

Attendees can register in one of two ways.  Those wishing to pay online may use Paypal through the link provided on the NINE Web site.  Those wishing to pay by check can print their registration information (name, mailing address, phone number, email, and academic affiliation [if applicable]) and send it along with their conference fee to: 

Dan and Jean Ardell
P. O. Box 482 
Corona del Mar, CA 92625

For further information about conference registration, please contact Jean Ardell at jeanardell@yahoo.com.  

Registrants should make their hotel reservations directly with the Fiesta Resort Conference Center on the Web at http://www.fiestaresortcc.com or by phone at 1-800-528-6481.  Rates are $99.00/night single or double; $109/night three per room; $119/night four per room.  To ensure the conference rate; rooms must be booked by  February 26, 2010.  Be sure to mention NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture.   

Be sure to check out our new Web site at http://nine.iweb.bsu.edu .


Trey Strecker, Editor
NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture
Department of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306-0460
New NINE Web site: http://nine.iweb.bsu.edu

CFP: Sport&EU 5th Annual Conference: ‘The challenges of sport governance’

Sport&EU 5th Annual Conference: ‘The challenges of sport governance’

University of Ghent (Belgium), 1^st and 2^nd July 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

The Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union (Sport&EU) is pleased to announce that its 5^th annual conference will be held at the University of Ghent (Belgium) on the 1^st and 2^nd July 2010, coinciding with the Belgian presidency of the European Union.

With the Treaty of Lisbon about to enter into force, the European Union will for the first time be equipped with a direct competence in the area of sport. Moreover, the implementation of the 2007 European Commission White Paper on Sport and the Action Plan Pierre de Coubertin is shaping and re-defining to some extent the policies of the EU towards sport. The last couple of years have featured a focus on the transformation of sport governance and the new roles of public authorities, governing bodies and stakeholders in the organisation of European sport. Sport&EU’s 5^th annual conference sets to explore the latest research on the current challenges and possible solutions to improve sport governance.

The conference organisers invite now the submission of paper and panel proposals addressing issues pertaining to sport governance and to the role of public authorities (including but not limited to the European Union) and non-governmental sport organisations at different levels in the governance of sport. The organisers would value proposals that do not focus only on professional sport, and papers analysing the consequences of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty are welcome as well. Papers and panels with an interdisciplinary approach are especially welcome and submissions by PhD students are encouraged.

For more information on the conference, please visit our website at www.pswx.ugent.be/seuc2010

For single paper proposals, send a 250 words abstract, together with a short biography and your contact details.

We especially encourage full panel proposals (maximum of 3 papers per panel): For this send (in a single file) a 250 words panel abstract, together with a 250 abstract for each paper.

Please also include a chair for the panel (if you cannot find a chairperson, we will allocate one) and a bibliographic note for each paper giver. The contact details of the panel proposer should also be included.

All paper and panel proposals should be sent to charlotte.vantuyckom@ugent.be by 25 January 2010.

Please note that all the proposals will be subject to peer review by the conference’s scientific committee. Successful proposals will be notified by 25 February 2010.

For more information, please contact charlotte.vantuyckom@ugent.be or b.garcia-garcia@lboro.ac.uk. You can also visit our website at www.pswx.ugent.be/seuc2010

SEMINAR: Sport and Leisure History, Univ of Hertforshire

SPORT AND LEISURE HISTORY SEMINAR

'PEASANTS INTO SPORTSMEN: SPORT AND THE MAKING OF MODERN ITALY'

Speaker: Simon Martin (British School at Rome/University of Hertfordshire)

During the last century sport stimulated and revealed social change,
political transition and economic development in Italy, while providing
rituals and shared experiences that were fundamental in the construction
of the nation’s modern identity. This paper will explore how sport became
such an integral part of Italian social, economic and political life. It
will also reveal how the formerly elitist, minority pastime that was
restricted to the cultural margins of the newly created, industrially
retarded and regionally divided nation-state, metamorphosed into a
national, mass cultural and social institution that symbolises and
reflects Italy’s modernisation.

Through analysis of specific events and sporting personalities in liberal,
Fascist and postwar democratic Italy this paper will consider why sport
has been such a consistently important feature of twentieth-century
Italian life; what is its relationship with Italy’s social, economic and
political modernisation; to what extent, and with what success, Italian
sporting traditions and communal experiences been exploited to inculcate a
sense of shared, national identity by all governments; and how sport help
us rethink traditional questions about modern Italy?

Dr Simon Martin won the British Society for Sport's History’s Lord
Aberdare Prize for literary history in 2004 for his book Football and
Fascism: The National Game Under Mussolini (Berg, Oxford, 2004), which was
based on his PhD thesis. Awarded postdoctoral funding by the Leverhulme
Trust, he continued his research on sport and modern Italy and his
forthcoming book, Sport Italia. The Italian Love Affair with Sport, will
be published by IB Tauris in 2010. Dr Martin has taught at UCL and the
University of Hertfordshire, where he currently holds a Visiting
Fellowship, and is a Research Fellow at the British School at Rome.

Time and Date: 5:15 PM, Monday, November 2nd
Location: Ecclesiastical History Room, Institute of Historical Research,
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.

All are welcome. For more information, please contact our seminar
secretary, Dion Georgiou, at sportshistory@hotmail.co.uk.

LECTURE: Keele University --"Sport and Memory"

Lectures at Keele University 2009
All welcome
Free
4 November, 2009
Alan Bairner (Loughborough University),

'Sport and memory:
Social remembering, autobiographies and the self'.

2.00. p.m – 3.30 p.m

Chancellor’s Building, Keele University.
Room CBA1.021


Future lectures
18 November, Jean Williams (De Montfort University), 'Frisky and Bitchy: Unlikely British women Olympians'. Room CBA0.005


9 December, Tony Bateman (De Montfort University),'"From far it looks like politics"; C.L.R. James and the Cricket Canon'. CBA0.005

16 December, John Hughson (University of Central Lancashire), 'The Postmodernist Always Rings Twice: Reflections on the "New" Cultural Turn in Sports History'. Room CBA0.005

Further details: jrbkeele@yahoo.co.uk

CFP: ISHPES Seminar

Call for Papers

We would like to remind you that the next ISHPES Seminar is scheduled to take
place June 3-6, 2010.  The central topic of this year's Seminar is "Sport and
the State: A Controversial Relationship".  It will focus above all on this
"controversial relationship". Not only historians, but also sociologists,
political scientists, and representatives of related disciplines are
expressly invited to come and contribute their thoughts from their own
specific perspective.  The deadline for abstract submissions is February 15,
2010.  For further details, please visit our website at
http://congress.wincol.ac.il

Yoav Meckel, Ph.D,

Chairman of the Organizing Committee

The ZinmanCollege of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate
Institute, Israel

Congress Office:
Tel- 972-98639200

Mail Address: congress@wincol.ac.il

Website: http://congress.wincol.ac.il

JOB: Socio-cultural/Historical/Philosophical Perspectives

Institution: California State University, Fullerton
Location: Fullerton, CA
Category:
• Faculty - Health - Physical Education & Kinesiology
Posted: 10/05/2009
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time

Position:
Primary teaching responsibilities are in the areas of sport sociology and history and philosophy. In addition to the sub-specialty, teaching responsibilities may include, among others, courses in the areas of measurement and statistics, introduction to kinesiology, and/or research methods. Successful applicants will be expected to conduct research and engage in other scholarly activities; participate in curriculum development; advise and direct student research and graduate theses/ projects/exams; provide Department, College, and University service; and provide academic advisement.

Qualifications:
* Earned doctorate in Kinesiology, Exercise Science, or related field.
* Expertise in the historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives used to understand the development and role of physical activity and sport in an ever-changing society.
* Focused ongoing scholarly/creative activity with a record of peer-reviewed publications; successful teaching performance in relevant courses.
* Evidence of significant professional and leadership activities.
* Ability to work successfully within a culturally diverse university and community.
* Priority will be given to candidates with experience in and/or potential for attracting external funding.

Department:
The Department (> 1,000 majors) offers B.S and M.S. degrees in Kinesiology, providing students with several focus options related to specific career objectives and sub-disciplinary specializations. The Department houses several laboratories and offers multiple opportunities for collaboration in its research centers, including the Center for Successful Aging, the Center for the Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles and Obesity Prevention, the Lifespan Wellness Center, and the Center for the Advancement of Responsible Youth Sports. Visit the departmental and University websites for additional information about our offerings and faculty: http://hhd.fullerton.edu/knes/

Rank & Salary:
This position is at the rank of Assistant Professor. Salary is competitive and commensurate with rank, experience and qualifications. Periodic salary adjustments are enacted by the state legislature. Additional teaching in summer and intersession is often available. An excellent comprehensive benefits package is available which includes health/vision/dental plans; spouse, domestic partner and /or dependent fee-waiver; access to campus child-care as well as an affordable housing program; and a defined-benefit retirement program through the state system along with optional tax sheltering opportunities. For a detailed description of benefits visit: http://hr.fullerton.edu/Benefits/Faculty_Unit_3.pdf

Job Control Number:
23603G-10-007

Appointment Date:
August 2010

Application Procedures:
Send letter of application; a brief narrative (2 pages) regarding candidate's views on trends and future directions in main area of research; transcripts of graduate work; current vita; up to three examples of scholarly work; copies of teaching evaluations for all courses taught over the past two years; and three letters of recommendation addressed to:

Department of Kinesiology
California State University, Fullerton
P.O. Box 6870
Fullerton, CA 92834-6870
ATTN: Chair, Faculty Search Committee

Application Deadline:
To assure full consideration complete applications should be received by November 30, 2009. The positions will remain open until filled.

Cal State Fullerton is an Equal Opportunity/
Title IX/503/504/VEVRA/ADA Employer

Achieving A Climate of Success Through Diversity & Equity

Application Information

Postal Address:	ATTN: Chair, Faculty Search Committee Department of Kinesiology California State University, Fullerton P.O. Box 6870 Fullerton, CA 92834-6870

GRANT: Diversity in Sport Dissertation

Diversity in Sport Dissertation Grant

The Laboratory for Diversity in Sport at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce the Diversity in Sport Dissertation Grant. This is a $1,000 award presented to a student who will complete a doctoral dissertation by August 15, 2010. Any doctoral student conducting research in the area of diversity in sport and physical activity is eligible for the grant.

Overview.
Diversity represents one of the most important issues in sport and physical activity today. From a managerial standpoint, changing demographics, equal employment opportunity laws, social pressures, and the promise of diversity’s positive effects on the workplace have all contributed to the increased heterogeneity of sport organization employees. Research indicates, however, that diversity can have varied effects in sport organizations. As such, it is imperative for managers to understand how diversity influences the workplace and factors that can facilitate the positive effects of diversity.

From a social standpoint, sport has historically been a context where persons with certain characteristics—that is, White, able-bodied, heterosexual, Protestant men—has been privileged relative to those persons who do hold those characteristics. This form of privilege is largely still in place today. Social scientists are charged, therefore, with understanding (a) the experiences of members of under-represented groups, (b) how their experiences in sport influence their subsequent attitudes and behaviors, and (c) what policies can be implemented to ensure that sport is a setting open to all persons, irrespective of their demographic characteristics, values, or beliefs.

Guidelines.
Students should complete the attached information sheet, complete a proposal for funding, and provide a detailed budget. Each proposal should be no more than three pages of text (excluding references, tables, figures, and/or appendices). The proposal should include (a) an introduction, (b) an overview of the theoretical framework adopted for the study, (c) the proposed methods, (d) the data analytic procedures, (e) the expected results, and (f) the implications of the research for the study of diversity in sport. On a separate page from the written proposal, students should provide a detailed budget of how they plan to use the funds. Proposals should also include a letter of support from the student’s advisor. Preference will be given to those studies focusing on the issues outlined in the Overview section.

Students should submit four copies of the grant proposal to:

George B. Cunningham, PhD
Laboratory for Diversity in Sport
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Texas A&M University
4243 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4243

Note that Texas A&M University System employees are not eligible for the award.

SEMINAR: Mexican-American Athletes, Dual Citizenship, and the Question of Choice

CHICAGO SEMINAR ON SPORT AND CULTURE

SPONSORED BY NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY

We are pleased to invite you to the Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture at the Newberry Library, co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University and North Central College. The following lecture is Oct. 16 2009. All sessions begin at 3:30 PM. The lectures are open to the public at no charge. The Newberry Library is located at 60 W. Walton, Chicago, IL.

MEXICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES, DUAL CITIZENSHIP, AND THE QUESTION OF CHOICE

Prof. Villalobos discusses how since 1997 the Mexican government actively pursued the economic and political favor of Mexicans residing in the U.S. by changing the constitution enabling Mexican-Americans to reclaim their citizenship. This has created a significant impact on Mexican soccer. Dual citizenship has enabled the national team to successfully recruit outstanding players living north of the border. A monolingual and monoculture squad is now bilingual and bicultural. This paper traces the return of the disaporic Mexican nation in men’s and women’s soccer. This has been especially important for a chauvinistic society to become a power in soccer. The new appreciation of Mexican-Americans as in Mexico has had a similar effect in the U.S. as dual citizen Mexican-American athletes have become a sought after commodity. Gifted athletes who formerly were on the margin now have two options.

Prof. Villalobos is associate professor of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University. His publications include La imaginación genealógica: Herencia y escritura en México. Colima: Universidad de Colima, 2006.

JOB: Assistant/Associate Professor, Sport Management (Xavier)

Assistant/Associate Professor, Sport Management

Institution:

Xavier University (Ohio)

Posted:

September 29, 2009

Location:

Ohio

Category:

Recreation/ leisure studies, Business administration

Position Description:

Tenure Track

Sport Management: Assistant/Associate Professor, Sport Management. Xavier University, a Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant/associate professor position in sport management beginning in fall 2010. This is a nine-month position with possible summer teaching opportunities. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in sport management or related field or an ABD with substantial dissertation progress. Preference will be given to candidates with sport industry experience as well as a demonstrated potential to meet research expectations. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in sport management and sport administration, engaging in scholarly research, assisting with departmental activities, student advising, and community engagement. To be considered for the associate professor position, candidates should have a minimum of five years teaching experience at an accredited college or university and clearly defined record of scholarship and publications. The Department of Sport Studies offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Sport Management and Sport Marketing, and a Master of Education in Sport Administration. These degree programs have earned approval from the National Alliance for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) through the Sport Management Program Review Council (SPMRC). For more information about the department refer to http://www.xavier.edu/sport-studies. To ensure consideration, interested/qualified candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, names, addresses, and phone numbers of three professional references by Friday, November 6, 2009 to Dr. Douglas Olberding, Chair, Department of Sport Studies, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207-6311. Xavier University has a strong commitment to diversity and, building upon recent success, seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women and minorities.

Film Fest

The second annual Canadian Short Film Festival returns to Toronto with screenings on October 2nd and 3rd. Opening night features the Canadian premiere of “A Woman Among Boys,” profiling the only woman coaching boys’ high school basketball in New York City. Closing night features “More Than Just a Game,” a dramatization of a remarkable true story of victims of apartheid using the power of sport to combat their oppression and imprisonment. There are five other screenings. Full details available at www.sportfilmfestival.ca.

JOB: Assistant Professor in Sport Management (tenure accruing position), The University of Florida (UF)

Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management
Assistant Professor in Sport Management
Position:
Assistant Professor in Sport Management (tenure accruing position). The University of Florida (UF) invites applications and nominations for a sport management faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank. As a member of the Association of American Universities and the flagship institution in Florida, UF (http://www.ufl.edu) is a Land-Grant and Sea-Grant institution, encompassing virtually all academic and professional disciplines. The Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management (www.hhp.ufl.edu/trsm) currently enrolls approximately 1000 students (900 undergraduates, 100 graduates) with 21 full-time faculty members, and provides nationally and internationally recognized education and research programs. The academic environment is rich in research and professional opportunities in the sport industry.

Responsibilities:
Initiate and maintain an active research agenda with a focused research line that results in high impact scholarship in such areas as organizational behavior, socio-cultural aspects of sport organizations, risk management, and sport consumer behavior; prepare and mentor Ph.D. students in addition to advising Master’s and Undergraduate students majoring in sport management; and engage in professional service activities. Candidates must be able to teach two or more of the following courses: sport finance, sport sociology, sport facility management, organizational behavior of sport organizations, legal aspects of sport, sport marketing, and sport consumer behavior.

Qualifications:
Earned doctorate in sport management or related field of study by time of employment; established or emerging scholar in sport management with an active research agenda; and committed to excellence in teaching and service. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong background in statistics.

Salary:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Effective Date of Employment:
August 16, 2010. This is a 9-month tenure-accruing fulltime appointment.

Application Deadline:
All application materials must be submitted by November 16, 2009.

Application Process:
To be considered, applications must be submitted on-line at https://jobs.ufl.edu/
(position # 00004407; requisition # 0802878) and must include a letter of application with a statement of career goals, research interests and accomplishments; curriculum vitae; names, mailing addresses, and e-mail addresses and telephone numbers of at least three references.. Inquiries and nominations about this position should be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee:

Dr. J.O. Spengler Tel. 352-392-4042 ext 1314
College of Health and Human Performance, P. O. Box 118208 Fax 352-392-7588
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8208 E-mail spengler@hhp.ufl.edu

JOB: Lecturer in Sport Management (non-tenure track position), The University of Florida (UF)

Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management
Lecturer in Sport Management

Position:
Lecturer in Sport Management (non-tenure track position). The University of Florida (UF) invites applications and nominations for a lecturer-line faculty position in the sport management program. The college has a well-structured promotion system for individuals in the non-tenure teaching positions to seek career advancement. As a member of the Association of American Universities and the flagship institution in Florida, UF (http://www.ufl.edu) is a Land-Grant and Sea-Grant institution, encompassing virtually all academic and professional disciplines, with an enrollment of approximately 50,000 students. The Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management (www.hhp.ufl.edu/trsm) currently enrolls approximately 1000 students (900 undergraduates, 100 graduates) with 21 full-time faculty members. With its
high expectations for academic excellence, the university aims to provide the best opportunities for teaching and learning.

Responsibilities:
Teach graduate and undergraduate sport management classes in two or more of the following areas: sport finance, sport sociology, sport facility management, organizational behavior of sport organizations, legal aspects of sport, sport marketing, and sport consumer behavior. Establish sport management internship/practicum sites, and supervise student field experiences. Contribute to program development and outreach through cultivating professional relations between the sport management program and various sport organizations. Provide student career advising and contribute to service activities at program, department, and college levels.

Qualifications:
Doctorate in sport management or related field of study. ABD candidates will be considered; however, an earned doctorate is required at the time of employment. An applicant should be passionate and enthusiastic toward professional teaching and student learning, and demonstrate strong evidence of and commitment to teaching excellence. A candidate should possess good communication and social skills to interact with various constituencies. Preferred considerations are given to those with educational technology knowledge, skills, and proficiency.

Salary:
Commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Effective Date of Employment:
August 16, 2010. This is a 9-month fulltime appointment.

Application Deadline:
All application materials must be submitted by November 16, 2009.

Application Process:
To be considered, applications must be submitted on-line at https://jobs.ufl.edu/
(position # 00020754; requisition # 0802876) and must include a letter of application with a statement of career goals, teaching interests, experience, teaching achievements, and other professional accomplishments; curriculum vitae; names, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references. Other evidence of teaching effectiveness such as course syllabi, teaching evaluations, and/or evidence of teaching awards should be sent directly to the search committee chair by email before the application deadline. Inquiries and nominations should be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee:

Dr. James J. Zhang - TRSM Tel. 352-392-4042 ext 1274
College of Health and Human Performance, P. O. Box 118208 Fax 352-392-7588
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8208 E-mail jamesz@hhp.ufl.edu

CFP: Physical Cultural Studies - Special Issue of Sociology of Sport Journal

Call for Papers
Physical Cultural Studies
Special Issue of Sociology of Sport Journal
Guest Editor: Michael L. Silk, David L. Andrews

Cultural studies has influenced the sociology of sport community for more than 3 decades. Recently, however, cultural studies of sport have reached something of an intellectual impasse. Although many sport researchers self-identify as having a cultural studies perspective, the work produced has increasingly become hampered by the adoption of moribund empirical, theoretical, and methodological orthodoxies, which is compounded by the failure of the field of cultural studies more generally to engage the complex and diverse practices and representations of active embodiment.

In recent times a specific area of critical intellectual inquiry has emerged, Physical Cultural Studies (PCS) (Andrews, 2008; Ingham, 1997), which actively seeks to reinvigorate and reconceptualize the cultural study of sport, while simultaneously compelling us to reconsider the empirical and political import of cultural physicalities. PCS advocates suggest it is mobilized as an emergent intellectual project with an interdisciplinary and multidimensional commitment toward critical and theoretically informed engagement with various expressions of the physical (including, but by no means restricted to, sport, exercise, fitness, leisure, health, dance, and movement-related active embodied practices). The aim of this call for papers is to generate a special issue that will further define the parameters of PCS.

PCS needs a provisional sense of coherence so it can offer a tangible contribution to the understanding of physical activity as a cultural project. As a result, there is a need to establish boundaries (acknowledging their permeable and fluid nature) that will define it as a relevant and impactful intellectual project. We thus call for papers that will aid in further defining the boundaries and challenges faced by a nascent PCS. We welcome papers centered on the key foundational principles of PCS that address: (1) the ontological core of the field—the radically contextual excavation of physical culture, or, in Grossberg’s (2007) terms, a conjunctural history of the (physical) present; (2) epistemological approaches to PCS—those grounded in a moral–sacred approach that is inherently political, takes sides, and purports to “make a difference” to key social concerns of our time; (3) axiological issues—how the problematics enacted within a corporatized climate of methodological fundamentalism, evidence-based research, and default scientism impact on PCS; (4) avant-garde methodologies or practices that emerge from these philosophical discussions; and (5) ways of expressing our research—newer forms of written material, other forms of (re)presentation, or yet- to-be-imagined ways of producing and presenting knowledge.

In addition, we vision that this special issue will delineate explicit ontological, epistemological,
methodological, political, and axiological assumptions that need to be dialogically engaged (and
perhaps more accurately represent the distillation and generation of knowledge within the field.
Authors should follow the “Instructions for Contributors” found at http//www.HumanKinetics.
com/SSJ/JournalSubmissions.cfm and in every issue of Sociology of Sport Journal. The paper
should be roughly 8,000 words including endnotes and reference list. Submit online to http//
mc.manuscritpcentral.com/hk_ssj.

Please address questions to Dr. Michael Silk, m.silk@bath.ac.uk or
Dr. David Andrews, dla@umd.edu
Due date for papers: March 31st, 2010

CFP: FlowTV - Sports Media: Tensions and Transitions

FlowTV Special Issue
Sports Media: Tensions and Transitions

As the NFL bans players from Tweeting on the sidelines and the NCAA 
bans fans' unofficial Facebook recruitment pages, it is clear that 
players, fans, leagues, and media institutions are struggling to 
maintain control in changing mediated sports environments. Yet it is 
not just new media that is both enchancing and threatening the 
relationship between athletic institutsions, media industries and fan 
communities. Major transitions have also occurred in traditional media 
like television and radio with the 30th anniversary of ESPN's 
Sportscenter, and online audio and video available for seemingly every 
major sport worldwide. Although sports and mass media have a 
well-established symbiotic relationship, media studies has been slow 
to embrace sport as a legitimate or significant object of study; this 
is a negligence that Flow seeks to remedy. Questions to consider might 
include:

   * How have fan experiences been transformed by transitions from 
radio to television, network to cable, and television to the internet?
   * How have the games, players, fans, and leagues been transformed 
by these media developments?
   * What of other technological developments such as screens in 
arenas, ballparks and stadiums?
   * What is the social significance of fans', players', coaches' 
and leagues' use of social media technologies such as Twitter, 
Facebook, iPhones, and blogging?
   * How do these all of these developments change the fan 
experience and notions of fandom?
   * How do these developments contribute to athletes' ability to 
construct and promote their own celebrity image?
   * Should players be given a voice via personal blogs or Twitter 
and what does it mean when leagues regulate and silence these voices?
   * What happens to traditional gatekeeping roles when fans become 
the experts and journalists are bypassed by amateur coverage and 
footage?
   * How have discourses and representations of gender, race, class, 
sexuality, and ethnicity progressed (or not) over the decades?
   * How do advertisers, journalists, and leagues reinforce rigid 
constructs and representations of "the athlete" and "the fan"?


We encourage submissions that highlight and critically analyze 
contemporary or historical tensions between sports leagues, media 
industries, technological developments, fans, athletes, 
representations, and/or significant case studies. We welcome 
submissions which address any sport, American or International, 
professional and amateur from tennis and golf, to rugby and hockey, to 
college football and professional basketball. Flow has a longstanding 
policy of encouraging non-jargony, highly readable pieces and ample 
incorporation of images and video. Please send submissions (attached 
as a Word doc) of between 1000-1500 words to Co-Coordinating Editors  
Alex Cho (alexcho47@gmail.com) and Jacqueline Vickery 
(jvickery183@gmail.com) no later than  Monday, October 5, 2009.

CONFERENCE: Fourth Summit on Communication and Sport

In keeping with the tradition started at the third Summit, some of the best research submitted and presented at the Summit will be published in a special issue of Journal of Communication Studies. Papers will undergo blind peer review, with approximately 4-5 articles selected for publication. All scholars currently exploring communication and sport are encouraged to submit the following: Abstracts (200-500 words) to be considered for presentation at the Summit. Full-length manuscripts (7,000-10,000 words, APA style) to be considered for both the Summit and the special issue of Journal of Communication Studies. Full-length manuscripts (7,000-10,000 words, APA format) to be considered for only Summit presentation. Up to two submissions from the same author will be considered for review. Submissions should be emailed in Word format to Amy Crawford at agcrawford@ysu.edu no later than October 1, 2009 (any submission with an email date stamp after October 1 will not be considered). Please indicate if you would like your piece to be considered for publication in the special issue of Journal of Communication Studies. Presenters will be notified of presentation acceptance via email by December 1, 2009. Space will also be allotted for non-presenting attendees. Any inquiries regarding the event can be directed to Adam Earnheardt (acearnheardt@ysu.edu) or Barbara Hugenberg (bhugenbe@kent.edu). However all inquiries concerning paper submissions should be directed to Amy Crawford at agcrawford@ysu.edu.

JOB: Per course instructor, University of Rhode Island

Due to increasing enrollment in our Kinesiology major, the University of Rhode
Island is seeking a per course instructor to teach one section of Kinesiology
278: Cultural Diversity, Physical Activity, and Society in Spring, 2010
(approximately 40 students).

In the Course Catalog, Kinesiology 278 (KIN 278) is described as “an
introduction to the multiple ways issues of cultural diversity shape physical
activity in American society” and is a required class for Kinesiology majors
who are mainly interested in pursuing careers in Physical Education, Physical
Therapy, and the Health Care and Fitness industries.  For most Kinesiology
students, KIN 278 will be the only sociology course they will take in college
and their sole mandate to examine physical activity and sport from a critical
sociological point of view.

At a minimum, this person must have earned a Master’s degree in Kinesiology or
Sociology and have taken at least one sociology of sport class.  But,
preference will be given to someone having earned a Ph.D from, or currently be
a Ph.D candidate in, a sociology of sport program.

Compensation for this one class is $3,200.

If interested in this lecturer position, please contact Dr. Kyle Kusz at
kkusz@mail.uri.edu.

Please enclose your current curriculum vita (with teaching experiences
included) in your email response.


It is the policy of the University of Rhode Island not to discriminate on the
basis of race, sex, religion, age, color, creed, national origin, disability,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or discriminate against
disabled and Vietnam era veterans in the recruitment, admission or treatment
of students, the recruitment, hiring or treatment of faculty and staff, and in
the operation of its activities and programs, as specified by State and
Federal Laws, including the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Titles VI and VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
of 1967, Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments to the Higher Education
Act, Executive Order 11246, as amended, Sections 503/504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and all
other laws which pertain to access and equity.
    
The University of Rhode Island is committed to the principles of Affirmative
Action and the attainment of Equal Employment and Equal Educational
opportunities for all qualified individuals.

CONFERENCE: MOVE2009

the MOVE2009 countdown has been launched. In exactly one month the World Congress on Active Cities: Sport, Health and Citizenship will open its gates and welcome more than 250 congress attendees from more than 53 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom.

REGISTER NOW! and become a part of the most extraordinary sport and culture event in 2009.

http://www.move2009.org/index.php/programme

MOVE2009 SPEAKERS

The MOVE2009 Congress Consortium has been very privileged to secure the services of some of today's most internationally respected exponents in the field of urban planning, sport and leisure architecture, social change management, health, sport, citizenship and related disciplines. Among othersthe following speakers will address the MOVE2009 World Congress:

 Hans JürgenSchulke, Vice-President – Deutscher Turner Bund (DTB)

 Gil Penelosa, Executive Director, Walk and Bike for Life

 Jan Gehl, Founding Partner, Gehl Architects – Urban Quality Consultants

 Carina Christensen, Minister of Culture, Denmark

 Alfred Rütten, Professor, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

 MårtenHedlund, Founder and CEO, World Village of Women Sports

 John Bale, Professor Emeritus of Sports Geography, University of Keele

 Christophe Mailliet, Executive Manager - Streetfootballworld Network, Streetfootballworld

 Bo Vestergård Madsen, Head of Analysis, the Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities

 Jeff Risom, architectural engineer and urban designer, Gehl Architects – Urban Quality Consultants

 Gar Holohan, Chairman, Aura Holohan Group, Ireland

 Jacob Kornbeck, European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture, Sport Unit

 Conrad Boychuk, Executive Board Member, International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities and Canadian Representative, UIA Sports and Leisure Working Programme

 Antonio Borgogni, Researcher, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Cassino, Italy

 Frederik Von Sperling, Project manager, Underground, Copenhagen

 Walter Feldman, Municipal Secretary of Sport, São Paulo

 Maria Luisa Zambon, President, Italian Network of Healthy Cities

 Luisa Lazzaroni, Member of the City Council of Bologna and Counselor

 Gerry Campbell, Sport Director, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

 Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira, Former captain of the national Brazilian football team, Co-founder of Gol de Letra Foundation, and President of Athletes for Citizenship (AtletaspelaCidadania's) Brazil

 Lone Leth Larsen, Board member of European Citizen Action Service and Director of the Danish Cultural Institute, Benelux, Brussels

 Colin Miège, Vice-President Sport et Citoyenneté, France

 Ian Mckenzie, Director, International Union of Architects Sport and Leisure Programme

 Rene Kural, Director, Centre for Sport and Architecture

 Mikael Colville-Andersen, Director, Copenhagen Cycle Chic

 Randy Rzewnicki, Project Manager, European Cyclists Federation

 LiaGhilardi, Director, Noema Research and Planning Ltd.

 Bianca Hermansen, Architect, Centre for Sport and Architecture

 Lars Bo Andersen, Researcher at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

MOVE2009 PROGRAMME UPDATES

The MOVE2009 Congress programme is updated on a regular basis. Keep up with the latest programme by visiting the congress website at: http://www.move2009.org/index.php/programme

Find more information about the MOVE2009 World Congress attached to this mail or at www.move2009.org

Sincerely,

Jean-Luc Frast

Public Relations Manager

ISCA - International Sport and Culture Association

Tietgensgade 65 // 1704 Copenhagen // Denmark

Tel: +45 3329 8026 // Fax: +45 3329 8028

e-mail: jlf@isca-web.org // www.isca-web.org

ISCA. Moving people.

Make sure to book your participation in the

MOVE2009 World Congress on Active Cities:

Sport, Health and Citizenship

21-24 October 2009, Copenhagen - Denmark

www.move2009.org

Extended CFP: Gender, Sport, and the Olympics (new deadline: Oct 20, 2009)

Extended CFP: Gender, Sport, and the Olympics (new deadline: Oct 20, 2009)

The editors of  /thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture/ invite submissions for our forthcoming issue on gender, sport, and the Olympics.

Prompted by the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, we are interested in exploring the central role which gender and sexuality play in shaping ideas about athleticism, sport culture, and the body, and the significant ways in which athletic events such as the Olympics work to transform conceptions of public space, national boundaries and identities, and gendered self-presentations and performances. This issue invites contributions on:

o        the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
o        sport, athleticism, and ability
o        the Para Olympics
o        LGBT participation in athletics and the Olympics
o        legal impacts on gender and sport (i.e. Title IX legislation in the
United States)
o        sport and masculinities/femininities
o        the role of gender in sporting competition
o        gendered perspectives on Olympic events
o        the use of prosthetics and technologies in athletic competition
o        the impact of the Olympics on the environment
o        sports/the Olympics and the use of public space, including
displacement of individuals/communities, the environment, and urban renewal
o        and other topics relevant to the theme of gender, sport, and the
Olympics.

We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. Submissions from researchers working within, or among, the disciplines of geography, sociology, literature, area studies, cultural studies, film/media studies, art, history, education, law, and women’s/gender studies are particularly encouraged.

We accept the submission of work from scholars of any rank or affiliation, and encourage submissions from emerging feminist scholars, including graduate students.

All submissions to the journal must be submitted electronically through our online submission process. All submissions are peer-reviewed by established, senior feminist scholars. For more information on our publishing policies
see:
http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/editorialPolicies

To submit: Please follow our online submission process at http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/submissions

** Deadline: Oct 20, 2009 **

For more information, please contact us at info [at] thirdspace.ca

CONFERENCE: Sport Canada

[La version française suit]

It is with great pleasure that we write to invite you to the 3rd annual Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference to be held in Ottawa, Nov. 4 at the Crowne Plaza. This year, we invite you to register on-line at www.sirc.ca/SCRIC<http://www.sirc.ca/SCRIC>.

The annual conference is a great opportunity for sport researchers, practitioners and policy makers to share their knowledge and expertise with a view to maximizing the practical applications of sport participation research.

This year’s programme features presentations by Sport Canada-funded researchers and a key note presentation by Fred Coalter, Professor of Sports Policy at the University of Stirling. Most notably, Fred Coalter is responsible for compiling Sport England/UK Sport’s Value of Sport Monitor, an online monitoring service of the most up-to-date international evidence on the contribution of sport to a range of broader social issues. Dr. Coalter will discuss the government emphasis on ‘evidence-based policy-making’ and the challenge which this poses for sport. This key note presentation will be the launching point for a solution-focused workshop led by Ian Bird of the Sport Matters Group.

This year, participants at the SCRI conference are invited to stay on for the North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS) program at no additional cost, including a SCRI/NASSS co-sponsored reception the evening of Nov. 4 and a day of Canada-focused sport participation policy sessions on Nov. 5. Topics to be addressed at NASSS include: the Long Term Athlete Development Model; evaluating policies intended to increase sport participation; sport participation and diversity; and Major Games sport participation legacy.

We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event. Please register at www.sirc.ca/SCRIC<http://www.sirc.ca/SCRIC> before Oct. 15.


Sincerely,

Joanne Kay


On behalf of the SCRI Conference Committee:
Peter Donnelly
Jean Harvey
Joanne Kay
David McCrindle
Lucie Thibault


Madame,/Monsieur,

C’est avec grand plaisir que nous vous convions à la 3e conférence annuelle de l’Initiative de recherche de Sport Canada (IRSC) qui se tiendra à Ottawa, le 4 novembre 2009, au Crowne Plaza. Cette année, nous vous demandons de vous inscrire en ligne à www.sirc.ca/SCRIC<http://www.sirc.ca/SCRIC>.

La conférence annuelle est une excellente occasion pour les décideurs, les praticiens et les chercheurs du domaine du sport de partager leurs connaissances et leur expertise en vue d’exploiter au maximum les applications pratiques de la recherche sur la participation au sport.

Cette année, le programme inclut des présentations de résultats par des chercheurs financés par Sport Canada et un discours-programme prononcé par Fred Coalter, professeur de politique du sport à l’Université de Stirling, qui est notamment chargé de compiler l’indicateur de la valeur du sport de Sport England/UK Sport, un service de surveillance en ligne des données probantes internationales les plus récentes au sujet de la contribution du sport à un éventail de grands dossiers sociaux. M. Coalter parlera de l’importance que le gouvernement attache à l’élaboration de politiques fondées sur des données probantes et du défi que cela pose pour le sport. Ce discours-programme sera le point de départ d’un atelier axé sur la recherche de solutions qui sera dirigé par Ian Bird du Groupe le sport est important.

Cette année, nous encourageons les participants à prolonger leur séjour, sans frais additionnels, pour participer au programme de la North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS), lequel prévoit une réception offerte conjointement par l’IRSC et la NASSS le soir du 4 novembre et une journée de séances sur la politique en matière de participation au sport au Canada le 5 novembre. Les thèmes traités incluent : le modèle de développement à long terme de l’athlète; l’évaluation des politiques visant à rehausser la participation au sport; la participation au sport et la diversité; et les legs de participation sportive laissés par les grands Jeux.

Nous nous réjouissons à l’idée de vous voir à cette conférence. Veuillez vous inscrire avant le 15 octobre à l’adresse www.sirc.ca/SCRIC<http://www.sirc.ca/SCRIC>.

Je vous prie d’agréer, Madame,/Monsieur, mes sincères salutations.

Joanne Kay

Au nom des membres du Comité de la conférence de l’IRSC :
Peter Donnelly
Jean Harvey
Joanne Kay
David McCrindle
Lucie Thibault

AWARD: William C. Frida Graduate-Student College-Sport Research Paper

William C. Frida Graduate-Student College-Sport Research Paper Award

The College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) is pleased to announce the
inaugural William C. Friday Graduate-Student College-Sport Research
Paper Award competition.

This graduate-research competition is a fitting tribute to Dr. Friday’s
contributions to higher education and intercollegiate athletics. William
C. Friday served as president of the University of North Carolina system
for 30 years until his retirement in 1986, becoming the longest-serving
University president of the 20th century. During his career in
university administration Dr. Friday played a major role in the
formation of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), as well as the current
16-campus University system, in which the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill sits as the “crown jewel” of higher learning in the south.

As founding chair of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate
Athletics, Dr. Friday attempted to preserve the integrity of college
sports. During Friday's tenure, a significant number of the commission's
recommendations, issued through a series of reports, were ultimately
enacted by the NCAA. Among the specific recommendations accepted was a
new model for governing intercollegiate athletics - shifting control
from athletic administrators to college presidents working to ensure
academic integrity, financial integrity and independent certification.

In 2005, Dr. Friday stepped down from the Knight commission. On this
occasion Hodding Carter III, Knight's president and CEO, and an
ex-officio member of the commission, said, "Bill Friday has been the
heart and driving force of the Knight Commission. He has done this group
proud and the world of college athletics proud.”

Presently president emeritus of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Dr. Friday was ranked the most effective public university
president in the nation in 1986 by a study by the Council on Advancement
and Support of Education. He has served in a number of leadership roles
on national committees, among them the Association of American
Universities, the Commission on White House Fellows and the Presidential
Task Force on Education under two administrations. He has been honored
with many awards for his service, including the National Humanities
Medal and the American Council on Education's Distinguished Service
Award for Lifetime Achievement.

*ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS*

To be eligible for this competition, a student MUST be enrolled as a
graduate student in a college or university at the deadline of
submission (*_11:59pm Friday January 8, 2010_*). No more than one
submission per student will be accepted. .

Papers should reflect a student’s analytical and/or theoretical research
related to college sport and be appropriate for presentation at the 2010
Scholarly Conference on College Sport. The winner of the student
competition will have an opportunity to present this paper at the
conference: to be held *_April 21-23, 2010_* at The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

*INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION*

  1. Papers must be received electronically no later than *_11:59pm EST
     on Friday January 8, 2010._*
  2. The page limit for all submitted manuscripts is 35 double-spaced
     pages, INCLUDING references, tables, figures and appendices.
  3. Papers must be submitted in English and use Times New Roman,
     12-point font and one-inch margins.
  4. Papers that are more than 35 pages will not be eligible for the
     competition.
  5. Students must adhere to guidelines contained in the Instructions
     to Authors
     <http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/JSM/ForAuthors/Guidelines> section
     published in the /Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics/
     (/JIIA/). Papers that do not meet ALL of these requirements will
     not be reviewed.
  6. Authors should include a cover page with the title of the paper,
     their full contact information, institutional affiliation, degree
     program, and advisor name and contact information.
  7. Papers must be submitted electronically to the William C. Friday
     Graduate-Student College-Sport Research Paper Award competition
     coordinator, Prof. Linda Sharp at *Linda.Sharp@unco.edu
     *.The submissions should be sent as a
     file attachment to an email, and should be in MS-Word (*.doc)
     format. *_Do not send a paper in pdf or zip file format_*.
  8. Each submission must also be accompanied by a cover letter from
     the student’s advisor that clearly indicates the paper is being
     submitted for the William C. Friday Graduate-Student College-Sport
     Research Paper Award competition, and the paper meets the
     competition’s requirements for length and format. The research
     paper cannot be submitted for any other presentation at the
     conference, nor should it have been submitted to, presented or
     published previously in scholarly outlets. If the paper
     constitutes part of a broader research project undertaken by the
     student and/or advisor, a note as to how the submitted paper
     represents an original, independent contribution must be provided.
     Papers must represent *student-produced* inquiry only. Limited
     input from supervisors (e.g., general feedback on structure and
     content, or recommendations for editing) is acceptable, but papers
     on which supervisors have had substantial input (e.g., analysis of
     data, writing or rewriting of sections of the paper) are not eligible.
  9. Only papers deemed by the committee to be truly outstanding will
     be considered for the award, and thus – depending on the quality
     of submitted papers - there is a possibility no award will be
     given during any year.

*Papers must be received electronically **
*(emailed to ***Linda.Sharp@unco.edu  ) **
*no later than _11:59pm EST on Friday January 8, 2010_.**

*EVALUATION CRITERIA*

The William C. Friday Graduate-Student College-Sport Paper Award Review
Committee will evaluate all submissions using a blind review process
based on the following criteria:

  1. Relevance or significance of the topic
  2. Theoretical basis
  3. Methodology
  4. Discussion and interpretation
  5. Clarity of writing

*BENEFITS OF SUBMISSION*

Students will receive constructive comments and suggestions from the
reviewers on how the paper may be strengthened for possible presentation
and publication. The student winner will be recognized by the College
Sport Research Institute with the following:

  1. A 30-minute presentation of the research at the 2010 Scholarly
     Conference on College Sport during the William C. Friday
     conference plenary session.
  2. Waiver of the 2010 conference registration fee.
  3. A $1,000 (US) award.
  4. Submission of the paper to /Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate
     Athletics/ for blind review. *
  5. Plaque in recognition of the award.
  6. Recognition in conference program and on conference website.

The top three finalists in the student competition will each receive a
$150 (US) award, a waiver of the 2010 conference registration fee, and
may be asked to present their paper as an oral presentation at the 2010
Scholarly Conference on College Sport.**

*Note: All finalist papers will undergo triple-blind review per JIIA
guidelines. No guarantee of publication of paper in JIIA is conferred by
this award or finalist status.

**All conference submissions undergo triple-blind review per conference
guidelines. No guarantee of acceptance is conferred to finalists.

Further questions and information, please contact:

Dr. Richard M. Southall
Director - College Sport Research Institute
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB 3182 Smith Building 06
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919.962-3507 (office)
901.240-7197 (cell)
919.962.6325 (fax)

Email: southall@email.unc.edu 


*UNC Sport Administration Program
 http://www.unc.edu/depts/exercise/sport_administration/index.htm

*College Sport Research Institute
 http://www.unc.edu/csri

*2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport April 21-23, 2010 
 http://www.csriconference.org

*Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
 http://csri-jiia.org

FELLOWSHIP: National Sporting Library

John H. Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library in Middleburg, Virginia

The National Sporting Library, a research institution specializing in horse and field sports, invites applications for research fellowships from university faculty in the humanities and social sciences, museum and library professionals, journalists, and independent scholars. Research disciplines include history, art history, literature, American studies, and area studies. Past projects include hunting imagery in 18^th-century French portraiture, women in horse sports, and Early Modern horsemanship manuals. Located 42 miles west of Washington, D.C., the Library holds an extensive collection of over 17,000 books, periodicals, manuscripts, and sporting art. The collection covers many aspects of equestrian and outdoor sports, including foxhunting, horse racing, dressage, polo, eventing, coaching, shooting, fly fishing and angling. The F. Ambrose Rare Book Room contains over 4,000 rare volumes from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries in several languages. The fellowship covers approved projects of 12 months or less, and applicants must demonstrate their need to use specific works in the collections. A monthly stipend, workspace, and complimentary housing (for those outside of the immediate area) are provided. Applications must be postmarked by February 1, 2010. For more information, visit our website at http://www.nsl.org/fellowship.html or contact the Director of Communications and Research at 540-687-6542 x 11 or fellowship@nsl.org.

Elizabeth Tobey, Director of Communications & Research

National Sporting Library

P.O. Box 1335 (102 The Plains Rd.)

Middleburg, VA 20118-1335

540-687-6542 x 11

etobey@nsl.org

http://www.nsl.org/

CFP: Ethnologies -"Play"

Ethnologies, a yearly journal of Canadian folklore studies.

This bilingual journal (English and French) is intended to disseminate knowledge about activities concerning folklore and ethnology, in Canada and elsewhere, through the publication of articles, book reviews, notes, and other information pertaining to research and academic inquiry in all branches of folklore.

We thus invite colleagues working on sport, in Canada or elsewhere, to consider this call for papers:

PLAY

Play has throughout time been a highly contested yet often misunderstood cultural phenomenon. Through its expression it enables the production of culture while at the same time is in itself a cultural product. Games and sports, as they are most broadly perceived, are important sites of identity construction. Whether as a personal or collective celebration, the expressive potentiality of play is profound. This potential, however, is negotiated within the constraints of body, society, culture and the very rules of play. How then is expressivity negotiated within the constraints of games and sports, and how can such a context enable the projection, construction and awareness of self. How does adversity enable the reproduction of identity? In what way does play still provide a means of exploring the limits of one’s body, individuality and culture in order to (re)discover/express one’s identity?

In this special issue of Ethnologies, we invite thoughts on identity games and on performed identity in games and sports. We seek a better understanding of how a player can express and assert himself/herself in leisure or sporting practices, and of the social coherence of these practices.

Submissions can focus on various perspectives, for example:

• Social and symbolic functions and issues of specific games or sports
• Cultural and historical grounding of leisure or sporting events and rites
• Representations of players/athletes in society
• Communities of players and athletes
• Games' and sports’ implicit codes, rules and internal mechanisms
• The socialization and crystallization of ideals through games and sport
• Social tensions created/played out/resolved by games and sports
• Those left out, forgotten, or the losers in games and sports

Other topics related to the theme of this special issue are also welcome.

Submitted articles must be original, 20 double-spaced pages or the equivalent in length (Times New Roman, 12 pts) and can be written in either English or French. They should be accompanied by

• an abstract, and
• a short biography.

Three paper copies of the manuscript, with a separate title page for anonymous review, are to be sent to the journal (see address below). An electronic version should also be sent to the guest editors. Photos or other illustrations (format tif or jpeg with at least 300 ppp resolution) should be sent separately with a clear indication of where in the body of the article they should appear.

The deadline for submissions is 18 September 2009.

Ethnologies
CELAT — Faculté des lettres,
Pavillon Charles-De-Koninck
1030 ave des Sciences humaines
Université Laval
Quebec, QC G1V 0A6
Canada

Guest editors: Jocelyn Gadbois, Michael Robidoux et Christine Dallaire
playjouer@gmail.com

For other information: http://www.celat.ulaval.ca/acef/revue.htm

Or you can also email Michael (robidoux@uottawa.ca) or I (christine.dallaire@uottawa.ca) for more information.

JOB: Teaching Fellow in Sport (temp)

Teaching Fellow in Sport
School of Applied Social Sciences
Durham University

Salary:£29,704 - £30,594 per annum  Grade:Grade 7  Contract:Fixed-term, Full-timeHours: Nominally 35 hours per week. PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

The School of Applied Social Sciences is seeking to appoint a Teaching Fellow post in Sport to support the delivery of its undergraduate BA Sport programme. The post will ideally deliver the undergraduate module Sports Policy & Sports Development, and contribute to teaching on the Research Methods module, Researching Sport, and to Sports Policy in Action. This is a 10 month fixed-term position.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Health

The Faculty has over 4500 undergraduates and an expanding cohort of some 3100 postgraduate and research students. The Faculty comprises over 430 academic staff in 9 departments and schools (Department of Anthropology; the School of Applied Social Sciences; the Department of Archaeology; the Durham Business School; the School of Education; the Department of Geography; the School of Government and International Affairs; the School for Health; and the Department of Law), making it one of the larger faculties of Social Science in the UK.

The individual successes of our departments continue to play a major part in sustaining Durham's world class reputation. RAE ratings have an increasingly important influence on global reputation and a direct impact on our ability to attract staff, students and research income. In RAE 2008, departments and schools across the Faculty scored well. Ranked on the basis of grade point average, two departments (Archaeology and Geography) were ranked first nationally, a further three departments (Law, Education and School of Government and International Affairs) were ranked in the top ten, and Durham Business School, Social Work, the School of Applied Social Sciences, the School of Medicine and Health and Anthropology within the top 20. At least a half of the research in the Faculty was considered to be internationally important in every one of our schools and departments and in many of our units of assessment the quality of the research environment was noted.

Our research centres also play an important role in developing key research and enterprise activities both within departments and across the Faculty. Current research centres include: the Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS); the Centre for the History of Political Thought; the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies; the International Landslide Centre; the Centre for the Study of Cities and Regions; the Centre for Past Peoples and Palaeoenvironments (CP3); the Centre for Roman Culture; the Centre for Public Policy and Health; the Centre for Medical Humanities; the Centre for Integrated Health Care Research; the Durham Human Rights Centre; the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (CCLCJ), the Durham European Law Institute (DELI); and the Institute of commercial and corporate law (ICCL). The Faculty also plays a key leadership role in a number of University Research Institutes including the Institute of Advanced Study, the Institute of Hazard and Risk Research and the Dur!
ham Energy Institute.

Finally, the Durham Business School is one of only eleven Schools in the UK to carry all three quality kitemarks from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.

The Faculty is committed to further developing our research support and investing in our infrastructure, notably high quality library, IT, laboratory and other facilities. For example, in 2008 we saw the completion of a £5.6M extension to Geography to house the new Institute of Hazard and Risk Research and a £3.5M refurbishment of the Dawson Building to co-locate the Departments of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Law will move into a new purpose-built landmark building in 2012.

The post is subject to standard probationary terms. Further information will be issued in the contract of employment.

Pension:Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Holidays:30 working days' holiday plus statutory holidays, and 4 'customary' holidays, normally allocated to the Christmas break Contact for informal enquiries:

Dr S Bock
0191 334 6995
susan.bock@durham.ac.uk

Application Process:

We prefer to receive applications on-line. Please attach your CV and a covering letter, giving details of how you match the person specification. The job description and person specification can be found by following the links from the left-hand menu. We can post a vacancy details pack (including application form) to you, if you telephone our answering service on
           0191 3346499    or e-mail   recruitment.team@durham.ac.uk

Closing Date for Applications:12/09/2009

See:
     https://jobs.dur.ac.uk/jobdtls.asp?Session_in=&Uid=&vref=3319

JOB: Dean, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, Universithy of Toronto

Dean, Faculty of Physical Education and Health
The University of Toronto invites applications, nominations and expressions of interest for the position of Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education and Health.

Established in 1827 by royal charter, the University of Toronto is the largest and most prestigious research-intensive university in Canada, located in one of the world's great cities. The University has more than 11,000 faculty and staff, some 70,000 students enrolled across three campuses, an annual budget of $1.7 billion, including $375 million in externally funded research and $425 million in research funding in the affiliated teaching hospitals, an endowment of $1.8 billion and one of the premier research university libraries in North America.

The Faculty conducts leading-edge, multidisciplinary research, combining expertise in the areas of behavioural, biophysical and sociocultural studies of health and physical activity. The Faculty's programs include undergraduate physical education and health, a Concurrent Teacher Education Program and graduate education in exercise sciences at the MSc and PhD levels. Graduates enjoy careers in universities, research institutes, schools, sports organizations and governments throughout the world. Serving the University community through its co-curricular programs and facilities, including the new Varsity Centre for Physical Education and Health, the Faculty is a key player in enhancing student experience. For more information, please see
www.ac-fpeh.com

The Dean for this Faculty will be a distinguished leader, with outstanding academic and professional achievements, and record as an exemplary administrator, preferably with experience in advancement, building collaborative teams, and in relating to a range of external partners. He/she will provide dynamic international and national leadership to enhance the Faculty's endeavours, and to realize the aspirations of the University of Toronto.

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Consideration of candidates will begin in September 2009, with the appointment of the successful candidate to take effect July 1, 2010, or as soon thereafter as possible.

Applications including a letter of introduction, curriculum vitae, and five references (who will not be contacted without the consent of the applicant) should be forwarded, in confidence, to:

Laverne Smith & Associates Inc.
1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801
Toronto, ON M5E 1W7
uotphysed@lavernesmith.com

CFP: Special Issue on: "Sport as an Entrepreneurial Venture"

Call for Papers
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV)
Special Issue on: "Sport as an Entrepreneurial Venture"
Paper Submission Deadline: 30 June 2010

https://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1241

Guest Editors:
Dr. João Leitão, Technical University of Lisbon, IN+ and Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal
Dr. Vanessa Ratten, Duquesne University, United States

The purpose of this special issue is to investigate the relationship between sport and entrepreneurial ventures. Many sport activities involve an entrepreneurial venture as change and innovation are critical to the continued development and success of the sport sector. The current literature on sport has to a large extent ignored the entrepreneurial literature and the aim of this special issue is to develop a better understanding of entrepreneurial ventures in sport and sport-related industries.

Sport as a venture creation tool creates many positive benefits. Entrepreneurial ventures in sport can include the development of stadiums and teams, the growth of athletes and branding and technological advances. As sport is a global billion dollar industry, there is a variety of different types of entrepreneurial ventures that take place. The promotion and creation of entrepreneurial ventures in sport creates many different challenges and opportunities in a global market that is constantly changing. As there is increasing competition for venture funding, sports organisations must evolve to create a competitive advantage. Sports organisations can do this by forming entrepreneurial ventures that focus on innovation, are proactive and involve a degree of risk taking activity.

This special issue proposes that entrepreneurial ventures in sport are important to understand and sustain sport organisations. Moreover, entrepreneurial ventures in sport can offer direction to businesses who want to increase their overall performance.

Subject Coverage

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Innovation and entrepreneurial ventures in sport
* The sport interface for entrepreneurs
* Influences of ventures and rapid growth of sport
* Theory on developing sport-based entrepreneurship
* Measuring pressure and confrontations of entrepreneurial life in the sport context
* Entrepreneurs in sport and the ventures they have created (e.g. Michael Jordan, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Nike, Adidas, Apple, etc)
* Determinants of performance in sports teams
* The influence of leadership and coaching on performance of sports teams
* Influence of venture characteristics and environment demands on entrepreneurs in sport
* Development of entrepreneurship opportunities around sport

Notes for Intending Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Editors and Notes

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Dr. João Leitão
Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+, Lisbon, Portugal and
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon
Av. Rovisco Pais,
1049-001 Lisboa
Portugal
Email: jleitao71@gmail.com

Dr. Vanessa Ratten
Duquesne University
Management Division
Palumbo School of Business,
464 Rockwell Hall, 600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
USA
Tel: + 1 412 396 1907
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com

CFP: Sport and the Pacific Region: Cross-Cultural Currents II

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUDIES CONFERENCE

Sport and the Pacific Region: Cross-Cultural Currents II

University of the South Pacific, Cook Islands Campus

16-18 September 2009

FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

Final call for abstracts to be submitted for an International Sport Studies Conference to be held in the Cook Islands, 16-18 September 2009. Essential information is listed below. Please note that general papers on sport history topics are especially welcome. Further details of the conference, including instructions for submitting an abstract, are posted at the following website: http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/RobHess/news.htm

The Cook Islands Campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP), with the support of major sponsors and partners, including the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Victoria University (Australia), is to host the second biennial international sports studies conference in the Pacific region.

Papers from the fields of sport - tourism, history, education, management, philosophy, law, business and comparative studies - are invited. Postgraduate student presentations are especially encouraged. The broad theme of the conference is ‘Sport and the Pacific Region: Cross-Cultural Currents’, although papers dealing with more specific themes and non-Pacific topics are welcome.

The Cook Islands, as the host nation for the Pacific Mini-Games (21 September – 02 October 2009), will be the site for the conference. The Cook Islands Campus of USP, situated in the beautiful capital city of Rarotonga, will be the conference venue, and delegates will have the opportunity to attend a number of elite sporting events that will be staged as part of the Mini-Games.

The EXTENDED deadline for abstracts is now 04 September 2009.

PhD Studentship: The Greening of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games‏

The School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston is pleased to announce a full-time PhD studentship for up to three years. 

Project Reference: RS/08/23
Closing Date: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Provisional Interview Date: Monday 16 November 2009
Project Title: The Greening of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012
Project Aim: With London staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Summer of 2012 this PhD offers an opportunity for a sociological investigation of International Olympic Committee and Olympic host initiatives to date and those being undertaken by the London organisers in light of the IOC Agenda 21.

Note: Previous applicants need not apply

More details, person specification and application procedures can be found at:

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/research/research_degrees/studentships.php

and in

www.jobs.ac.uk

It is anticipated that the successful candidate will commence in January 2010.

JOB: Chair in Applied Social Sciences (Sport), Durham University

Chair in Applied Social Sciences (Sport)
School of Applied Social Sciences
Durham University

For full description, see:
       https://jobs.dur.ac.uk/jobdtls.asp?Session_in=&Uid=&vref=3325


The School of Applied Social Sciences is seeking to appoint a Professor of Applied Social Sciences (Sport and Social Policy). We welcome applications from candidates with research and teaching specialisms in social policy, sport, health or physical activity. The post offers exceptional opportunities for the successful candidate to lead the development of sport research in ways that capitalise on links with other research themes in the School, including social policy, health, crime, identity, globalisation and regeneration.

The School of Applied Social Sciences is a multidisciplinary School that includes Sport, Sociology, Community and Youth Work, and Social Work. Our research has a particular focus on the application of social science concepts and methods to understanding and informing social policy and professional practice. There are internationally-leading clusters of research on new technologies, professional practice and development, and complex systems. The successful candidate will provide academic leadership in an area of the School’s work that fosters further integration of our subjects and research areas.

We are a multidisciplinary School, with highly-ranked subject specialisms in Sociology, Criminology, Sport, Social Work, and Community and Youth Work. Our undergraduate programmes in Sociology, Criminology and Sport are among the most popular in the UK.

The quality of our research in the School of Applied Social Sciences has been formally recognised by the Research Assessment Exercise 2008 - a rigorous procedure designed to assess research activities at every UK university.

In the recent exercise, 90% of research in the School was rated as of international significance with 60% being internationally excellent or of world leading originality, significance and rigour in its Unit of Assessment (Social Policy and Social Work). The School's "excellent active and vital research culture" was highlighted, along with our outstanding international collaborations, interdisciplinarity and impact on policy and practice.

Thirty per cent of our students are postgraduates, either training for a professional qualification or undertaking research for a Masters degree or PhD. We have three ESRC-recognised taught Masters programmes in Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, and a large group of research students attracted by working with our world-class academics, either self-funded or supported by bursaries.

We offer the opportunity to study in the outstandingly beautiful city of Durham and at one of the country's top universities, the third oldest in England. Our ethos, however, is contemporary and applied. Our aim is to enable every one of our students to fulfill their potential: many are now in key positions in government, public services, business, universities and the media. There is a highly developed research culture, with a large group of postgraduate students studying for Masters degrees and doctorates. Our research is interdisciplinary and often informs policy and practice. Our new Masters in Professional Practice, for example, is specially designed for professionals to undertake work-based projects for a research dissertation, and a new taught Masters in Managing Community Practice has been developed for those working to improve the welfare of local communities.

About Sport within SASS:

The BA Sport degree was first introduced in 2004. It is a multidisciplinary degree covering a wide range of sport-related topics including Sports Policy, Sports Development, Sociology of Sport, Sport and Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology and Anatomy, Research Methods, Sport and Exercise Psychology and Media Analysis. There is potential for further development of Sport programmes, including postgraduate provision and an expansion of research students.

Research is currently undertaken in the areas of media representations of national identity and
football-related disorder; risk, pain and injury in physical activity; issues of work-life balance and
athletic careers; comparative sports policy analysis, life-long participation; physical activity,
obesity, free living populations; mental imagery and performance; dance and alternative
movement; sport and alcohol, and applied research as it relates to sport and health inequities,
disadvantage and refugee and asylum seeking communities.

Further information is available at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/sass/sport

Research
The quality of research in the School of Applied Social Sciences was formally recognised by the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. 90% of research in the School was rated as of international significance with 60% being internationally excellent or of world leading originality, significance and rigour in its Unit of Assessment (Social Policy and Social Work).

This post will be a crucial appointment in the strategic development of research activity in Sport under the Research Excellence Framework and will play a central role in developing a distinctive research identity for Sport at Durham as a centre of excellence in sport and policy-related research.

Application Process:
We prefer to receive applications on-line. Please attach your CV and a covering letter, giving details of how you match the person specification. The job description and person specification can be found by following the links from the left-hand menu. We can post a vacancy details pack (including application form) to you, if you telephone our answering service on 
            0191 3346499
or e-mail recruitment.team@durham.ac.uk

Closing Date for Applications:  25/08/2009

CFP: “Sports Management: Current Trends and Future Developments”

Call for Papers

“Sports Management: Current Trends and Future Developments”

Special Issue

Thunderbird International Business Review

Guest Editor: Vanessa Ratten

http://www.thunderbird.edu/knowledge_network/tibr/calls_for_papers.htm

Sports management is a global industry that affects many different segments of business. The sport industry is amongst the world’s largest industries and places importance on business relationships in order to maintain its competitiveness. The changing business environment has meant that businesses involved in sport need to constantly change and innovate in order to compete better. As sport has a global appeal it is particularly important in today’s global economy. The aim of this special issue is to highlight the current trends that are occurring in sports and how these will affect the future development of sports worldwide. The following is a list of possible topics that are welcome in this special issue:

· Philanthropy and social responsibility in sports-related industries

· Global marketing success stories in sports

· Sponsorship, branding and targeting initiatives in sports

· The internationalization of college and professional sports

· Global approaches to sports marketing

· Marketing innovations in sports and sports-related industries

· Global marketing challenges and opportunities in sports-related industries

· Regulatory and government issues in global sport marketing

· Marketing of international sport events and sport teams broadcast rights

· Segmenting and developing the global sport consumer

· The impact of sports on other industries (e.g. education, tourism, law)

Submission guidelines

Submission will be taken to imply that the article constitutes original work that has not previously been published, accepted for publication, or presently under consideration elsewhere. Prior to submission it is expected that the Thunderbird International Business Review author guidelines have been followed in full. Initial submissions will be reviewed by the guest editor and if judged suitable then placed for double-blind review. The Guest Editor will send an acknowledgement upon receipt - please query via email address below if acknowledgement is not received shortly after submission. One author should be clearly identified on jointly authored articles as the main administrative contact for the submission. Papers should be submitted to the guest editor by March 30 2010. Any questions about the special issue can be directed to the guest editor.

Special Issue Guest Editor:

Vanessa Ratten

Assistant Professor

A.J. Palumbo School of Business Administration

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, United States

Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com

JOB: Initial Teacher Licensure Program in K-12 – Physical Education

Position Announcement: Initial Teacher Licensure Program in K-12 – Physical Education

The School of Kinesiology wishes to announce that we are recruiting candidates for the position of Teaching Specialist/Lecturer (Program Coordinator). This is a twelve month appointment. Please pass on the application information and job description that follows to any of your colleagues who you believe would have an interest in applying.

Online Application Link: * **http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=80829*

Requisition Number: 161461

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kathie Luby, lubyx004@umn.edu , 612-624-6469.

*School of Kinesiology*
*College of Education and Human Development*
*University of Minnesota*
*Teaching Specialist/Lecturer (Program Coordinator) *
*Teaching and Supervision of the Post Baccalaureate *
*Initial Teacher Licensure Program in K-12 – Physical Education*

* *

The School of Kinesiology, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, invites applications for a Teaching Specialist/Lecturer to coordinate, supervise, and teach in our existing Master of Education (M.Ed.) post-baccalaureate K-12 Initial Teacher Licensure Program in Physical Education (ITLP-PE). Additional responsibilities include developing, implementing, and coordinating a new Health Education Licensure component as part of the overall program. The applicant should also have experience with student advising and supervision. The ITLP-PE is a program within the School of Kinesiology, which is housed in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD). The purpose of the ITLP-PE program is to prepare Physical Education teachers for state teaching licensure so that they can be employed in K-12 educational settings. The ITLP-PE program is approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and by the Minnesota Department of Education, Board of Teaching.

The School of Kinesiology focuses on the biological, developmental, social, and behavioral bases of physical activity, recreation, sport and human performance. We seek to hire an individual with an educational background in the foundational sciences of pedagogy, physical activity and health and demonstrated professional experience in K-12 physical and/or health education. Further information can be found on the web about the ITLP-PE , School of Kinesiology , and the CEHD .

*Specific Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:*

*/_Supervising/Teaching_/*


· Serve as Program Coordinator of the postbaccalaureate ITLP-PE program responsible for vision, implementation, and oversight of all aspects of the University curriculum and K-12 public school community integration of the physical education licensure program.

· Design and implement a curricular addition of a new Health Education Licensure component. This will require the development of six new courses ranging from Health Education Foundations to Current Issues in Health, and Student Teaching in Health Education.

· Coordinate and supervise cooperating teachers and physical education intern placements and supervisors.

*/_Advising_/*

· Advise prospective and current postbaccalaureate students. The candidate may also serve on graduate student committees.

*/_Service_/*

· Participate in College, University, and community service, or other outreach activities such as service on internal committees or task forces and/or making presentations to external constituencies. In addition, the candidate will participate in the activities of relevant professional organizations.



*Desired Background and Experience:*

/Minimum qualifications/:

* An earned master’s degree in physical education, health education, kinesiology, public health, or other closely related
field
* Has met all of the requirements for state teaching licensure
K-12 and teaching experience in physical and/or health education

_ _

/Preferred qualifications/:
* An earned doctorate degree in physical education, health
education, kinesiology, public health, or other closely related field
* Relevant related college level experience in teaching, action
research, and coordination and administration of licensure or
certificate programs __

* Evidence of potential to teach and contribute to academic
program development at both the undergraduate and graduate level
in health education, fitness and health topics, general kinesiology
* Working knowledge of the uses of technology in teaching and research
* Involvement with University and community education and
healthcare organizations (for research collaboration) and
professional organizations involved in physical and health
education, sport and exercise sciences
* Demonstrated leadership in the field of teaching

*Appointment Details:* The individual hired will be appointed into a full-time, 12-month position. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. If the individual hired holds a master’s degree, the appointment will be as a Teaching Specialist (class #9754); if the individual hired holds a Ph.D., the appointment will be as a Lecturer (class #9753). The start date is the beginning of the academic year, August 31, 2009.

*Application Process:* This position will remain open until filled, and the search committee will review application materials as they are received. To ensure consideration, submit applications no later than June 30, 2009. Completed applications will consist of a letter addressing qualifications as they relate to the position, a curriculum vitae, an academic transcript, and the names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of at least three references. Apply online at *http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=80829 *

Search is being coordinated by Kathie Luby, School of Kinesiology, 111 Cooke Hall, 1900 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, lubyx004@umn.edu , (612) 624-6469 voice, (612) 624-2509 fax. Feel free to contact Ms. Luby if you have questions or problems with the online system.

*/The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons have equal access
to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed,
religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance,
veteran status, or sexual orientation./*

Kathie Luby
Executive Office and Administrative Specialist
School of Kinesiology
lubyx004@umn.edu
612-624-6469 Office
612-624-2509 Fax

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship

Greetings. The School of Physical Education, University of Otago,
New Zealand has created a fellowship for postdoctoral researchers.
Details of the post are attached with a summary below. Please feel
free to contact the Dean, or other members of the Otago Socio-Cultural
Group.

Regards,  Steve Jackson

**********************************************************************************

                              UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
                         Te Whare Wananga o Otago

                          Dunedin, New Zealand

                        Postdoctoral Research Fellow
           (Socio-cultural Study of Physical Education/Sport)
                              (Fixed-term)

                        SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION

The School of Physical Education, University of Otago has created a fellowship for
postdoctoral researchers with superior academic backgrounds in the socio-cultural
aspects of sport/physical education, including dance studies, exercise psychology,
pedagogy, outdoor education, sport coaching, sport history, sport management,
sport policy, sport psychology or sport sociology.

Postdoctoral Fellows must have received their PhD within five years of selection.
Except for fieldwork and other research activities that require absence from
campus, the Fellow is expected to work from the University of Otago during the
tenure of their fellowship.

Applicants should visit the School of Physical Education website and contact
relevant members of staff in advance of submitting their application, to discuss
possible projects and how their proposed research might complement existing research
programmes. Candidates requiring more information should contact the Dean of the
School of Physical Education, Professor Douglas Booth (email doug.booth@otago.ac.nz).
The fellowship is limited to research of mutual interest to both the fellow, their
mentor/s and the School of Physical Education.

The successful applicant will conduct research, publish papers, contribute to the
research environment, and give occasional lectures in their area of expertise.

Each application should include a statement of general research interests, a description
of the specific research to be conducted during the term of the fellowship, curriculum vitae,
and three letters of reference.

Fellowship appointments may start on 1 October 2009 or as soon thereafter as possible.

Salary: $NZ65,452 plus a research and travel allowance of $5,000 will be provided.

CFP: Canadian Bulletin of Medical History

La version française suit

  Call for Papers

  The Canadian Bulletin of Medical History invites abstracts for a
  special issue on the history of medicine, sport and physical activity.
  The Bulletin publishes in both English and French, and while the
  primary focus of the Bulletin is Canadian history, there are no limits
    in terms of geographical or temporal areas. We invite manuscripts on
  the following topics, which is by no means exhaustive.

  -history of sport, physical activity and dance as it relates to health
  and medicine

  -history of gender, health and sport

  -constructions and cultivations of the athletic body

  -situating physical culture and fitness in medical/nursing history

  -history of dance/movement therapies

  -physical activity, sport and empire

  -medical history of the modern Olympic games

  -history of government and educational initiatives in sport &
  physical activity

  -history of sport medicine

  -history of the social determinants of physical activity and health

  -urban reform, sport and physical activity


  Kindly submit a 250 word abstract with a short biographical statement
  to the guest editors by Sept 30th, 2009.


  Manuscripts not exceeding 9,000 words, including endnotes, should be
  submitted by December 15th, 2009.

  Guest editors

  Eileen O'Connor            Patricia Vertinsky
  Assistant Professor        Professor
  School of Human Kinetics   School of Human Kinetics
  University of Ottawa       University of British Columbia
  Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5         Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
  eoconnor@uottawa.ca        patricia.vertinsky@ubc.ca


    *****

  Le Bulletin canadien d’histoire de médicine invite les personnes
  intéressées à soumettre un résumé dans le cadre d’un
  numéro spécial sur l’histoire de la médecine, du sport et de
  l’activité physique. Le Bulletin publie en anglais et en français.
    Bien que l’objectif premier du Bulletin soit l’histoire canadienne,
  il n’a aucune limite géographique et temporelle.


  Nous invitons les manuscrits portant sur les sujets suivants:

  -Histoire du sport, de l’activité physique et de la danse en relation
  avec la santé et la médicine;

  -Histoire du genre, de la santé et du sport

  -Constructions and cultures du corps athlétique;

  -Situer la culture physique et le conditionnement physique dans
  l’histoire de la médecine/des sciences infirmières;

  -Activité physique, sport et empire;

  -Histoire de la danse/thérapies du mouvement;

  -Histoire médicale des Jeux olympiques modernes;

  -Histoire des initiatives gouvernementales et éducationnelles dans le
  domaine du sport et de l’activité physique;

  -Histoire de la médecine du sport;

  -Histoire des déterminants sociaux de l’activité physique et de la
  santé;

  -Réforme urbaine, sport et activité physique.


  Veuillez soumettre un résumé de 250 mots accompagné d’une courte
  biographie aux rédactrices invitées avant le 30 septembre 2009.

  Les manuscrits de 9 000 mots, incluant les notes en bas de pages,
  doivent être soumis au plus tard le 15 décembre 2009.

  Rédactrices invitées:

  Eileen O'Connor                                     Patricia Vertinsky
  Professeure adjointe                                Professeure titulaire
  École de l’activité physique                        School of Human Kinetics
  Université d’Ottawa                                 University of British Columbia
  Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5                                  Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
  eoconnor@uottawa.ca                                patricia.vertinsky@ubc.ca=

CFP: Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui

Contemporary Ethnography

Across the Disciplines Hui

November 17-19, 2010

University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Our hui, or conference gathering, will consist of three key threads:

Emerging Methods: traditional, experimental, transgressive forms

Practice and Advocacy: doing ethnography on the ground

Social Justice and Transformation: theoretical ethnographic visions

This quadrennial conference welcomes all manner and standpoints of ethnographic disciplinary practices, and aims to stimulate rich intellectual discourse.

We welcome proposals of sessions, papers, performances, and posters. We anticipate an unfolding of many disciplinary spaces and creative moments.

Dialogues among participants, keynotes, and panels will lead to deeper understandings of a variety of ethnographic practices. We are excited to present this opportunity for a gathering of ethnographers in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and see this hui as the first of a series of occasions for discussion of ethnographic research and practices.

CFP: Game Women, Sport and its Female Fans (book)

Call for Contributors: Game Women, Sport and its Female Fans.
Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett, eds.

We invite chapter proposals for an edited book on women fans of sports called Game Women: Sport and its Female Fans. The book seeks to explore why women follow sports and the significance of their contribution. We are interested in what female fandom can tell us about gender relations in sport and the changing nature of sport spectatorship. It aims to provide a comprehensive coverage of the unique aspects of being a sports supporter and being female, and pose new paradigms to approach the study of women in the sporting domain.

We are seeking contributions that explore women fans of any sports from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. We welcome submissions that consider what it is like to be a female sports fan from a position informed by race, ethnicity, disability and sexuality. Topics may include:
• The impact of women’s support on the construction and performance of gender identity, the maintenance and/or disruption of gender categories, norms, systems and structures;
• The role of media culture – television, radio, print media and the internet – in women’s experiences of sports fandom;
• Commercialisation and consumerism as it pertains to female sport fan experience;
• How women’s support functions in the maintenance and/or disruption of masculine hegemony in sport;
• The negotiation of gendered selfhood in sport fan communities;
• Women’s support of sport as a leisure practice.

The editors are currently engaged in negotiations with a major publisher who has expressed considerable interest in the book. Please submit abstracts of 200-250 words and a brief author bio by 5 August 2009 to either or both editors (and direct any queries to the editors) at:
kim.toffoletti@deakin.edu.au
peter.mewett@deakin.edu.au


Dr Kim Toffoletti, Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Gender Studies
Secretary, Australian Women's and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)
Chief co-editor, Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture

AWARD: Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2008

Lord Aberdare Literary Prize 2008

Each year the British Society of Sports History awards the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for the best book in British sports history. The Society considers for the award monographs on topics in British sports history, or sports history monographs by authors based in Britain.

The judges for the prize for books published in 2008 had a large set of nominees from which to choose. What is more, the field was so strong that we felt we could announce a short list that highlighted the standout titles we considered. That short list (alphabetically) is:

Kasia Boddy Boxing: A Cultural History (Reaktion Books)
Tom Hunt Sport and Society in Victorian Ireland: the Case of Westmeath (Cork University Press)
Chick Korr & Marvin Close More Than Just a Game: Football v Apartheid (Harper Collins)
James F. Lee The Lady Footballers: Struggling to Play in Victorian England (Routledge)
Matthew Taylor The Association Game: A History of British Football (Longman)

The range of issues addressed in this selection, their ability to tell a much bigger story than a narrative of sport’s development and practice, their articulation to wider political and historiographical debates and issues, means that we are able to recommend each as important contributions not just to sports history, but to our understandings of the world around us.

Amid this strong field, however, one book stood out for each of us. This is not so much a cultural history, in the conventional senses of ideas and practices, of the quotidian bases of a sport, or of that sport's various zeitgeists, as a history of sports’ cultural representations. Kasia Boddy's grasp of the range of contexts within which boxing’s various representations were produced is impressive: although she is understandably stronger on USA contexts (her specialist area as a literature scholar), her grasp of contexts as diverse as ancient Greece and Regency England induces envy.

Boxing, like cricket, is one of the few sports that has attracted high culture, literary and artistic, representations and followers. Boddy traces and explores commonalities and differences in these from the ancient world through Georgian England to the US masculinists (Hemingway, London, and so on) and then on to more contemporary artists in film, journalism, letters, and fine arts. It is an impressive and weighty tome that deserves to be widely read, critiqued, revised, and revisited – we doubt that historians of boxing, and cultural historians of sport, as well as analysts of popular and many aspects of high culture will be able to by-pass it.

We are delighted to award the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for 2008 to Kasia Boddy for Boxing: A Cultural History.

Malcolm MacLean
On behalf of the 2009 judges, Jason Wood, Dil Porter, and Malcolm MacLean

CFP: Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management (JPESM)

The Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management (JPESM) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published monthly by Academic Journals (http://www.academicjournals.org/JPESM). JPESM is dedicated to increasing the depth of research across all areas of this subject.

Editors and reviewers

JPESM is seeking qualified researchers to join its editorial team as editors, subeditors or reviewers. Kindly send your resume to jpesm.journal@gmail.com.

Call for Papers

JPESM welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence in this subject area, and will publish:

· Original articles in basic and applied research

· Case studies

· Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays

We invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to jpesm.journal@gmail.com for publication in the Maiden Issue (October 2009). Our objective is to inform authors of the decision on their manuscript(s) within four weeks of submission. Following acceptance, a paper will normally be published in the next issue. Instruction for authors and other details are available on our website; http://www.academicjournals.org/JPESM/Instruction.htm

JPESM is an Open Access Journal

One key request of researchers across the world is unrestricted access to research publications. Open access gives a worldwide audience larger than that of any subscription-based journal ad thus increases the visibility and impact of published work. It also enhances indexing, retrieval power and eliminates the need for permissions to reproduce and distribute content. JPESM is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and will provide free access to all articles as soon as they are published.

Best regards,

Anighoro Clementina

Editorial Assistant

Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management (JPESM)

E-mail: jpesm.journal@gmail.com

www.academicjournals.org/JPESM

CFP: Physical Health Education Nex / ix Éducation Physique et à la Santé

Physical Health Education Nex (us)/ (phén) ix Éducation Physique et à la Santé

http://ojs.acadiau.ca/phenex/

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new, on-line, open-access, peer reviewed journal focused on research in physical and health education, PHENex journal/Revue phenEPS (Physical and Health Education Nexus/phénix Éducation Physique et à la Santé). Published in Canada, this journal accepts submissions from researchers in physical and health education from around the globe. We invite you to visit the PHENex/phenEPS site at http://ojs.acadiau.ca/phenex/.

PHEnex/phenEPS publishes empirical, theoretical, and methodological research, and position papers, as well as reviews and critical essays by Canadian and International authors. Research methodologies may be quantitative, qualitative or mixed method and may use data gathered through historical analysis, surveys, fieldwork, action research, participant observation, content analysis, simulations or experience. Articles most appropriate for PHEnex focus on pedagogical, social, cultural, philosophical, psychological, historical, sociological or management issues in physical education, health, dance, recreation, or leisure studies.

La revue phenEPS/PHENex journal publie des recherches à caractère empirique, théorique et méthodologique, des articles d’opinion, des revues de littérature et des essais critiques. Les méthodologies de recherche peuvent être tout aussi bien quantitative que qualitative ou mixte, incluant, mais non exclusivement, des analyses historiques, des sondages, des analyses de contenu, des expérimentations, des interventions et observations en milieu de pratique. Les articles publiés dans phenEPS/PHENex abordent l’éducation physique et à la santé, la danse, le loisir, les activités physiques, sous différents angles particulièrement sous ceux de la pédagogie, de la sociologie, de la culture, de la philosophie, de la psychologie, de l’histoire ou de la gestion.

Articles may be submitted in English or in French. Abstracts will be translated to appear in both French and English.

If you are interested in submitting to this journal -
Click on About the Journal (http://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/about) for the journal's submission and open access policies.

Find Author Guidelines at: http://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/about/submissions#authorGuidelines.

Authors need to register (http://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/user/register) with the journal prior to submitting.

If already registered, simply log in (http://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/login) and begin the 5 step process.

Ellen Singleton, Ph.D. -- English Editor
Pierre Boudreau, Ph.D. -- Éditeur francophone
Susan Markham Starr, Ph.D. -- Managing Editor

CONFERENCE: Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI)/NASSS

Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference to be held in conjunction to the NASSS Conference November 4th, 2009, Ottawa, Canada


The third annual Sport Canada Research Initiative (SCRI) Conference will be held in Ottawa on November 4, 2009 in conjunction with the 2009 NASSS conference at the Marriott Hotel. The purpose of the SCRI conference is to gather together policy makers with all current sport researchers funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). The idea is to share their knowledge and expertise in view of maximizing the practical applications of sport participation research. Some specific objectives of the conference include: strengthening the link between sport research and the development of sport participation policy in Canada; initiating an effective dialogue between Canadian sport researchers, sport policy makers and sport practitioners; and encouraging graduate students to contribute to and remain in the field of sport policy. Since the inception of the SCRI, Sport Canada has funded approximately 70 research projects via SSHRC and CIHR. Researchers with final results will present in the morning plenary sessions, while those with research in progress will be invited to present posters. The afternoon sessions will be devoted to dialogue between sport researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Duly registered NASSS conference participants are invited to register and take part in this one-day SCRI conference for free.

Register for the SCRI conference at http://www.sirc.ca beginning August 1, 2009. For more information, contact Joanne Kay at joanne.kay[at]pch.gc.ca

CFP: College Sports in Recessionary Times: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities

“College Sports in Recessionary Times: Assessing Challenges and Opportunities”


The Third Annual Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics
In Conjunction with the NCAA Annual Convention
January 12th and 13th 2010
Atlanta, Georgia

The third annual Scholarly Colloquium on Intercollegiate Athletics will be held on January 12th and 13th, 2010 in conjunction with the NCAA Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme for this year’s colloquium is “College Sports in Recessionary Times: Assessing Challenges & Opportunities.” The conference will consist of keynote presentations by Rodney Fort (University of Michigan), Amy Perko (Knight Commission), Richard Lapchick (University of Central Florida), and Andrew Zimbalist (Smith College) and two formal reactions to each keynote, in addition to a number of refereed free papers.


Proposals for refereed papers should deal closely with issues related to the conference theme of “College Sports in Recessionary Times.” In order for your paper to be considered for one of the free paper sessions, please submit by e-mail attachment an abstract of no more than 300 words to John Thelin at jthelin@uky.edu.


Research papers can be related to sport in general (as long as there are clear implications for college sport) or intercollegiate athletics specifically, with connection to the conference theme of “College Sports in a Recessionary Time.” Your scholarship may be based in the sciences, social sciences, economics, humanities, or any number of professional fields related to intercollegiate athletics.


The deadline for proposal submission is October 1, 2009. Individuals will be notified of the results of the review process in early November 2009.

CFP: NASSS 2009 -- Sport and Bodily Culture in Hard Times

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
30th Annual Conference
November 4-7, 2009
Ottawa, Canada

The 30th annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) will be held November 4-7, 2009 at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel on Kent Street in Ottawa, CAN. Those interested in submitting an abstract for a paper or poster should do so by August 15th, 2009. Paper abstracts or poster abstracts should be directly submitted via the proposal form at:  http://nasss.org/2009/submissions.php (Session themes can be found at http://www.nasss.org/2009/sessions.html.)

This year’s conference theme of “Sport and Bodily Culture in Hard Times” encourages us to consider how the economic downturn has produced “Hard Times” whose impact has been felt all over the planet. More specifically, we as NASSS members wish to reflect on the “Hard Times” behind and ahead of us and what they mean for sport, and more broadly, for culture. Hard times impact on the lives of people in so many negative ways. At the same time, they may push us to reinvent ourselves and to rethink the social structures that organize our worlds so that we do not end up in the same catastrophic situation. Since sport is so often appreciated for the values it instills and the leadership it creates, one has to wonder whether drastic changes should occur so that sport could help in developing leaders with different values (e.g., interdependence) who would work to transform our societies and avoid past errors. In a world where increasingly we define ourselves by what we have (e.g., a house, a car, a membership in a club, friends on Facebook, a nice body), should the social dynamics as well as the individual choices that have brought us to Hard Times be renewed? Could we define ourselves and our social worlds differently? How are sport and bodily culture linked to subjectivities and social forces, and how could they be part of an effort to think ourselves/our planet anew? Should we struggle to keep sport and bodily culture just as they are and continue to pursue “business as usual?” What role should we play, as scholars, in asking and answering such questions?

For further information, please contact the Chair of the 2009 Program Committee. The following individuals are part of this committee:

Geneviève Rail, Chair (Simone de Beauvoir Institute) Gen.Rail[at]Concordia.ca
Nancy E. Spencer, Co-Chair (Bowling Green State University) nspencr[at]bgsu.edu
Bob Rinehart (University of Waikato) rinehart[at]waikato.ac.nz
Rich King (Washington State University) crking[at]wsu.edu
Christine Dallaire (University of Ottawa) cdallair[at]uottawa.ca
Jean Harvey (University of Ottawa) jharvey[at]uottawa.ca
Sammi King (Queen's University) kingsj[at]post.Queensu.ca
Ted Fay (SUNY Cortland) ted.fay[at]cortland.edu
Dee Pearson (University of Houston) dpearson[at]uh.edu
Kyoung-Yim Kim (University of Toronto) ky.kim[at]utoronto.ca
Robert Pitter (Acadia University) robert.pitter[at]acadiau.ca)
Karima Dorney (Queen's University) karima.dorney[at]gmail.com

CONFERENCE: International Conference on Sport and Society

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT AND SOCIETY
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
8-10 March 2010
http://www.SportConference.com/

We are excited to be holding the inaugural Conference in Vancouver - scheduled between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, at the University of British Columbia. The Conference hopes to engage university and international academics to consider broad questions about the connections between sport and society in the exciting context of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Conference on Sport and Society and its companion International Journal of Sport and Society provide a forum for wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination of sport, including: the history, sociology and psychology of sport; sports medicine and health; physical and health education; and sports administration and management. The discussions at the conference and in the journal range from broad conceptualisations of the fundamental logics of sport, to highly specific readings of sporting practices in particular times and places. The conference and journal focus on four logics of sport: Game Logic; Body Logic; Aesthetic Logic; and Organisational Logic.

As well as impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the International Journal of Sport and Society. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 9 July 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within three weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.SportConference.com/.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Vancouver in March 2010.

Yours Sincerely,

Keith Gilbert
University of East London, London, UK
For the Advisory Board, International Conference on Sport and Society and The International Journal of Sport and Society

CFP: NASSS 2009 Conference -- Sport and Bodily Culture in Hard Times

This is the second call for Session Organizers to submit a session to the 2009 NASSS Conference that will be held in Ottawa, CANADA, November 4-7, 2009. The following information appears on the NASSS website and can be accessed by going to: http://www.nasss.org/2009/index.html

The 30th annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) will be held November 4-7, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel on Kent Street in Ottawa, CAN. The theme for this year’s conference is “Sport and Bodily Culture in Hard Times.” Those interested in organizing a session should submit a session proposal by June 15th, 2009 to one of the program co-chairs, Geneviève Rail and Nancy Spencer, via the Session Proposal form.

Given the economic downturn and its impact all over the planet, the Program Committee felt that we, as NASSS members, could reflect on the “Hard Times” behind and ahead of us and what they mean for sport and, more broadly, for culture. Hard times impact on the lives of people in so many negative ways. At the same time, they may push us to reinvent ourselves and to rethink the social structures that organize our worlds so that we do not end up in the same catastrophic situation. Since sport is so often appreciated for the values it instills and the leadership it creates, one has to wonder whether drastic changes should occur so that sport could help in developing leaders with different values (e.g., interdependence) who would work to transform our societies and avoid past errors. In a world where increasingly we define ourselves by what we have (e.g., a house, a car, a membership in a club, friends on Facebook, a nice body), should the social dynamics as well as the individual choices that have brought us to Hard Times be renewed? Could we define ourselves and our social worlds differently? How are sport and bodily culture linked to subjectivities and social forces, and how could they be part of an effort to think ourselves/our planet anew? Should we struggle to keep sport and bodily culture just as they are and continue to pursue “business as usual”? What role should we play, as scholars, in asking and answering such questions?

The Program Committee is interested in securing sessions that promote specific or focused content related to the theme (i.e., keep the theme in mind when choosing a session title). However, we also welcome sessions that are not directly related to the conference theme but are consistent in scope. Sessions that enhance interdisciplinary conversations and encourage new ways of thinking about sport and bodily culture are particularly welcome.

For further information, please contact one of the program co-chairs:

Geneviève Rail, Program Co-Chair
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ottawa
Email: genrail@uottawa.ca

Nancy Spencer, Program Co-Chair
School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies
Bowling Green State University
Email: nspencr@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Call for abstracts: A second call seeking paper and poster abstracts will begin once the list of sessions is complete. The final deadline for submitting paper or poster abstracts will be July 15th, 2009. Look for the “2009 Call for Paper and Poster Abstracts” as well as more details about keynote speakers and conference activities in early August on the NASSS conference website.

Conference Registration: will be available on the conference registration page when the call for papers is issued.

CFP: Contests and Contestations: Bodies and Nation in Canadian History

Call for papers: Contests and Contestations: Bodies and Nation in Canadian
History

Proposals for papers are invited for an edited collection on the body in
Canadian history. We are seeking essays on the body and embodiment broadly
conceived that critically explore the political, social and cultural
contestations over the body and bodies in the Canadian context. The volume
aims to challenge approaches of the body as ahistorical and asocial, and
seeks to position the contested body as another category of analysis towards
understanding Canadian history. As contested spaces, bodies are
historically constructed and inscribed with political, social, and cultural
meanings. In turn, these meanings have come to shape historical
conceptualizations of nation, gender, race, class, and sexuality. Although
often referred to in the singular (as ‘the body’), Canadian history and the
nation have been composed of a multiplicity of bodies and notions of
embodiment that have often been in contest both metaphorically and
literally. This collection aims to bring together aspects of these
histories to explore some of the implications for the nation. We especially
encourage submissions that discuss beauty contests and
nationhood/citizenship as well as critical junctures between Canadian and
transnational/global bodies and ideas of embodiment. Other potential topic
areas include but are not limited to:

· colonialism and the colonial/colonized body or embodied experiences of
colonialization, race, and violence

· gender/sexuality and bodies especially historical notions of femininity
and masculinity in relation to nation/citizenship

· childhood and adolescence/the aging/aged body: as separate themes or
understanding the body historically as temporal space

· cultural representations and performances: burlesque/stripping, artistic
performances, dance, the body as a site of cultural contest and negotiation,
spectacle and the extraordinary body on display (e.g. freak shows, circuses
and midway exhibitions)

· medicine and science: notions of the healthy/unhealthy body or bodies and
nation-building (such as a rethinking of bodies, nation, and the eugenics
movement), cosmetic surgery

· dis/ability: science, technology, and medical intervention, historical
constructions of disability and ability

· bodies/athletic bodies and sports

· productive bodies: bodies at work, industrialization and the body,
workplace bodies and national health, (re) productive bodies and nation-building

The editors will review proposals and authors of accepted proposals will be
invited to contribute to the collection. All manuscripts will be externally
peer reviewed.

Please submit a 300-500 word abstract, working title and brief biography by
September 15, 2009.

Completed manuscripts (6000-8000 words) are due on April 15, 2010.

Please send queries and/or completed proposals in a Word document to:

Patrizia Gentile
Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies
Carleton University
patrizia_gentile@carleton.ca