Wednesday, May 18, 2005

JOB: Visiting Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami, OH

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
VISITING INSTRUCTOR/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SPORTS STUDIES

Position: Visiting Instructor/Visiting Assistant Professor

Description: The Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies at Miami University is seeking applicants for a 9 month visiting instructor/visiting assistant professor to teach in the Sport Studies program.

Required Qualifications: Ability to teach courses in the socio-cultural aspects of sport. Expertise in gender, race, and class relations in sport. Ph.D. in Sport Sociology or closely related area; ABD’s will be considered.

Desired Qualifications: Knowledge or background in leisure or sociology of leisure/ or the sociology of the body.

Responsibilities: Teach courses in the socio-cultural aspects of sport; advise undergraduate students in Sport Studies major; and other duties as assigned by the Department Chairperson.

Location: Miami University, Oxford Ohio

Contact Information:
Dr. Othello Harris
Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies
106 Phillips Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056-3491
Phone: 513-529-2700
Fax: 513-529-5006
Email: harriso@muohio.edu

Application Procedure:
Send letter of application, vitae, and contact information for at least three references to:
Jennifer Edwards
Department of Physical Education, Health and Sport Studies
106 Phillips Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056-3491
Phone: 513-529-2700
Fax: 513-529-5006
Email: edwardjl@muohio.edu

Thursday, May 12, 2005

SEMINAR: Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture

CHICAGO SEMINAR ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Friday, May 13, 2005 3:30-5:00 p.m.

“Baseball Goes Global: The Diffusion of America’s National Pastime in Meiji Japan

Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu
Dept. of History
Michigan State University

THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY. 60 W. WALTON, CHICAGO, IL
THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGE. Discounted parking is available at garages
located at 100 W. Chestnut, 100 E. Walton, and 1025 N. Clark. With ticket
validation at the Newberry Library's front desk, the rate is $6 for up to 6
hours. Contact: Prof. Steven Riess, Northeastern Illinois University, 773
442 5631, s-riess@neiu.edu; or Ginger Shulick, Newberry Library, 312
255-3524, scholl@newbery.org

For a copy of her prior essay, “For Love of the Game: Baseball in Early U.S.-Japan Encounters and the Rise of a Transnational Sporting Fraternity,” Diplomatic History (Fall 2004), contact s-riess@neiu.edu.

FILMFEST: The Olympics of Cinema and TV Sports Shows from Around the World

THE OLYMPICS OF CINEMA AND TV SPORT SHOWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Film productions, majors, independent producers and directors, Olympic
Committees from all over the World, national and international Sport
Federations, advertising agencies and communication offices, and everyone
who has "something to show about sport" - disciplines, teams, champions,
amateurs, fans, sport people, testimonial... you are all invited to entry
at the 22nd edition of "Sport Movies & TV - International Festival", the
"Olympics of Sport on TV and Silver Screen".

Deadline for entries is June 30, 2005: forms, Rules and other infos are
available on the website www.sportmoviestv.com, daily updated with news
from the Festival, from Cinema and from sport in TV.

The Festival is organized by FICTS - Federation Internationale Cinema
Television Sportifs, recognized by IOC (International Olympic Committee)
with 90 Member Nations, and it will be held in Italy, in the heart of
Milan (Palazzo Giureconsulti - piazza Duomo) from October 27 until
November 1, 2005.

The Sections are 6: 1. Olympic Games / Olympic Spirit 2. Documentary
(Great Champions / Individual Sports, Great Champions / Team Sports,
Reportage 1905-2005); 3. Sport & Society (Sport & Solidarity; Sport for
All, Educational/ Technique/Didactics/New Media); 4. TV Sport Show;
5.Movies; 6. Sport & Advertising (Social/Corporate Advertising, Commercial
Advertising).

"Sport Movies & Tv" is anticipated by the International Challenge 2005,
including the continental phases held in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Krasnogorsk,
(Russia), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Johannesburg (South Africa), Liberec
(Czech Republic) and Tehran (I.R. Iran).

Directed by FICTS President Prof. Franco B. Ascani, the Festival will
involve over 200.000 spectators and visitors with entrance free of charge
and/or upon invitation, and it will include several situations:
Screenings, Meetings, Exhibits, Collateral Events, Award Ceremonies,
Olympic Games Turin 2006.

In Piazza Duomo a maxi-screen will broadcast 10 hours a day the best
images taken from the competing works and the live coverage of the
relevant sport events of the week. Five screening points inside Palazzo
Giureconsulti will allow the visitors to enjoy the videos with any weather
condition.

Further details can be inquired at the Organizing Committee Secretariat
(+39 / 02 / 89409076 - info@ficts.com).

Thursday, May 05, 2005

CONFERENCE: The Popular Culture Association in the South

C A L L F O R P A P E R S
The Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture
Association in the South's Annual Conference The Sea Turtle Inn, Atlantic
Beach (Jacksonville), Florida To be held October 6-8, 2005. Proposals on
Gender or Body Image (of 150 words), along with any audio-visual
requests of no more than two pieces (tv/vcr, overhead or carousel
projector and screen, DVD Player only), are open to various scholarly
approaches and areas. Complete Panel Proposals also welcome; individual
presentations are limited to 20 minutes. While all topics and
approaches will be considered, we are especially interested in the
following topics:

Women "Buddies" in Literature and Film
"Gender Crimes: Eating and Body Image"
Female/Male Doppelgangers in Literature or Film
"Body Snatching: When the Amber Alert Is Not Enough"Femmes Fatales
and Spider Women in Film/Literature
The Black Body in Literature and FilmWhen Gender Matters: Southern Women Writers
Legacy, Zora Neale Hurston, and a Negro Theater
Gay,Lesbian, Bi-Sexual,Transgendered in Literature
Gender Ambiguity as Comedy
Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy, and The Fat Phenomena in Film
"Mirrors and the Body in Literature and Film"
The Androgynous Hero/HeroineThe Male Object
Writing Pedophilia: the Pedophile in Literature or Film
Tattoos and Taboos
Writing Abuse: Domestic Violence in Literature
The Automobile and the Sexual Body
The Body and Liminal SpaceCross-Dressing in Literature or Film
Relinguishing the Southern Lady
Gender andViolence
Queer as Folk and/or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
Gendered Spaces
Women behind Bars: Domestic Violence and MurderRe(Visioning) the Male Hero New Plays by and about Women
Masculinity Studies
On Being Woman, On Being Black: Film Portraits
Why a Woman Can/Can't Be President
Redneck Humor: Jeff Foxworthy, and Them Good Ole Boys
"Advertising and the Media: Body Matters"
Children, the Classroom, and Body Image
When the Body Doesn't Know Itself: Tatoos: Piercings, and Other Prickly Matters
"Lock In's," Bar Hipe, and A, Tripe: America's Popular "Meat Market"

Proposal, essay title, complete professional and home address,
telephone/s, e-mail (and designation if you are a graduate student)
should be sent no later than May 15, 2005 to
Area Chair, Linda Rohrer Paige
Department of Literature and Phil.,
P.O. Box 8023, Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 30460-8023
[or Fax to Area Chair at 912/681-0653].

For entire sessions: send a title and 50-word
description of the session, a title and an abstract of 100 words for
each presentation, and any request for audio-visual equipment (see
above). Iinclude professional, as well as home, contact addresses for
each session participant. Sessions are scheduled in 90-minute blocks.
Because of recent difficulties with persons submitting proposals, but
backing out of attending the conference after the program has been set,
we require a commitment to attend the conference, if accepted. You will
be asked simply to confirm that you have the resources to travel to the
meeting in Jacksonville, and will, barring any unforeseen conflict, be
present for the session in which you are scheduled. PCAS/ACAS is the
largest of the regional Popular Culture and American Culture
Associations, with a collegial, dedicated membership of nearly 400
scholars and interested others from across the nation and abroad.
Membership in the association includes subscriptions to our two
journals, Studies in American Culture and Studies in Popular Culture.
For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.pcasacas.org/.

CONFERENCE: Sport and War

SPORT AND WAR
– a one day conference on Saturday 25 June at the International Centre for Sports History & Culture, De Montfort University. Leicester

As part of its series of one-day conferences, the ICSHC is hosting a conference that looks at the links between sport, war and the military in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Invited speakers include:
Professor Tony Mason (De Montfort University)
Dr Eliza Riedi (Leicester University)
Dr James Roberts (University College, Worcester)
Dean Allen (Brunel University)
Andrew Riddoch
Dr Tony Collins (De Montfort University)

When: Saturday 25 June, 10.30am- 4.00pm
Where: Clephan Building, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH
Cost: £20 (includes coffee and lunch)

For more details contact: Dr Tony Collins at tcollins@dmu.ac.uk

The SPORTHIST list is archived at:
http://listserv.umist.ac.uk/archives/sporthist.html

SEMINAR: Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture

CHICAGO SEMINAR ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Friday, May 13, 2005 3:30-5:00 p.m.

“Baseball Goes Global: The Diffusion of America’s National Pastime in Meiji Japan

Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu
Dept. of History
Michigan State University

THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY. 60 W. WALTON, CHICAGO, IL
THERE IS NO ADMISSION CHARGE. Discounted parking is available at garages
located at 100 W. Chestnut, 100 E. Walton, and 1025 N. Clark. With ticket
validation at the Newberry Library's front desk, the rate is $6 for up to 6
hours. Contact: Prof. Steven Riess, Northeastern Illinois University, 773
442-5631, s-riess@neiu.edu; or Ginger Shulick, Newberry Library, 312
255-3524, scholl@newbery.org

For a copy of her prior essay, “For Love of the Game: Baseball in Early U.S.-Japan Encounters and the Rise of a Transnational Sporting Fraternity,” Diplomatic History (Fall 2004), contact s-riess@neiu.edu.

Monday, May 02, 2005

SCHOLARSHIP: NASSS 'Minority' Scholarship

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
Scholarship for Racial or Ethnic “Minorities”

Call for Applications

In recognition of the recommendation made by the Racial Diversity Committee in the fall of 2003, the NASSS Conference Programme Committee is piloting the proposed scholarship program for a graduate student who is a member of a racial or ethnic “minority” group. The purpose of the scholarship is to create a mechanism to identify racial and/or ethnic “minority” graduate students who are doing research in the area of sport sociology and to provide a means of supporting their work and association with NASSS. The award is for $500 to be applied toward expenses associated with attendance at the NASSS 2005 Conference in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Applicants must be members of NASSS. The application process for the scholarship is as follows:
. graduate students who wish to be considered should prepare a one-page
essay, which addresses how they plan to contribute to the field of
sociology of sport/physical activity.
. essays should be submitted along with a faculty recommendation from
someone who is familiar with the student’s work and aspirations
. applications will be reviewed by the NASSS Racial Diversity and Climate
Committee.
. announcements regarding the selected applicant will be announced
at the end of June, 2005

Application Deadline: Tuesday, 31 May 05 via e-mail

Materials must be submitted via email (no later than 31 May 05) to:

Laurel Davis-Delano
Chair, NASSS Racial Diversity and Climate Committee
Department of Social Science
Springfield College
263 Alden Street,
Springfield, MA 01109-3797
(413) 748-3645 (office)
Laurel_R_Davis-Delano@SPFLDCOL.EDU