Thursday, May 05, 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.

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