Sporting Cultures Conference...
...is aimed at bringing together academics, writers
and educators interested in critically assessing the
significance of sports cultures today. This
conference invites informed analyses of the cultural
significance of sport which have been developed on
the margins of the social sciences and humanities,
within the interdisciplinary field of cultural studies,
and in some engaged non-academic writing.
Confirmed speakers include:
Prof. David L.Andrews (University of Maryland, USA)
Prof. Grant Farred (Duke University, USA)
Jonathan Northcroft Sunday Times sports journalist
Prof. Ben Carrington (University of Texas, USA)
Call for Proposals
This conference will be orientated around key
issues of Representing Sport and will use
roundtable discussions using short point of view
proposals. The issues may include:
• Representing Sports Academically
• Media Representation of Sports
• Sports, Film and Fiction
• Representing Liverpool Sports
• Representing Race in Sports
• Representing Gender in Sports
• Representing Class in Sports
• Representing the Sporting Body
• Sporting Aesthetics
• The Pleasure of Sports
• Sports Fandom and Spectatorship
• Sporting Autobiographies
Proposals should be no more than 200 words long
and identify a specific position on a more general
issue such as those listed above. The aim is that
sessions will encourage discussion of broader
issues as well as engaging with more focussed
research. Chairs for panels and roundtables will be
appointed to manage these discussions.
Proposals should be clearly marked ‘Cultures’.
Please send abstract in Font: Times New Roman,
Size 12pt, Word document or RFT. and forward
as an email attachment to:
Cultures Conference Director, Ross Dawson:
R.A.Dawson@livjm.ac.uk
Please ensure that you state your name, institution contact
details and the relevance of the paper to the above issues.
Deadline for abstracts is January 18th 2006.
For more information on registration and accomodations, see: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/conferences/66813.htm
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