CONFERENCE: Patriot Games: Aspects of Sport and National Identity in Britain and Ireland

Patriot Games: Aspects of Sport and National Identity in Britain and Ireland

Friday June 9th
University of Worcester
Location: Cotswold B (Main building)

10.00:
Registration & tea/coffee (Fee £10)

10.30:
Wearing the green: national identity and the Republic of Ireland football team Dr. Michael Holmes (Liverpool Hope University) and Dr. David Storey (University of Worcester)

11.15:
Racism, sectarianism and xenophobia in Scottish sport and society Dr. Ronnie Kowalski (University of Worcester)

12.00:
A prince, a king and a referendum: rugby, politics and nationhood in Wales, 1969-79
Dr. Martin Johnes (Swansea University)

12.45:
Lunch

2.00:
'Association football and the (English)men who made it': the idea of a national game revisited Dr. Dilwyn Porter (De Montfort University)

2.45:
Sport and the British
Professor Dick Holt (De Montfort University)


3.30:
Discussion


Registration fee £10

For more information contact

David Storey (d.storey@worc.ac.uk)
or
Ronnie Kowalski (r.kowalski@worc.ac.uk)