Northern Illinois University has an immediate opening for fall semester
for someone to teach undergraduate sport sociology courses. Doctorate
or ABD with strong sport sociology background required. We have
received funding for fall semester with a possibility for spring. This
has been an ongoing position in the department for over 20 years. If
interested please submit an indication of interest and a vita to Paul
Carpenter (pcarpenter@niu.edu), Dept. Chair, Kinesiology and Physical
Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. His telephone
number is 815-753-8284. You may also contact me, Jan Rintala, at jrintala@niu.edu,
815-753-1894 with questions.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
NASSS 2006 Pre-Conference, University of British Columbia
Pre-NASSS Conference/Workshop
The 2010 Olympics and Legacies Now
Nov 1, 2006
9am – 4.30pm
The School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia is hosting a pre-NASSS on the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Legacies Now. Participants will include organizers of the 2010 Olympics, UBC researchers involved in Olympic-related research, graduate students, local community members involved in related activities and NASSS visitors.
The agenda will include keynote speeches, panels and discussions about the planning and activities of the Vancouver Olympic Committee, Legacies Now, and broader initiatives concerning sustainability, diversity and social justice such as Right to Play and Sport for Peace.
We cordially invite NASSS members who are coming to the NASSS conference to plan to join us on November 1. The conference will take place in a beautiful venue, at the Liu Centre for Global Issues on the UBC campus, some 20-30 minutes away from the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in downtown Vancouver. We will provide lunch and, following the day’s activities, UBC will host a reception for participants.
Seating will be limited to 100 people so registration will have to be limited. Please email Christiane Job (Christiane.job@gmail.com) concerning your interest in registration and we will send you a registration form as numbers permit.
The 2010 Olympics and Legacies Now
Nov 1, 2006
9am – 4.30pm
The School of Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia is hosting a pre-NASSS on the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Legacies Now. Participants will include organizers of the 2010 Olympics, UBC researchers involved in Olympic-related research, graduate students, local community members involved in related activities and NASSS visitors.
The agenda will include keynote speeches, panels and discussions about the planning and activities of the Vancouver Olympic Committee, Legacies Now, and broader initiatives concerning sustainability, diversity and social justice such as Right to Play and Sport for Peace.
We cordially invite NASSS members who are coming to the NASSS conference to plan to join us on November 1. The conference will take place in a beautiful venue, at the Liu Centre for Global Issues on the UBC campus, some 20-30 minutes away from the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in downtown Vancouver. We will provide lunch and, following the day’s activities, UBC will host a reception for participants.
Seating will be limited to 100 people so registration will have to be limited. Please email Christiane Job (Christiane.job@gmail.com) concerning your interest in registration and we will send you a registration form as numbers permit.
Friday, July 14, 2006
CFP: Girls & Women Rock: Celebrating 35 Years of Sport & Title IX
Girls & Women Rock: Celebrating 35 Years of Sport & Title IX
March 28-31, 2007
NCAA Women’s Final Four Local Organizing Committee
The Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Invitation to Submit:
The year 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of Title IX of
the Education Amendments of 1972. During the three and a half decades
since Title IX was signed into law, there has been a massive shift in
societal attitudes toward girls and women in sport. The 2007 NCAA Women’s
Final Four, which will be hosted by the city of Cleveland, provides a
fitting occasion for a symposium commemorating this important legislation.
As we celebrate the enormous gains made for girls and women in sport, we
can also look to the future by addressing numerous contemporary concerns
related to equity in sport, fitness, physical activity, and health for
girls and women. Scholars, public policy makers, lawyers, and educators
from a variety of disciplines are invited to submit paper (15-20 minutes)
or poster abstracts addressing one or several of these themes:
• Socio-historical perspectives on girls and women in sport in the United
States and around the world
• Health, wellness, fitness, and sport participation from a gendered
perspective
• Girls Sport & Girl Culture
• Feminist approaches to sport and physical activity and the female body
• The female athletic body in a media age
• The economics of women’s sport and related industries
• Current Title IX issues in sport and physical education
• Future directions to achieve gender equitable programs
• Mentoring girls and women in sport and in life
• Legislative and public policy concerns related to Title IX
Keynote Speakers
• Birch Bayh, Partner, Venable, Baejter, Howard, and Civiletti;
U.S. Senator (D-IL, 1963-1981); leading civil rights advocate
• Martha Burke, Recent Past Chair, National Council of Women’s
Organizations
• Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law
Center
• Billie Jean King, Founder and Honorary Chair, Women’s Sports
Foundation
• Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar at the Women’s Research and
Education Institute in Washington, D.C.
Invited Speakers
• Vivian Acosta, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College
• Alpha Alexander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lane College
• Linda Carpenter, Ph.D., J.D., Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College
• Doris Corbett, Ph.D., Professor, Howard University
• Karen Doering, J. D., National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Linda Green, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor & Professor of Law,
University of Wisconsin
• Tina Sloan Green, Executive Director of the Black Women in Sport
Foundation
• Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., Executive Director, Women’s Sports
Foundation
• Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., Associate Professor, Florida
Coastal College of Law
• Pamela Noakes, Executive Director, National Association for Girls &
Women in Sport
• Lynda Randsdell, Ph.D., President, National Association for Girls &
Women in Sport
Special Events & Performances Included in Registration
• Luncheon address to the City Club of Cleveland.
• Jane Curry’s One Woman Show Entitled Nice Girls Don’t Sweat
• The Jewish + Female = Athlete Exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish
History
• Title IX Birthday Hoopla on the evening of March 30th
• Discount tickets to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Abstract Format and Submission:
Abstracts should be limited to 200 words and conform to the following
requirements:
. 12 point Times New Roman font
. prepared in MSWord or html
. presentation title (limited to 10 words)
. author (s) and institutional affiliation (s)
Abstracts will be reprinted and published in the Conference Abstracts as
submitted. Thus, it is imperative that these guidelines be considered
prior to submitting. Due to the difficulty in reading files, please do
not use bold or italics. The simpler your submission is, the easier it
will be to convert into a publishable form.
Submission Procedure:
Please submit your abstract to Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ithaca College at
staurows@ithaca.edu with full contact information where you can be reached
(name, mailing address, office or cell phone, fax number, and email
address).
Review Process:
Paper will be submitted to blind, peer review. Review criteria include:
• relevance or significance of topic.
• reference to conceptual framework or methodology.
• quality of analyses.
• consideration of implications where appropriate.
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 1, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: October 30, 2006
Registration forms, schedules, additional information about the conference
and other Women’s Final Four events in Cleveland will be listed at
womenrockcleveland.com by July, 15 2006.
March 28-31, 2007
NCAA Women’s Final Four Local Organizing Committee
The Wolstein Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Invitation to Submit:
The year 2007 marks the 35th anniversary of the passage of Title IX of
the Education Amendments of 1972. During the three and a half decades
since Title IX was signed into law, there has been a massive shift in
societal attitudes toward girls and women in sport. The 2007 NCAA Women’s
Final Four, which will be hosted by the city of Cleveland, provides a
fitting occasion for a symposium commemorating this important legislation.
As we celebrate the enormous gains made for girls and women in sport, we
can also look to the future by addressing numerous contemporary concerns
related to equity in sport, fitness, physical activity, and health for
girls and women. Scholars, public policy makers, lawyers, and educators
from a variety of disciplines are invited to submit paper (15-20 minutes)
or poster abstracts addressing one or several of these themes:
• Socio-historical perspectives on girls and women in sport in the United
States and around the world
• Health, wellness, fitness, and sport participation from a gendered
perspective
• Girls Sport & Girl Culture
• Feminist approaches to sport and physical activity and the female body
• The female athletic body in a media age
• The economics of women’s sport and related industries
• Current Title IX issues in sport and physical education
• Future directions to achieve gender equitable programs
• Mentoring girls and women in sport and in life
• Legislative and public policy concerns related to Title IX
Keynote Speakers
• Birch Bayh, Partner, Venable, Baejter, Howard, and Civiletti;
U.S. Senator (D-IL, 1963-1981); leading civil rights advocate
• Martha Burke, Recent Past Chair, National Council of Women’s
Organizations
• Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law
Center
• Billie Jean King, Founder and Honorary Chair, Women’s Sports
Foundation
• Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar at the Women’s Research and
Education Institute in Washington, D.C.
Invited Speakers
• Vivian Acosta, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College
• Alpha Alexander, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lane College
• Linda Carpenter, Ph.D., J.D., Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College
• Doris Corbett, Ph.D., Professor, Howard University
• Karen Doering, J. D., National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Linda Green, J.D., Associate Vice Chancellor & Professor of Law,
University of Wisconsin
• Tina Sloan Green, Executive Director of the Black Women in Sport
Foundation
• Donna Lopiano, Ph.D., Executive Director, Women’s Sports
Foundation
• Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D., Associate Professor, Florida
Coastal College of Law
• Pamela Noakes, Executive Director, National Association for Girls &
Women in Sport
• Lynda Randsdell, Ph.D., President, National Association for Girls &
Women in Sport
Special Events & Performances Included in Registration
• Luncheon address to the City Club of Cleveland.
• Jane Curry’s One Woman Show Entitled Nice Girls Don’t Sweat
• The Jewish + Female = Athlete Exhibit at the Maltz Museum of Jewish
History
• Title IX Birthday Hoopla on the evening of March 30th
• Discount tickets to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Abstract Format and Submission:
Abstracts should be limited to 200 words and conform to the following
requirements:
. 12 point Times New Roman font
. prepared in MSWord or html
. presentation title (limited to 10 words)
. author (s) and institutional affiliation (s)
Abstracts will be reprinted and published in the Conference Abstracts as
submitted. Thus, it is imperative that these guidelines be considered
prior to submitting. Due to the difficulty in reading files, please do
not use bold or italics. The simpler your submission is, the easier it
will be to convert into a publishable form.
Submission Procedure:
Please submit your abstract to Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ithaca College at
staurows@ithaca.edu with full contact information where you can be reached
(name, mailing address, office or cell phone, fax number, and email
address).
Review Process:
Paper will be submitted to blind, peer review. Review criteria include:
• relevance or significance of topic.
• reference to conceptual framework or methodology.
• quality of analyses.
• consideration of implications where appropriate.
Abstract Submission Deadline: August 1, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: October 30, 2006
Registration forms, schedules, additional information about the conference
and other Women’s Final Four events in Cleveland will be listed at
womenrockcleveland.com by July, 15 2006.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
CFP: New World Coming – The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness
New World Coming –
The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness
An Interdisciplinary Conference at Queen's University
Kingston Ontario
13-16 June, 2007
Scholars in a wide variety of disciplines, from diverse theoretical and geographical backgrounds, have begun a major reassessment of the experience, meaning, and importance of 'The Sixties.' Central to this rethinking has been a recognition of the international nature of Sixties protests, and the global circulation of politics and culture in the post-1945 period. This international and interdisciplinary conference will bring together scholars working on topics as diverse as the New Left, Third World decolonization and liberation movements, the politics of sex and race, and cultural studies, in the hopes of fostering a dialogue on the interconnected nature, and present day legacy, of the various forms of culture and movements which characterized “The 'Sixties.'
We encourage papers on the following themes:
• decolonization, anti-imperialism, and
• international solidarity movements
• environmental consciousness and politics
• the New Left, the New Right, and New Social Movements
• sexual politics and gender relations
• politics of race and racism
• student and youth movements
• media, music and film
• cultures and counter-cultures
We welcome individual submissions, panels and round-tables. Please send a 300 word abstract and a short (one page) C.V. by the 31st of August, 2006, to:
New World Coming
Department of History
Queen's University
Kingston ON, K7L 3N6
global60@post.queensu.ca
www.queensu.ca/history/News/NewWorldComing.htm
The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness
An Interdisciplinary Conference at Queen's University
Kingston Ontario
13-16 June, 2007
Scholars in a wide variety of disciplines, from diverse theoretical and geographical backgrounds, have begun a major reassessment of the experience, meaning, and importance of 'The Sixties.' Central to this rethinking has been a recognition of the international nature of Sixties protests, and the global circulation of politics and culture in the post-1945 period. This international and interdisciplinary conference will bring together scholars working on topics as diverse as the New Left, Third World decolonization and liberation movements, the politics of sex and race, and cultural studies, in the hopes of fostering a dialogue on the interconnected nature, and present day legacy, of the various forms of culture and movements which characterized “The 'Sixties.'
We encourage papers on the following themes:
• decolonization, anti-imperialism, and
• international solidarity movements
• environmental consciousness and politics
• the New Left, the New Right, and New Social Movements
• sexual politics and gender relations
• politics of race and racism
• student and youth movements
• media, music and film
• cultures and counter-cultures
We welcome individual submissions, panels and round-tables. Please send a 300 word abstract and a short (one page) C.V. by the 31st of August, 2006, to:
New World Coming
Department of History
Queen's University
Kingston ON, K7L 3N6
global60@post.queensu.ca
www.queensu.ca/history/News/NewWorldComing.htm
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
CFP: Canada and the League of Hockey Nations
Call for Papers
Canada and the League of Hockey Nations: Critical Perspectives on Hockey in
Canada and Beyond
An interdisciplinary conference will be held in Victoria, British Columbia,
April 20-22, 2007 to explore significant aspects of hockey in Canada and
elsewhere in the world. The conference will attempt to give some special
attention to international issues in relation to hockey, but proposals are
welcomed on all hockey-related topics. Some possible topics might include(but
are not limited to):
hockey's place on the world stage the significance of the internationalization
of hockey on Canadian hockey
hockey and national identities
hockey and gender
the hockey memoire
literary portrayals of hockey
spectacle and spectatorship
hockey and spirituality
the business of hockey
hockey and the possibilities and limits of sport in modern life
the significance of "other" hockeys: old timers'hockey, ball hockey, and so on
hockey in history
500 word proposals for papers 15-20 minutes long should be sent by email to
Jamie Dopp, Department of English, University of Victoria, jdopp@uvic.ca.
Proposals are due by December 15, 2006.
Canada and the League of Hockey Nations: Critical Perspectives on Hockey in
Canada and Beyond
An interdisciplinary conference will be held in Victoria, British Columbia,
April 20-22, 2007 to explore significant aspects of hockey in Canada and
elsewhere in the world. The conference will attempt to give some special
attention to international issues in relation to hockey, but proposals are
welcomed on all hockey-related topics. Some possible topics might include(but
are not limited to):
hockey's place on the world stage the significance of the internationalization
of hockey on Canadian hockey
hockey and national identities
hockey and gender
the hockey memoire
literary portrayals of hockey
spectacle and spectatorship
hockey and spirituality
the business of hockey
hockey and the possibilities and limits of sport in modern life
the significance of "other" hockeys: old timers'hockey, ball hockey, and so on
hockey in history
500 word proposals for papers 15-20 minutes long should be sent by email to
Jamie Dopp, Department of English, University of Victoria, jdopp@uvic.ca.
Proposals are due by December 15, 2006.
JOB: Salem State College
Salem State College
Location: Salem, MA
Category:
* Faculty - Health - Sports Mgmt, Recreation & Leisure Studies
* Faculty - Health - Physical Education & Kinesiology
Posted: 07/11/2006
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
The Department of Sport, Fitness & Leisure Studies at Salem State College is seeking to fill a tenure track position in Leisure Studies for the Fall of 2007. Responsibilities include a 12 hour teaching load. The position is advertised pending funding.
Required qualifications include a Terminal degree (ABD considered), college teaching experience in leisure and recreational studies, and the ability to teach health, physical education and fitness activities. Preferred qualifications include a strong background in leisure services with a particular focus in sport and recreation, outdoor recreation, sport law, marketing, and adventure education, and knowledge of NPRA accreditation standards, curriculum development and advising students. We also prefer candidates with experience in and commitment to teaching in a multiracial, multiethnic environment with students of diverse backgrounds and learning styles, as well as in distance learning and instructional technologies, and candidates who enjoy serving as role models and mentors for a diverse student body. The salary is competitive and commensurate with education and experience. Application review will begin in the Fall of 2006 and continue until an adequate pool is developed.Reference Code: 07-AA-F-SFL-LSS
Postal Address:
Office of Human Resouces & Equal Opportunity
Salem State College
352 Lafayette St.
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-542-7243
Fax: 978-542-6163
Email Address: eo-hr@salemstate.edu
Location: Salem, MA
Category:
* Faculty - Health - Sports Mgmt, Recreation & Leisure Studies
* Faculty - Health - Physical Education & Kinesiology
Posted: 07/11/2006
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time
The Department of Sport, Fitness & Leisure Studies at Salem State College is seeking to fill a tenure track position in Leisure Studies for the Fall of 2007. Responsibilities include a 12 hour teaching load. The position is advertised pending funding.
Required qualifications include a Terminal degree (ABD considered), college teaching experience in leisure and recreational studies, and the ability to teach health, physical education and fitness activities. Preferred qualifications include a strong background in leisure services with a particular focus in sport and recreation, outdoor recreation, sport law, marketing, and adventure education, and knowledge of NPRA accreditation standards, curriculum development and advising students. We also prefer candidates with experience in and commitment to teaching in a multiracial, multiethnic environment with students of diverse backgrounds and learning styles, as well as in distance learning and instructional technologies, and candidates who enjoy serving as role models and mentors for a diverse student body. The salary is competitive and commensurate with education and experience. Application review will begin in the Fall of 2006 and continue until an adequate pool is developed.Reference Code: 07-AA-F-SFL-LSS
Postal Address:
Office of Human Resouces & Equal Opportunity
Salem State College
352 Lafayette St.
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978-542-7243
Fax: 978-542-6163
Email Address: eo-hr@salemstate.edu
Monday, July 10, 2006
JOB: Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Position: Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Salary: Unspecified
Institution: Indiana University at Bloomington
Location: Indiana
Date posted: 7/10/2006
Indiana University seeks nominations and applications for
DEAN, SCHOOL OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION
Indiana University invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER).
The Dean's position offers a rewarding opportunity for a person whose abilities and vision can lead one of the nation's foremost schools of its kind. The School is composed of the academic departments of Applied Health Science, Kinesiology, and Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies that serve approximately 1700 undergraduate and 340 graduate students, and the Division of Recreational Sports, a campus- and community-wide service unit. The academic and research programs are lead by 53 tenure-track faculty and 10 clinical faculty. The School also encompasses 16 centers and institutes and has cooperative agreements with 17 international institutions.
The Dean provides leadership to ensure the School's preeminent standing. Major responsibilities are to:
* Recruit and retain outstanding faculty, staff, and students.
* Promote faculty research, scholarship, creative activity, and faculty efforts to secure external funding.
* Develop financial support for graduate education and faculty research initiatives.
* Support faculty development of forward-looking academic programs.
* Advocate for quality service delivery and outreach to internal and external constituencies of the School.
* Work with faculty to establish policy and procedures for the School.
* Facilitate the continuing evolution of the School.
The Dean is responsible for maintaining the financial health of the School. This includes control of financial resources, and augmenting those resources through private fund raising in conjunction with appropriate offices within Indiana University. The Dean is responsible for preparing, defending, and monitoring annual operating budgets. The Dean reports to the Provost/Vice President of Indiana University Bloomington.
Successful administrative experience and an earned doctorate in health, kinesiology, recreation, or a related area are required. The Dean will hold a tenured faculty position at the rank of Full Professor in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Accordingly, candidates will have achieved national prominence in their research and scholarly contributions.
At this time, the School of HPER is particularly interested in candidates that have the ability to:
* Advance the research profile of the School and support the School's creative areas.
* Establish partnerships with private and public organizations to secure funds to support School initiatives.
* Cultivate support from School alumni.
* Collaborate with a wide range of academic units beyond the School, as well as beyond the University. * Articulate major trends in higher education and identify opportunities associated with those trends.
In their letters of application for this position, applicants should address how they have demonstrated these and related skills.
The School of HPER is located in the heart of the beautiful IU campus. The city of Bloomington is situated in the picturesque rolling hills of southern Indiana. Known for a broad array of cultural, recreational, musical, artistic, and intercollegiate athletic events, the community offers a quality of life that has earned it acclaim as one of the country's most desirable places to live.
The expected starting date for the position is July 1, 2007. Formal review of candidates will begin immediately and the search process will continue until the position is filled. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Nominations or letters of application, accompanied by curriculum vitae and five references, should be sent to:
Daniel Smith, Chair
Search Committee for the Dean of the School of HPER
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
1275 East Tenth St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-mail: deanhper@indiana.edu
Indiana University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer.
Salary: Unspecified
Institution: Indiana University at Bloomington
Location: Indiana
Date posted: 7/10/2006
Indiana University seeks nominations and applications for
DEAN, SCHOOL OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION
Indiana University invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER).
The Dean's position offers a rewarding opportunity for a person whose abilities and vision can lead one of the nation's foremost schools of its kind. The School is composed of the academic departments of Applied Health Science, Kinesiology, and Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies that serve approximately 1700 undergraduate and 340 graduate students, and the Division of Recreational Sports, a campus- and community-wide service unit. The academic and research programs are lead by 53 tenure-track faculty and 10 clinical faculty. The School also encompasses 16 centers and institutes and has cooperative agreements with 17 international institutions.
The Dean provides leadership to ensure the School's preeminent standing. Major responsibilities are to:
* Recruit and retain outstanding faculty, staff, and students.
* Promote faculty research, scholarship, creative activity, and faculty efforts to secure external funding.
* Develop financial support for graduate education and faculty research initiatives.
* Support faculty development of forward-looking academic programs.
* Advocate for quality service delivery and outreach to internal and external constituencies of the School.
* Work with faculty to establish policy and procedures for the School.
* Facilitate the continuing evolution of the School.
The Dean is responsible for maintaining the financial health of the School. This includes control of financial resources, and augmenting those resources through private fund raising in conjunction with appropriate offices within Indiana University. The Dean is responsible for preparing, defending, and monitoring annual operating budgets. The Dean reports to the Provost/Vice President of Indiana University Bloomington.
Successful administrative experience and an earned doctorate in health, kinesiology, recreation, or a related area are required. The Dean will hold a tenured faculty position at the rank of Full Professor in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. Accordingly, candidates will have achieved national prominence in their research and scholarly contributions.
At this time, the School of HPER is particularly interested in candidates that have the ability to:
* Advance the research profile of the School and support the School's creative areas.
* Establish partnerships with private and public organizations to secure funds to support School initiatives.
* Cultivate support from School alumni.
* Collaborate with a wide range of academic units beyond the School, as well as beyond the University. * Articulate major trends in higher education and identify opportunities associated with those trends.
In their letters of application for this position, applicants should address how they have demonstrated these and related skills.
The School of HPER is located in the heart of the beautiful IU campus. The city of Bloomington is situated in the picturesque rolling hills of southern Indiana. Known for a broad array of cultural, recreational, musical, artistic, and intercollegiate athletic events, the community offers a quality of life that has earned it acclaim as one of the country's most desirable places to live.
The expected starting date for the position is July 1, 2007. Formal review of candidates will begin immediately and the search process will continue until the position is filled. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Nominations or letters of application, accompanied by curriculum vitae and five references, should be sent to:
Daniel Smith, Chair
Search Committee for the Dean of the School of HPER
Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
1275 East Tenth St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
E-mail: deanhper@indiana.edu
Indiana University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
GRANTS: The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
Seed Grant: Physical Activity, Sport and Health
CIHR-IMHA have once again teamed up with Sport Canada to offer seed grants in physical activity and sport. The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to provide opportunities for the support of planning and/or development activities of multidisciplinary and/or cross pillar research teams. The total amount available for this initiative is $500,000.
For further details, please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/31281.html
Team Grant: Community Alliances for Health Research and Knowledge Exchange on Pain
The CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction and Astrazeneca Canada are pleased to announce the formation of a partnership to support “Community Alliances for Health Research and Knowledge Exchange on Pain”. This initiative will result in the pooling of resources to support proposals that engage partnerships between research teams and community organizations which will foster high quality research and knowledge translation and exchange in research on Pain. The total amount available for this initiative is $2,500,000. For further details, please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/31360.html
For other funding opportunities at CIHR please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/780.html and
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/26667.html
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Subvention de démarrage : Les activités physiques, les sports et la santé
L’IALA des IRSC a à nouveau fait équipe avec le Sport Canada pour offrir les subventions de démarrage dans le domaine d’activité physique et sport. Le but du présent appel de demandes est d'offrir des possibilités de soutenir les activités de planification ou de développement d'équipes de recherche multidisciplinaires ou interdomaines. Le montant total disponible dans le cadre de cette initiative est de 500 000 $. Pour plus de détails, visitez le site suivant: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/31281.html
Subvention d'équipe : Alliances communautaires pour la recherche en santé et l'échange des connaissances sur la douleur
L'Institut de l'appareil locomoteur et de l'arthrite des IRSC, l’institut des neurosciences, de la santé mentale et des toxicomanies et AstraZeneca Canada sont heureux d’annoncer la formation d’un partenariat pour appuyer l’initiative «Alliances communautaires pour la recherche en santé et l'échange des connaissances sur la douleur ». Cette initiative permettra de mettre en commun des ressources pour appuyer des propositions qui vont créer des partenariats actifs entre des équipes de recherche et des organismes communautaires qui favoriseront des recherches de haute qualité de même que l'échange et l'application des connaissances dans la recherche sur la douleur. Le montant total disponible dans le cadre de cette initiative est de 2 500 000 $. Pour plus de détails, visitez le site suivant: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/31360.html
Pour autres possibilités de financement aux IRSC, visitez le site suivant : http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/780.html et http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/26667.html
CIHR-IMHA have once again teamed up with Sport Canada to offer seed grants in physical activity and sport. The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to provide opportunities for the support of planning and/or development activities of multidisciplinary and/or cross pillar research teams. The total amount available for this initiative is $500,000.
For further details, please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/31281.html
Team Grant: Community Alliances for Health Research and Knowledge Exchange on Pain
The CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction and Astrazeneca Canada are pleased to announce the formation of a partnership to support “Community Alliances for Health Research and Knowledge Exchange on Pain”. This initiative will result in the pooling of resources to support proposals that engage partnerships between research teams and community organizations which will foster high quality research and knowledge translation and exchange in research on Pain. The total amount available for this initiative is $2,500,000. For further details, please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/31360.html
For other funding opportunities at CIHR please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/780.html and
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/26667.html
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Subvention de démarrage : Les activités physiques, les sports et la santé
L’IALA des IRSC a à nouveau fait équipe avec le Sport Canada pour offrir les subventions de démarrage dans le domaine d’activité physique et sport. Le but du présent appel de demandes est d'offrir des possibilités de soutenir les activités de planification ou de développement d'équipes de recherche multidisciplinaires ou interdomaines. Le montant total disponible dans le cadre de cette initiative est de 500 000 $. Pour plus de détails, visitez le site suivant: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/31281.html
Subvention d'équipe : Alliances communautaires pour la recherche en santé et l'échange des connaissances sur la douleur
L'Institut de l'appareil locomoteur et de l'arthrite des IRSC, l’institut des neurosciences, de la santé mentale et des toxicomanies et AstraZeneca Canada sont heureux d’annoncer la formation d’un partenariat pour appuyer l’initiative «Alliances communautaires pour la recherche en santé et l'échange des connaissances sur la douleur ». Cette initiative permettra de mettre en commun des ressources pour appuyer des propositions qui vont créer des partenariats actifs entre des équipes de recherche et des organismes communautaires qui favoriseront des recherches de haute qualité de même que l'échange et l'application des connaissances dans la recherche sur la douleur. Le montant total disponible dans le cadre de cette initiative est de 2 500 000 $. Pour plus de détails, visitez le site suivant: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/31360.html
Pour autres possibilités de financement aux IRSC, visitez le site suivant : http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/780.html et http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/f/26667.html
CFP: Special Issue on “The Politics of Popular Leisure”
Leisure/Loisir: The Journal of the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies
Special Issue on
“The Politics of Popular Leisure”
Leisure/Loisir invites papers for a special issue to address questions about “the politics of popular leisure.” This title is an extension of Bennett’s (1986) phrase “the politics of the ‘popular’ and popular culture.” Although popular culture has been variously and contentiously defined, it remains less clear where and how popular cultural meanings, uses, and contexts fit within leisure studies. Certainly, popular leisure encompasses such familiar pursuits as cinema and television, internet, shopping, hanging out, sports, eating and drinking, music, toys and games, and so on. However, popular leisure is clearly more than simply that which is “well-liked by many people.” The politics of popular leisure may hinge on a wider range of issues, questions, and theoretical orientations by which relationships between leisure and popular culture can be conceptualized and/or examined. What is popular leisure and who gets to say so? For whom is popular leisure important? Does popular leisure really matter? Why? We view popular culture as a vibrant area for questioning, exploring, and celebrating leisure, as well as connecting diverse theoretical perspectives and practical applications.
We foresee this topic as a broad umbrella and would consider a range of ideas or approaches as valuable contributions. Examples of submissions might include (but are not limited to):
* Channels of production (media, TV, music, blogs, podcasts, etc.)
* Struggles over control of leisure spaces (physical, cultural, cyber)
* The meanings and experiences of popular leisure
* Popular leisure as resistance, transgression, deviance, or opposition
* Popular leisure, policy, and governance (municipal, federal, and/or global)
* Non-Western popular cultures and the role of leisure in non-dominant cultures
* The diversity of popular leisure (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, disability)
* Popular leisure subcultures, social worlds, and communities
* Commercialization, globalization, and/or homogenization of leisure
* Consumption and production of identities/subjectivities
* Intersections of gender, class, and race/ethnicity in relation to popular leisure
* Generating popular leisure theory or a new conceptualization about popular leisure
We particularly encourage submissions that address what is at stake in making claims about leisure involvements or practices as popular culture, by exploring how leisure scholarship engages the politics of popular culture. Both empirical research papers (based on qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods) and conceptual papers are welcome.
Until September 30, 2006, authors are requested to electronically submit an abstract with the maximum of 1000 words to the guest co-editors. Abstracts should have the appropriate sub-headings (e.g., for empirical studies, an introduction, methods, results, and discussion/conclusions). Based on these abstracts, guest co-editors will contact authors for a full-version of a manuscript due by February 15, 2007, at which time all papers will undergo the standard double-blind review process. Publication of the issue is expected in 2008. Manuscripts should follow Leisure/Loisir’s guidelines for contributors:
http://www.unbf.ca/kinesiology/leisure/journal/evolution/leisureinfo.html
We welcome informal enquiries regarding topics and submissions for this special issue. Interested authors should direct questions and submit abstracts to:
Dr. Brett Lashua, Guest Co-Editor
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
59 Park Place
Cardiff, Wales,
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 2920 875 069
LashuaB@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr. Erin Sharpe, Guest Co-Editor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario,
CANADA L2S 3A1
(905) 688-5550, ext. 3989
erin.sharpe@brocku.ca
Reference
Bennett, T. (1986). The politics of the 'popular' and popular culture. In T. Bennett, C. Mercer and J. Woollacott (Eds.), Popular Culture and Social Relations (pp. 6-21). Milton Keynes: Open University.
Special Issue on
“The Politics of Popular Leisure”
Leisure/Loisir invites papers for a special issue to address questions about “the politics of popular leisure.” This title is an extension of Bennett’s (1986) phrase “the politics of the ‘popular’ and popular culture.” Although popular culture has been variously and contentiously defined, it remains less clear where and how popular cultural meanings, uses, and contexts fit within leisure studies. Certainly, popular leisure encompasses such familiar pursuits as cinema and television, internet, shopping, hanging out, sports, eating and drinking, music, toys and games, and so on. However, popular leisure is clearly more than simply that which is “well-liked by many people.” The politics of popular leisure may hinge on a wider range of issues, questions, and theoretical orientations by which relationships between leisure and popular culture can be conceptualized and/or examined. What is popular leisure and who gets to say so? For whom is popular leisure important? Does popular leisure really matter? Why? We view popular culture as a vibrant area for questioning, exploring, and celebrating leisure, as well as connecting diverse theoretical perspectives and practical applications.
We foresee this topic as a broad umbrella and would consider a range of ideas or approaches as valuable contributions. Examples of submissions might include (but are not limited to):
* Channels of production (media, TV, music, blogs, podcasts, etc.)
* Struggles over control of leisure spaces (physical, cultural, cyber)
* The meanings and experiences of popular leisure
* Popular leisure as resistance, transgression, deviance, or opposition
* Popular leisure, policy, and governance (municipal, federal, and/or global)
* Non-Western popular cultures and the role of leisure in non-dominant cultures
* The diversity of popular leisure (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, disability)
* Popular leisure subcultures, social worlds, and communities
* Commercialization, globalization, and/or homogenization of leisure
* Consumption and production of identities/subjectivities
* Intersections of gender, class, and race/ethnicity in relation to popular leisure
* Generating popular leisure theory or a new conceptualization about popular leisure
We particularly encourage submissions that address what is at stake in making claims about leisure involvements or practices as popular culture, by exploring how leisure scholarship engages the politics of popular culture. Both empirical research papers (based on qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods) and conceptual papers are welcome.
Until September 30, 2006, authors are requested to electronically submit an abstract with the maximum of 1000 words to the guest co-editors. Abstracts should have the appropriate sub-headings (e.g., for empirical studies, an introduction, methods, results, and discussion/conclusions). Based on these abstracts, guest co-editors will contact authors for a full-version of a manuscript due by February 15, 2007, at which time all papers will undergo the standard double-blind review process. Publication of the issue is expected in 2008. Manuscripts should follow Leisure/Loisir’s guidelines for contributors:
http://www.unbf.ca/kinesiology/leisure/journal/evolution/leisureinfo.html
We welcome informal enquiries regarding topics and submissions for this special issue. Interested authors should direct questions and submit abstracts to:
Dr. Brett Lashua, Guest Co-Editor
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
59 Park Place
Cardiff, Wales,
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 2920 875 069
LashuaB@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr. Erin Sharpe, Guest Co-Editor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario,
CANADA L2S 3A1
(905) 688-5550, ext. 3989
erin.sharpe@brocku.ca
Reference
Bennett, T. (1986). The politics of the 'popular' and popular culture. In T. Bennett, C. Mercer and J. Woollacott (Eds.), Popular Culture and Social Relations (pp. 6-21). Milton Keynes: Open University.
CFP: Special Issue on “The Politics of Popular Leisure”
Leisure/Loisir: The Journal of the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies
Special Issue on
“The Politics of Popular Leisure”
Leisure/Loisir invites papers for a special issue to address questions about “the politics of popular leisure.” This title is an extension of Bennett’s (1986) phrase “the politics of the ‘popular’ and popular culture.” Although popular culture has been variously and contentiously defined, it remains less clear where and how popular cultural meanings, uses, and contexts fit within leisure studies. Certainly, popular leisure encompasses such familiar pursuits as cinema and television, internet, shopping, hanging out, sports, eating and drinking, music, toys and games, and so on. However, popular leisure is clearly more than simply that which is “well-liked by many people.” The politics of popular leisure may hinge on a wider range of issues, questions, and theoretical orientations by which relationships between leisure and popular culture can be conceptualized and/or examined. What is popular leisure and who gets to say so? For whom is popular leisure important? Does popular leisure really matter? Why? We view popular culture as a vibrant area for questioning, exploring, and celebrating leisure, as well as connecting diverse theoretical perspectives and practical applications.
We foresee this topic as a broad umbrella and would consider a range of ideas or approaches as valuable contributions. Examples of submissions might include (but are not limited to):
* Channels of production (media, TV, music, blogs, podcasts, etc.)
* Struggles over control of leisure spaces (physical, cultural, cyber)
* The meanings and experiences of popular leisure
* Popular leisure as resistance, transgression, deviance, or opposition
* Popular leisure, policy, and governance (municipal, federal, and/or global)
* Non-Western popular cultures and the role of leisure in non-dominant cultures
* The diversity of popular leisure (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, disability)
* Popular leisure subcultures, social worlds, and communities
* Commercialization, globalization, and/or homogenization of leisure
* Consumption and production of identities/subjectivities
* Intersections of gender, class, and race/ethnicity in relation to popular leisure
* Generating popular leisure theory or a new conceptualization about popular leisure
We particularly encourage submissions that address what is at stake in making claims about leisure involvements or practices as popular culture, by exploring how leisure scholarship engages the politics of popular culture. Both empirical research papers (based on qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods) and conceptual papers are welcome.
Until September 30, 2006, authors are requested to electronically submit an abstract with the maximum of 1000 words to the guest co-editors. Abstracts should have the appropriate sub-headings (e.g., for empirical studies, an introduction, methods, results, and discussion/conclusions). Based on these abstracts, guest co-editors will contact authors for a full-version of a manuscript due by February 15, 2007, at which time all papers will undergo the standard double-blind review process. Publication of the issue is expected in 2008. Manuscripts should follow Leisure/Loisir’s guidelines for contributors:
http://www.unbf.ca/kinesiology/leisure/journal/evolution/leisureinfo.html
We welcome informal enquiries regarding topics and submissions for this special issue. Interested authors should direct questions and submit abstracts to:
Dr. Brett Lashua, Guest Co-Editor
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
59 Park Place
Cardiff, Wales,
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 2920 875 069
LashuaB@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr. Erin Sharpe, Guest Co-Editor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario,
CANADA L2S 3A1
(905) 688-5550, ext. 3989
erin.sharpe@brocku.ca
Reference
Bennett, T. (1986). The politics of the 'popular' and popular culture. In T. Bennett, C. Mercer and J. Woollacott (Eds.), Popular Culture and Social Relations (pp. 6-21). Milton Keynes: Open University.
Special Issue on
“The Politics of Popular Leisure”
Leisure/Loisir invites papers for a special issue to address questions about “the politics of popular leisure.” This title is an extension of Bennett’s (1986) phrase “the politics of the ‘popular’ and popular culture.” Although popular culture has been variously and contentiously defined, it remains less clear where and how popular cultural meanings, uses, and contexts fit within leisure studies. Certainly, popular leisure encompasses such familiar pursuits as cinema and television, internet, shopping, hanging out, sports, eating and drinking, music, toys and games, and so on. However, popular leisure is clearly more than simply that which is “well-liked by many people.” The politics of popular leisure may hinge on a wider range of issues, questions, and theoretical orientations by which relationships between leisure and popular culture can be conceptualized and/or examined. What is popular leisure and who gets to say so? For whom is popular leisure important? Does popular leisure really matter? Why? We view popular culture as a vibrant area for questioning, exploring, and celebrating leisure, as well as connecting diverse theoretical perspectives and practical applications.
We foresee this topic as a broad umbrella and would consider a range of ideas or approaches as valuable contributions. Examples of submissions might include (but are not limited to):
* Channels of production (media, TV, music, blogs, podcasts, etc.)
* Struggles over control of leisure spaces (physical, cultural, cyber)
* The meanings and experiences of popular leisure
* Popular leisure as resistance, transgression, deviance, or opposition
* Popular leisure, policy, and governance (municipal, federal, and/or global)
* Non-Western popular cultures and the role of leisure in non-dominant cultures
* The diversity of popular leisure (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, disability)
* Popular leisure subcultures, social worlds, and communities
* Commercialization, globalization, and/or homogenization of leisure
* Consumption and production of identities/subjectivities
* Intersections of gender, class, and race/ethnicity in relation to popular leisure
* Generating popular leisure theory or a new conceptualization about popular leisure
We particularly encourage submissions that address what is at stake in making claims about leisure involvements or practices as popular culture, by exploring how leisure scholarship engages the politics of popular culture. Both empirical research papers (based on qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods) and conceptual papers are welcome.
Until September 30, 2006, authors are requested to electronically submit an abstract with the maximum of 1000 words to the guest co-editors. Abstracts should have the appropriate sub-headings (e.g., for empirical studies, an introduction, methods, results, and discussion/conclusions). Based on these abstracts, guest co-editors will contact authors for a full-version of a manuscript due by February 15, 2007, at which time all papers will undergo the standard double-blind review process. Publication of the issue is expected in 2008. Manuscripts should follow Leisure/Loisir’s guidelines for contributors:
http://www.unbf.ca/kinesiology/leisure/journal/evolution/leisureinfo.html
We welcome informal enquiries regarding topics and submissions for this special issue. Interested authors should direct questions and submit abstracts to:
Dr. Brett Lashua, Guest Co-Editor
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
59 Park Place
Cardiff, Wales,
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 2920 875 069
LashuaB@cardiff.ac.uk
Dr. Erin Sharpe, Guest Co-Editor
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario,
CANADA L2S 3A1
(905) 688-5550, ext. 3989
erin.sharpe@brocku.ca
Reference
Bennett, T. (1986). The politics of the 'popular' and popular culture. In T. Bennett, C. Mercer and J. Woollacott (Eds.), Popular Culture and Social Relations (pp. 6-21). Milton Keynes: Open University.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
JOBS: University of Bath
The Department of Education at the University of Bath has opportunities
available for two enthusiastic individuals, who wish to bring together their
commitment to sport studies/education/coaching with a desire to engage in
research. Applicants should have a background in EITHER Sport Sociology OR Sport
Development/Management with a research profile in one or more of the following
areas: sport policy, social inclusion in sport or sport management. Applicants
should have a critical understanding of the structure of sport within the United
Kingdom and the various debates concerning the provision of sport at all levels.
The Department has excellent external assessments for both research and teaching
(RAE Grade 5; QAA 23/24). Applicants should be capable of contributing strongly
to future RAE submissions, of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
and of making successful bids to educational and sporting bodies to fund
innovative research. Further information about our Programmes can be found on
our web pages: http://www.bath.ac.uk/education.
For an informal discussion of these posts, please contact either Dr Jim Denison
(01225) 386758 or Dr Pirkko Markula-Denison (01225) 385717, in the first
instance.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 6th September 2006.
Salary in the range: Senior Lecturer (£38,685-£43,850) or Lecturer B (£28,829 to
£36,959) dependant upon qualifications and experience.
Application forms and further details may be obtained from the Human Resources
Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, email
jobs@bath.ac.uk quoting Ref No 06/***. Alternatively, please phone the 24 hr
answer-phone service on (01225) 386924, textphone (01225) 386039 quoting Ref No
06/209. An online application form is accessible here Whether you apply on-line
or by application form, please ensure you include full details of your
Curriculum Vitae along with a personal statement supporting your application.
available for two enthusiastic individuals, who wish to bring together their
commitment to sport studies/education/coaching with a desire to engage in
research. Applicants should have a background in EITHER Sport Sociology OR Sport
Development/Management with a research profile in one or more of the following
areas: sport policy, social inclusion in sport or sport management. Applicants
should have a critical understanding of the structure of sport within the United
Kingdom and the various debates concerning the provision of sport at all levels.
The Department has excellent external assessments for both research and teaching
(RAE Grade 5; QAA 23/24). Applicants should be capable of contributing strongly
to future RAE submissions, of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
and of making successful bids to educational and sporting bodies to fund
innovative research. Further information about our Programmes can be found on
our web pages: http://www.bath.ac.uk/education.
For an informal discussion of these posts, please contact either Dr Jim Denison
(01225) 386758 or Dr Pirkko Markula-Denison (01225) 385717, in the first
instance.
Interviews are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 6th September 2006.
Salary in the range: Senior Lecturer (£38,685-£43,850) or Lecturer B (£28,829 to
£36,959) dependant upon qualifications and experience.
Application forms and further details may be obtained from the Human Resources
Department, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, email
jobs@bath.ac.uk quoting Ref No 06/***. Alternatively, please phone the 24 hr
answer-phone service on (01225) 386924, textphone (01225) 386039 quoting Ref No
06/209. An online application form is accessible here Whether you apply on-line
or by application form, please ensure you include full details of your
Curriculum Vitae along with a personal statement supporting your application.
CONFERENCE: British Society of Sports History Annual Conference 2006
Registration is invited for the BSSH Annual Conference, to be held at St. Martin’s College, Lancaster 1-3 September 2006.
This year The Sir Derek Birley Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Allen Guttmann. The programme promises to be varied and interesting, with both established and new researches in the field of sports history presenting papers.
Closing date for registration is Thursday 04 August.
Registration forms can be obtained from c.osborne@ucsm.ac.uk
This year The Sir Derek Birley Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Allen Guttmann. The programme promises to be varied and interesting, with both established and new researches in the field of sports history presenting papers.
Closing date for registration is Thursday 04 August.
Registration forms can be obtained from c.osborne@ucsm.ac.uk
Monday, July 03, 2006
CFP: North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
27th Annual Conference
November 1-4, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
This is a reminder that the 27th annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) will be held November 1-4, 2006 at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel-Harbourside in Vancouver, CAN. The theme for this year’s conference is “Re-Imagining Community/Re(En)Visioning Sport.” Those interested in submitting an abstract for a paper or poster should do so by July 15, 2006 to the program chair, Nancy E. Spencer, School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies, 233 Eppler Center, Bowling Green, OH 43403 Tel.: (419) 372-6927. Email: nspencr@bgnet.bgsu.edu Paper abstracts or poster abstracts should be directly submitted via the session proposal form at: http://nasss.org/2006/submissions.php
This year’s theme of “Re-Imagining Community/Re(En)Visioning Sport” challenges us to (re)imagine how NASSS as an organization can continue to develop as a community of scholars that welcomes a diverse range of scholarship encompassing various theoretical, (inter)national, social, and political perspectives. Just as we consider ways of re-imagining NASSS as a welcoming interpretive and analytical community, we also wish to interrogate ways that we can re-envision sport as a site of greater inclusion. In this spirit we also welcome sessions which are not directly related to the conference theme. Sessions that enhance interdisciplinary conversations and encourage new ways of thinking about sport are particularly welcome. While we wish to solicit paper abstracts and poster abstracts with very broad themes as in the past (e.g., “Sport and the Media”), the program committee (listed below) is also interested in securing sessions that promote specific or focused content related to the theme. For example, session organizers might focus on various “Interpretive Communities and Sport,” or “Communities of Practice in Sport.” For further information, please contact the Chair of the Program Committee:
Nancy Spencer, Chair, nspencr@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Rose Chepyator, jchepyat@uga.edu
Delia Douglas, dddougla@axionet.com
Mary McDonald, mcdonamg@muohio.edu
Yuka Nakamura, yuka.nakamura@utoronto.ca
Andrew Parker, andrew.parker@warwick.ac.uk
George Sage, ghsage@prodigy.net
Damion Thomas, damion@uiuc.edu
Steve Walk, swalk@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU
Submission Procedure
Please read through the session and poster abstracts listed on the Sessions page (or go to: http://nasss.org/2006/sessions.html) to determine which session theme best matches your paper/poster. After you have determined the session to which you wish to submit your paper, go to the Abstract Submissions page (or go to: http://nasss.org/2006/submissions.php) and follow the instructions to fill out the submission form. Once you submit via the Web, a copy of your abstract will be sent to the session organizer and the program chair. Please print the confirmation page for your records. If you have any questions about the session, contact the session organizer using the email address found on your confirmation page. If you are unsure about the session to which you should submit, or if you believe you have a topic that does not easily fit one of the identified sessions, please submit your abstract to the Open Session.
Proposing or Adding a Session
Please be aware that the paper sessions listed on the Web are guideposts, and are not to be construed as the final program. If you have an idea for a session that is not presently listed, or if you are unable to submit your abstract via the Web, please contact the program chair Nancy Spencer: nspencr [at] bgnet.bgsu.edu.
Abstract Format and Submission Requirements
• Abstracts are limited to 200 words
• Plain text only (no formatting—no italics, no bold, no underlining—and no html)
• Presentation title limited to 10 words
• Author(s), institutional affiliation(s) and contact information
• Previously unpublished material only
• Due to time and space constraints presenters are limited to a maximum of two presentations (one single-authored paper & one coauthored paper, or two coauthored papers)
• Please use APA citation style
Abstracts will be reprinted and published in the Conference Abstracts as submitted. Thus, it is imperative that these guidelines be considered prior to submitting. The simpler your submission is, the easier it will be to convert into a publishable form.
Please submit poster abstracts to the poster sessions only.
Acceptance Review Criteria
• Relevance and significance of topic to sport sociology and related interdisciplinary fields
• Clearly stated core issue, research question or objective
• Reference to conceptual framework or methodology
• Consideration of implications where appropriate
• Session organizer(s) in conjunction with Program Committee will make final decision about acceptance of abstract submissions
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: mid-August, 2006
2006 NASSS Program Features
The following Program features have been planned for the 2006 Conference Program. Please see the website for additional updates to the Program. (http://nasss.org/2006/program.html)
Presidential Keynote: Stephan Walk, California State-Fullerton
Alan Ingham Keynote Address
“Toward a Physical Cultural Studies”
The first annual Alan Ingham Keynote Address will be presented by David L. Andrews (PhD, University of Illinois–Champaign). Dr. Andrews is an Associate Professor in the Physical Cultural Studies Program at the University of Maryland–College Park. Informed by the theories, methods, and politics of contemporary cultural studies, his teaching and research interests are prefigured on a critical understanding of sport as a fluid and relational space within and through, which particular understandings of the social order and social subjectivity become authorized and/or contested.
Keynote Panel
“Re(En)Visioning Sport: Dialogues Across/Between Communities”
Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University, author of Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence
Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair, Social Justice and Cultural Studies
Handel Wright, University of British Columbia, Canada Research Chair-Cultural Studies
Meet ‘n’ Eat Lunch (Thursday)
Join us for NASSS's Thursday Meet 'n' Eat Lunch, an opportunity for old and new members to socialize and network. Participants will meet in the hotel lobby and lunch at a restaurant(s) of their choice. (This is a pay for yourself event.)
Grad Student Breakfast (Friday)
Network with other graduate students at a Friday morning breakfast, courtesy of NASSS. Location TBA.
Take a Student to Lunch (Friday)
As in the past, we have decided to start organizing ‘take a student to lunch’ early. If you are interested in taking a student to lunch on Friday, November 3, please reply to Michele (grads [at] nasss.org). Starting now will allow us to more effectively match up faculty and students based on interests and specific requests. In order to make ‘take a student to lunch’ the best experience possible for both faculty and graduate students at NASSS, we have some suggestions:
• If you do sign up to take a student out to lunch, we guarantee that there will be a student who would like to be taken out to lunch, and your generosity will be greatly appreciated.
• We understand that many faculty members enjoy the social aspect of NASSS, and that you often have plans to meet with other faculty members over lunch. You are more than welcome to organize with another faculty member (or two) to take two or three graduate students to lunch–this allows for more interaction between faculty and students (and there is less pressure on everyone involved).
• Finally, have fun! ‘Take a student to lunch’ is intended to contribute to a positive experience of the annual conference for both faculty and graduate students, and we hope that as many of you as possible will agree to participate.
27th Annual Conference
November 1-4, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
This is a reminder that the 27th annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) will be held November 1-4, 2006 at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel-Harbourside in Vancouver, CAN. The theme for this year’s conference is “Re-Imagining Community/Re(En)Visioning Sport.” Those interested in submitting an abstract for a paper or poster should do so by July 15, 2006 to the program chair, Nancy E. Spencer, School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies, 233 Eppler Center, Bowling Green, OH 43403 Tel.: (419) 372-6927. Email: nspencr@bgnet.bgsu.edu Paper abstracts or poster abstracts should be directly submitted via the session proposal form at: http://nasss.org/2006/submissions.php
This year’s theme of “Re-Imagining Community/Re(En)Visioning Sport” challenges us to (re)imagine how NASSS as an organization can continue to develop as a community of scholars that welcomes a diverse range of scholarship encompassing various theoretical, (inter)national, social, and political perspectives. Just as we consider ways of re-imagining NASSS as a welcoming interpretive and analytical community, we also wish to interrogate ways that we can re-envision sport as a site of greater inclusion. In this spirit we also welcome sessions which are not directly related to the conference theme. Sessions that enhance interdisciplinary conversations and encourage new ways of thinking about sport are particularly welcome. While we wish to solicit paper abstracts and poster abstracts with very broad themes as in the past (e.g., “Sport and the Media”), the program committee (listed below) is also interested in securing sessions that promote specific or focused content related to the theme. For example, session organizers might focus on various “Interpretive Communities and Sport,” or “Communities of Practice in Sport.” For further information, please contact the Chair of the Program Committee:
Nancy Spencer, Chair, nspencr@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Rose Chepyator, jchepyat@uga.edu
Delia Douglas, dddougla@axionet.com
Mary McDonald, mcdonamg@muohio.edu
Yuka Nakamura, yuka.nakamura@utoronto.ca
Andrew Parker, andrew.parker@warwick.ac.uk
George Sage, ghsage@prodigy.net
Damion Thomas, damion@uiuc.edu
Steve Walk, swalk@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU
Submission Procedure
Please read through the session and poster abstracts listed on the Sessions page (or go to: http://nasss.org/2006/sessions.html) to determine which session theme best matches your paper/poster. After you have determined the session to which you wish to submit your paper, go to the Abstract Submissions page (or go to: http://nasss.org/2006/submissions.php) and follow the instructions to fill out the submission form. Once you submit via the Web, a copy of your abstract will be sent to the session organizer and the program chair. Please print the confirmation page for your records. If you have any questions about the session, contact the session organizer using the email address found on your confirmation page. If you are unsure about the session to which you should submit, or if you believe you have a topic that does not easily fit one of the identified sessions, please submit your abstract to the Open Session.
Proposing or Adding a Session
Please be aware that the paper sessions listed on the Web are guideposts, and are not to be construed as the final program. If you have an idea for a session that is not presently listed, or if you are unable to submit your abstract via the Web, please contact the program chair Nancy Spencer: nspencr [at] bgnet.bgsu.edu.
Abstract Format and Submission Requirements
• Abstracts are limited to 200 words
• Plain text only (no formatting—no italics, no bold, no underlining—and no html)
• Presentation title limited to 10 words
• Author(s), institutional affiliation(s) and contact information
• Previously unpublished material only
• Due to time and space constraints presenters are limited to a maximum of two presentations (one single-authored paper & one coauthored paper, or two coauthored papers)
• Please use APA citation style
Abstracts will be reprinted and published in the Conference Abstracts as submitted. Thus, it is imperative that these guidelines be considered prior to submitting. The simpler your submission is, the easier it will be to convert into a publishable form.
Please submit poster abstracts to the poster sessions only.
Acceptance Review Criteria
• Relevance and significance of topic to sport sociology and related interdisciplinary fields
• Clearly stated core issue, research question or objective
• Reference to conceptual framework or methodology
• Consideration of implications where appropriate
• Session organizer(s) in conjunction with Program Committee will make final decision about acceptance of abstract submissions
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15, 2006
Notification of Acceptance: mid-August, 2006
2006 NASSS Program Features
The following Program features have been planned for the 2006 Conference Program. Please see the website for additional updates to the Program. (http://nasss.org/2006/program.html)
Presidential Keynote: Stephan Walk, California State-Fullerton
Alan Ingham Keynote Address
“Toward a Physical Cultural Studies”
The first annual Alan Ingham Keynote Address will be presented by David L. Andrews (PhD, University of Illinois–Champaign). Dr. Andrews is an Associate Professor in the Physical Cultural Studies Program at the University of Maryland–College Park. Informed by the theories, methods, and politics of contemporary cultural studies, his teaching and research interests are prefigured on a critical understanding of sport as a fluid and relational space within and through, which particular understandings of the social order and social subjectivity become authorized and/or contested.
Keynote Panel
“Re(En)Visioning Sport: Dialogues Across/Between Communities”
Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University, author of Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence
Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair, Social Justice and Cultural Studies
Handel Wright, University of British Columbia, Canada Research Chair-Cultural Studies
Meet ‘n’ Eat Lunch (Thursday)
Join us for NASSS's Thursday Meet 'n' Eat Lunch, an opportunity for old and new members to socialize and network. Participants will meet in the hotel lobby and lunch at a restaurant(s) of their choice. (This is a pay for yourself event.)
Grad Student Breakfast (Friday)
Network with other graduate students at a Friday morning breakfast, courtesy of NASSS. Location TBA.
Take a Student to Lunch (Friday)
As in the past, we have decided to start organizing ‘take a student to lunch’ early. If you are interested in taking a student to lunch on Friday, November 3, please reply to Michele (grads [at] nasss.org). Starting now will allow us to more effectively match up faculty and students based on interests and specific requests. In order to make ‘take a student to lunch’ the best experience possible for both faculty and graduate students at NASSS, we have some suggestions:
• If you do sign up to take a student out to lunch, we guarantee that there will be a student who would like to be taken out to lunch, and your generosity will be greatly appreciated.
• We understand that many faculty members enjoy the social aspect of NASSS, and that you often have plans to meet with other faculty members over lunch. You are more than welcome to organize with another faculty member (or two) to take two or three graduate students to lunch–this allows for more interaction between faculty and students (and there is less pressure on everyone involved).
• Finally, have fun! ‘Take a student to lunch’ is intended to contribute to a positive experience of the annual conference for both faculty and graduate students, and we hope that as many of you as possible will agree to participate.
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