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.
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