8th International Symposium for Olympic Research
at The International Centre for Olympic Studies
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
19 October - 21 October 2006
Thursday, October 19
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Symposium Opening: Open to the Public,
Labatt Health Sciences Building Room 40
Welcoming Remarks
Musical Entertainment
20th Ioannides Memorial Lecture – Keynote Address
Nigel Crowther, “The Spirit of Competition (Agon) in the Olympic Games: From the Ancient to the Modern World”
(Moderator R. Barney)
Reception in Olympic Centre / Lobby
Friday, October 20
8:30 am – 10:00 am– Olympic Firsts: Stars and Strokes (Moderator N. Crowther)
Rusty Wilson, “Douglas Fairbanks and the Birth of Hollywood's Love Affair with the Olympics”
Maynard Brichford, “Olympic Personas”
David Barney & Robert Barney, “A Long Night’s Journey into Day: The Odyssey of the Butterfly Stroke in International Swimming”
10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 – A Moral Breed: IOC Personalities of the Old School
(Moderator J. Arbena)
Garth Paton, “James G. B. Merrick (1871-1946): Sports Organizer, Negotiator, Canada’s Second IOC Member”
Tony Bijkerk, “An Olympian Life: Herman Adriaan Van Karnbeek: Dutch IOC Member, a Man for all Seasons”
John Lucas, “Almost the Last American Disciple of Pure Olympic Games Amateurism: John Jewett Garland’s Tenure on the International Olympic Committee, 1948-1968”
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch in Olympic Centre / Lobby
1:00 – 2:30 – Cultural Imperialism and Legacies (Moderator J. Lucas)
Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Ian Henry, Eleni Theodoraki, Mansour Al-Tauqi, “Cultural Imperialism and the Diffusion of Olympic Sport in Africa: A Comparison of Pre- and Post- Second World War Contexts”
Jeffrey Segrave, “Pietro Metastasio’s L’Olimpiade: A Textual Exegesis and Analysis of the Role of L’Olimpiade in Olympic Games History”
Helen Lenskyj, “The Olympic (Affordable) Housing Legacy and Social Responsibility"
2:30 - 3:00 – Ceremony for James Worrall, Pres. Davenport Presiding
3:00 – 3:30 – Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:30 – 17th Earle F. Zeigler Lecture – Keynote Address (Moderator R. Barney), Labatt Health Sciences Building Room 35
Dongguang Pei, “A Question of Names: The Solution to the "Two Chinas" Issue in Modern Olympic History: The Final Phase, 1971-1984”
Friday Evening – Free
Saturday, October 21 Session 1
8:30 am – 10:00 am -The Summer Games: Rowers and Dunkers (Moderator C. Torres)
Celia Maria Hernández Prado/ Humberto García García, "History of Olympic Rowing in Cuba"
Amanda Schweinbenz, “Conspicuously Absent: An Analysis of the Introduction of Lightweight Women’s Rowing onto the 1996 Olympic Program”
Carson Cunningham, "Basketball Bedlam in Barcelona: The Dream Team, A Reflection of the Globe's 'New Order'”
10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 -The Winter Games: Skaters and Sliders (Moderator E. Hanley)
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Wanda Wakefield, “The Bobsled Controversy and Squaw Valley's Olympic Winter Games”
Megan Popovic, “From Terje to the Flying Red Tomato: Snowboarding's Incorporation into the Olympic Games”
Richard Baka, "The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia: A Unique Partnership Model for High Performance Sport "
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch in Olympic Centre / Lobby
1:00 – 2:30 – Torino 2006: Economics and the Palavela (Moderator K. Wamsley)
Piervincenzo Bondonio, Nadia Campaniello, “Torino 2006. What Kind of Olympic Winter Games Were They? A Preliminary Account from an Organizational and Economic Perspective”
Cheri Bradish, “Marketing the Olympic Rings: Examining the Marketing Impacts and Expectations of the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Winter Games”
Betsy Hanley, “'No Passion at the Palavela:' Sonia Bianchetti Garbato and Figure Skating’s New Judging System”
2:30 - 3:00 – Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:30 - Vancouver 2010 and A Persistent Desire (Moderator S. Wassong)
Tony Church, “Owning More Than the Podium? An Examination of the Policy Network Surrounding Canada’s Most Recent Olympic Athlete Funding Program”
Christine O’Bonsawin, “The Conundrum of `Ilaanaq’: First Nations Representation and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics”
Cesar Torres, “A Persistent Desire: An Account of Buenos Aires’ Bids to Host the Olympic Games”
Saturday, October 21 Session 2
8:30 am – 10:00 am – The Olympic Movement 1: Values, Education, and Amateurism (Moderator A. Bijkerk)
Otavio Tavares, “Olympic Values in the Twenty-First Century: Between Continuity and Change”
Stephan Wassong, “Olympic Education: Fundamentals, Success and Failures”
Leif Yttergren, "J. Sigfrid Edstrøm and the Nurmi Affair of 1932: The Struggle of the Amateur Fundamentalists against Professionalism in the Olympic Movement"
10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 - The Olympic Movement 2: Revival, Sponsorship, and Imperialism (Moderator A. Schneider)
Heather Reid, “Of Sport, Service, and Sacrifice: Reviving the Religious Heritage of the Olympic Games"
Chrysostomos Giannoulakis, David Stotlar, “Evolution of Olympic Sponsorship and Its Impact on the Olympic Movement”
Byron Peacock, "Avoiding Olympic Imperialism: Shedding Trickle-Down Olymponomics. In Favor of 'All Sports for All People'"
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch in Olympic Centre / Lobby
1:00-2:30 Olympic Issues: Nationalism and Idealism (Moderator G. Paton)
Heather Dichter, “Where De-Nazification and Democratization Intersect: The State Department and Foreign Office’s Role in the Re- Formation of the German Olympic Committee”
Fred Mason, “A `New-Found’ Olympic Nation: Newfoundland’s Involvement with the Olympic Games, 1904-1934”
Angela Schneider, The Ideal Olympic Athlete: Some Thoughts and Reflections on Gender Differences
2:30 – 3:00 – Coffee Break
3:00 – 5:00 – Gender and Equality (Moderator C. Adams)
Charlene Weaving, “`Up the Slope Without a Pole’: An Examination of the Relationship Between Fair Play and Gender Norms at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games”
Sarah Teetzel, “Equality, Equity, and Inclusion: Issues in Women and Transgendered Athletes' Participation at the Olympics”
Kevin Wamsley/Gordon MacDonald, “Child's Play: Decreasing Size and Increasing Risk in Women's Olympic Gymnastics”
7:30 – Conclusion – Symposium Banquet – Marienbad Restaurant
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