Tuesday, November 27, 2007

CFP: Sport and Migration Book

Sport and Migration Book

Daily, many athletes travel to different countries to get better salaries and work conditions. This book attempts to bridge the gap between the "local" cultures of those athletes are educated and trained, and the adaptation process in a different and "global" culture. The exportation of bones and muscles; the commodification of those athletes; the necessary nets with managements and clubs; media discourses; the fans acceptation are possible topics to write.

This book aims to discuss about sport and migration in a theoretical and methodological and empirical perspective. The issues we want to discuss in this book are: diaspora, immigration and nationalism in the postmodern era. We think the unbalance globalization brought problems in many countries, especially in the considered poor ones. Impacts of those areas can be seen in sports, when many athletes travel far way to work in their profession so as to guarantee a better life for them and their families. There are many examples around the world, and it can be seen when athletes get dual nationalities so as to compete for different national teams or just helping to develop a sport in a country. A good example is the 61 "foreigner" soccer players that played for different National teams in the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. The sense of dislocation and identity of those athletes are important to understand the relation between sport and globalization. We want discuss the cultural moves around the world and the economic impact for the countries that are involved.

When there are countless examples and evidence of increasing significance of these migrations, the academic community continues to lag behind in terms of analysis and critical interrogation in the sport arena. In these research contributions is necessary to discuss the significance of the political, cultural, economic, sociological in a mixed and globalized perspective.

Chapters should be roughly 8.000 words, excluding endnotes and reference list. Authors should follow the "Instructions to contributors" found in the most Journals in our field. Questions should be sent to Dr. Carlos Ribeiro, c.henriqueribeiro@ig.com.br. All submissions are due by November 30, 2007.

Organizer: Prof. Dr. Carlos Henrique de Vasconcellos Ribeiro, UNISUAM/ Rio de Janeiro/ Brazil & David Hassan (University of Ulster at Jordanstouwn)

Monday, November 19, 2007

CFP: 6th Annual Sociology of Sport Day Conference (Grads)

Call for papers

THE 6th ANNUAL
SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT
DAY CONFERENCE

Saturday, January 26, 2008, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

The School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University would
like to invite all those interested in socio-cultural studies of sport
and exercise to a day conference that will be held in the memory of our
colleague Dr. Donald Macintosh.

The conference programme will consist of several sessions of graduate
student presentations, a catered lunch, and the annual Donald Macintosh
Memorial Lecture which will be given this year by Dr. Judy Davidson of
the University of Alberta. Dr. Davidson has published numerous articles
on the Gay Games and on queer theory and sport studies. Her work draws
on Foucaultian discourse analysis, feminist poststructuralist theory and
aspects of psychoanalytic critiques of culture. Her current projects
include a historical analysis of leisure activities in queer communities
in Edmonton and an autoethnography of a women’s recreational hockey team.

Graduate students who would like to present their work at the conference
should send abstracts or proposals for round-table discussions to Mary
Louise Adams (mla1@queensu.ca) by December 15, 2007. We are looking for
presentations of works-in-progress, as well as presentations of
completed research.

Kingston is accessible by VIA rail or bus. It is a two hour and 45
minute drive from either downtown Toronto or downtown Montreal. It is a
two hour drive from Ottawa and a one hour drive from Watertown, New
York. Registration fees are $20 for faculty and $10 for students.

For more information or to add your name to our email list, write to
Mary Louise Adams, mla1@queensu.ca

Friday, November 16, 2007

COMPETITION: World Outgames 2009

The World Outgames is an international sporting and cultural event celebrating the talents and contributions of homosexual, bi-sexual and transgender men and women from every corner of the globe.

The next World Outgames will be from 25 July - 2 August, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Mark your calendar, and join us for 9 absolutely fabulous days of serious sport, serious culture and totally serious FUN.

For more information:

http://copenhagen2009.org/?TId=25839124817

CFP: The Olympics: Politics and Protest

The Olympics: Politics and Protest

The Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education at Leeds Metropolitan University invites papers for the above conference, to be held at Headingley Carnegie Stadium over 17th and 18th July 2008.

The Olympic Games are probably the most popular event in the history of sport. The TV audiences for both the Summer and the Winter Games now approach saturation point, the Games generate huge commercial possibilities for ‘Olympic partners’ and a deafening cheer goes up in the nominated country when the venue for the next tournament but one is revealed. Olympic history – especially the history dispensed by the International Olympic Committee itself – is invariably a history of sporting triumph and comradeship. The political dimensions of the Olympic movement have too often been hidden from its history – hence this conference.

We invite papers that take a critical stance on the Olympic movement at some point in its history. These papers may address any of the following themes:

- de Coubertin and the establishment of the modern Olympics
- campaigns against the Olympics and/or specific Olympiads
- gender and the Olympics and the campaign for gender equity
- racism and the Olympics
- the campaign to establish, and issues around, the Paralympics
- the amateur-professional divide
- commercialism and the Olympics
- Olympics and the Cold War
- the Olympics as a site of protest
- the Olympics and ‘human rights’
- the Olympics and the environment
- critiques of Olympic ideology and educational programmes

Needless to say, papers outside of these specified themes will be considered.

Keynote Speakers:
- Professor Helen Lenskyj (University of Toronto) author of Inside the Olympic Industry (State University of New York Press, 2000).
- John Horne, Reader in the Sociology of Sport, University of Edinburgh

Please direct outline of your proposed paper (300 words approx.), and any academic enquires, to conference organiser:

Stephen Wagg
Reader in Sport and Society
Leeds Metropolitan University

S.Wagg@leedsmet.ac.uk

Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Sport for a Better World competition

The Sport for a Better World competition is progressing via the online platform:
http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/competition/sports

The competition has engaged a University Challenge to encourage even more comments and feedback on the proposals from University faculty and students. The competition is open and running through January 8, 2008. I do hope that you and your students will engage with the competition and contribute with comments and feedback.

Please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything that I can do to be helpful to you, your colleagues, and your students.

All the very best,

Eli A. Wolff
Center for the Study of Sport in Society
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue, Suite 350 RI
Boston, MA 02120
Work phone: 617-373-8936
Fax: 617-373-4566
Email: e.wolff@neu.edu

CONFERENCE: Future of Football, UK

We are pleased to support the first ‘Future of Football’ Conference at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London, UK, next Tuesday, 20 November. With increasing numbers of English Premier League clubs now being owned or significantly sponsored by Asian entrepreneurs and companies, the topics discussed by this conference's high-level speakers will be of interest to all of us in Asia ... where "the future is football!"

The one-day conference will split into two distinct sessions. In the morning, the focus will be on the ownership of football clubs. Keith Harris (Chairman of investment bank Seymour Pierce), Randy Lerner (owner of Aston Villa), David Dein (former Vice-Chairman of Arsenal) and Ferran Soriano (Vice-President, FC Barcelona) will be among those offering their opinion on why English clubs are the targets for ‘foreign’ investors, and what this means for all levels of the world game.

The afternoon session will concentrate more on events on the pitch with many of the game’s top managers including Sir Alex Ferguson, Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley and Lawrie Sanchez discussing the latest in coaching techniques and debating how best to maximise a player’s performance.

The conference will also witness the first major speech on football by Billy Beane. The Oakland Athletics General Manager was the star of the 2003 book ‘Moneyball’. A big football fan, Beane is famous for ripping up the traditional scouting manual in baseball in favour of a more analytical approach. He is coming to London to see if some of his SS sports techniques can transcend to the world of football.

For more information or to book tickets please visit http://www.thefutureoffootball.com or call +44 20 7812 7

JOB: Sport Management Specialist, San Jose State

San José State University
San José, California

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION AVAILABILITY

Subject to Budgetary Approval
Sport Management Specialist
Department of Kinesiology
Job Opening ID (JOID): 013166
Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-Track)

Qualifications: 1. Doctorate strongly preferred (if ABD, completion of the doctorate will be required for continued employment and will be a prerequisite for promotion and tenure). Candidate must be a specialist in Sport Management and be willing to collaborate to further develop existing graduate and undergraduate sport management programs. Initially candidate will teach some physical activity, general education, undergraduate, and graduate courses as necessary. To be eligible for appointment at the advanced rank, the successful candidate must have broad teaching experience and present demonstrated scholarly/professional achievement.
2. Ability to serve on thesis committees, supervise internships, and advise undergraduate students
3. Ability to conduct research, develop grants, and publish; must have a theoretical background in Kinesiology
4. Experience and background working in a metropolitan university setting
5. Ability to work with colleagues to continue the development of a contemporary multidisciplinary program/approach at both the undergraduate and graduate level
6. Membership in appropriate professional associations
7. Applicants must have an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience

Responsibilities:
1. Primary responsibility to teach undergraduate and graduate sport management classes to be supplemented initially by teaching physical activity, general education, undergraduate major and/or graduate classes
2. Possible additional teaching in the undergraduate major and/or graduate major programs, supervise interns, serve on thesis committees, and advise students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
3. Actively engage in community and university outreach to develop sport management internship/fieldwork sites and applied research opportunities, and to generate community support and involvement
4. Willingness to expand knowledge and skill base related to an interdisciplinary perspective of kinesiology
5. Integrate and build bridges across the sub-disciplines within the Kinesiology Department and serve to interface programs with other departments across the university
6. Conduct research, develop grants, present professional papers, and publish in professional journals.
7. Serve on department, college and university committees as appropriate
8. Candidate must address the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies and advisement

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience, qualifications, and degree
Starting Date: August 21, 2008
Eligibility: Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

Application Procedures: For full consideration send a letter of application (please place JOID number on all correspondence), vitae, statement of teaching interests/philosophy and research plans, and at least three original letters of reference with contact information for at least three references by November 26, 2007 to:

Chair, Sport Management Position Search Committee E-mail: sreekie@kin.sjsu.edu
Department of Kinesiology Phone (408) 924 3012
San José State University Fax (408) 924 3053
San José, CA 95192-0054 For more information see www.sjsu.edu/kinesiology

San José State University is California’s oldest institution of public higher learning. The campus is located on the southern end of San Francisco Bay in downtown San José (Pop. 945,000), hub of the world-famous Silicon Valley high-technology research and development center. Many of California’s most popular national, recreational, and cultural attractions are conveniently close. A member of the 23-
campus CSU system, San José State University enrolls approximately 30,000 students, a significant percentage of whom are members of minority groups. The University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

JOB: Kinesiology Research/Core Class Specialist, San Jose

San José State University
San José, California

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION AVAILABILITY

Subject to Budgetary Approval
Kinesiology Research/Core Class Specialist
Department of Kinesiology Job Opening ID (JOID): 013168 Rank: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)

Qualifications:
1. Doctorate strongly preferred (if ABD, completion of the doctorate will be required for continued employment and will be a prerequisite for promotion and tenure). Candidate must have a broad knowledge/skill base in Kinesiology with ability to teach graduate and undergraduate core classes (Research Methods; Analysis of Research; Senior Seminar; Introduction to Kinesiology, Writing Workshop) plus physical activity courses, and other general education, undergraduate, and graduate courses as necessary.
2. Ability to serve on thesis committees, supervise internships, and advise undergraduate students
3. Ability to conduct research, develop grants, and publish; must have a theoretical background in Kinesiology
4. Experience and background working in a metropolitan university setting
5. Ability to work with colleagues to continue the development of a contemporary multidisciplinary program/approach at
both the undergraduate and graduate level
6. Membership in appropriate professional associations
7. Applicants must have an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a multicultural population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching and other comparable experience

Responsibilities:
1. Primary responsibility to teach undergraduate and graduate core classes
2. Possible additional teaching in the undergraduate major and/or graduate major programs, supervise interns, serve on
thesis committees, and advise students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
3. Actively engage in community and university outreach to develop applied research perspective to the teaching of core
classes, and to generate community support and involvement
4. Willingness to expand knowledge and skill base related to an interdisciplinary perspective of kinesiology
5. Integrate and build bridges across the sub-disciplines within the Kinesiology Department and serve to interface
programs with other departments across the university
6. Conduct research, develop grants, present professional papers, and publish in professional journals
7. Serve on department, college and university committees as appropriate
8. Candidate must address the needs of a student population of great diversity – in age, cultural background, ethnicity, primary language and academic preparation – through course materials, teaching strategies and advisement

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience, qualifications, and degree.
Starting Date: August 21, 2008
Eligibility: Employment is contingent upon proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

Application Procedures: For full consideration send a letter of application (please place JOID number on all correspondence), vitae, statement of teaching interests/philosophy and research plans, and at least three original letters of reference with contact information for at least three references by November 26, 2007 to:

Chair, Research/Core Position Search Committee E-mail: sreekie@kin.sjsu.edu
Department of Kinesiology Phone (408) 924 3012
San José State University Fax (408) 924 3053
San José, CA 95192-0054 For more information see www.sjsu.edu/kinesiology

San José State University is California’s oldest institution of public higher learning. The campus is located on the southern end of San Francisco Bay in downtown San José (Pop. 945,000), hub of the world-famous Silicon Valley high-technology research and development center. Many of California’s most popular national, recreational, and cultural attractions are conveniently close. A member of the 23-
campus CSU system, San José State University enrolls approximately 30,000 students, a significant percentage of whom are members of minority groups. The University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

SJSU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to nondiscrimination on the bases of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender status, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, or covered veteran status consistent with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all SJSU students, faculty, and staff as well as University programs and activities. Reasonable accommodations are made for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose.

The latest San José State University Safety 101 Uniform Campus Crime and Security Report is available. You may request a copy of San José State University’s annual safety report by contacting the University Police Department at (408) 924-2222 or by visiting the website at www.sjsu.edu/safetyreport.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

BOOK: Sport in Developing Countries

Sport in Developing Countries
Bob Chappell

Drawing together recent research conducted in the developing countries of Latin America and Africa, Sport in Developing Countries offers a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between sport and political systems in the developing world.
Chappell draws upon his experiences as an academic researcher, sports administrator, and more specifically as a member of the International Council for Sports Science and Physical Education Working Group on Developing Countries. This involved conducting research, meetings with senior sports administrators in all of the countries visited, and presenting research findings at international conferences on sport in developing countries. The book draws upon a broad theoretical base, highlighting the need for students and researchers to recognise a fuller understanding of social and cultural influences on the promotion of sport in developing countries.

The text is mainly intended for undergraduate and post-graduate students of sports development/international sport/comparative studies/international politics. Selected content includes:

Theories of the state
Political systems and state involvement in sport
The evolution of modern sport in Latin America
Sport in Cuba
Sport in Kenya
Sport in Uganda
Sport in Ethiopia
Sport in Tanzania
Sport in Botswana
Sport in South Africa
Sport in Namibia

2007:210x148:230pp
Pb: ISBN: 978-1-9061020-04-3: £19.50 + post and packaging(UK and Europe, 10% of total order; Rest of World, 15% of total order )

Available from: International Sports Publications, Dunston House, 21 Queensmead Ave, Ewell, Surrey KT 17 3EQ, England or email the author at chappellbob@yahoo.co.uk