Wednesday, December 12, 2007

CONFERENCE: 2008 ISSA - 5th World Congress of Sociology of Sport

This is a preliminary announcement for the 2008 International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) conference (5th World Congress of Sociology of Sport) which will be held July 26-29 in Kyoto, JAPAN.

The conference theme is “Sport and Society At the Crossroads” and there is a very inclusive range of session themes.

Kyoto is a beautiful city and beyond an excellent academic program the conference hosts are organising some wonderful social events.

The conference website is:

http://jsss.jp/issa2008.html

and will soon be accepting abstracts.

Deadlines - important dates:

29th February 2008: Submission of abstracts
31st March 2008: Notification of acceptance of contribution
30th April 2008: Deadline for reduced registration fee
26th July 2008: Arrival and registration
29th July 2008: Departure

Questions about registration can be addressed to the Congress coordinator at:
overseas@jsss.jp
or you can contact the ISSA General Secretary at:
steve.jackson@otago.ac.nz.

Note: Further information will soon be available on the conference website as well as the ISSA website:

http://www.issa.otago.ac.nz/conferences.html.

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