Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Seminar: Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture

CHICAGO SEMINAR ON SPORT AND CULTURE

SPONSORED BY NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY

2008-2009 SCHEDULE


We are pleased to invite you to the Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture at the Newberry Library, co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University and North Central College. All sessions begin at 3:30 PM. The lectures are open to the public at no charge. The Newberry Library is located at 60 W. Walton, Chicago, IL.


Sept. 19, 2008

“A Battle Between Men”: Boxing and Race Relations between African Americans and Spanish speakers before the Second World War*

Brian D. Bunk,
Dept. of History,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

*This paper will be available to attendees upon request on Sept. 10.



Oct. 17, 2008

Modern Diana: Women and the Making of Sport Hunting, 1870-1920

Andrea Smalley, Ph.D
Instructor
Dept. of History
Northern Illinois University



Nov. 14, 2008

The Borders of Free Agency: Dominican Athletes in the Baseball World, 1975-2006

Daniel Gilbert
Ph.d Candidate
Dept. of History
Yale University



Dec. 5, 2008

Leutwiler’s Indian: Creating “Indian” Tradition at the University of Illinois.

Jennifer Guiliano
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



April 3, 2009

Body by Weimar: Athletes, Gender, and German Modernity

Erik Jensen
Dept. of History
Miami of Ohio University



May 8, 2009

Governing Baseball: A History of the Relationship between Government and Major League Baseball


Christopher W. Schmidt
Visiting Scholar
American Bar Foundation
Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law



Steve Riess
Gerry Gems,
Co-Chairs, The Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture.

For further information, contact Steve Riess at 773 442 5631 or s-riess@neiu.edu.

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