Friday, August 21, 2009

CFP: Sport and the Pacific Region: Cross-Cultural Currents II

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS STUDIES CONFERENCE

Sport and the Pacific Region: Cross-Cultural Currents II

University of the South Pacific, Cook Islands Campus

16-18 September 2009

FINAL CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (EXTENDED DEADLINE)

Final call for abstracts to be submitted for an International Sport Studies Conference to be held in the Cook Islands, 16-18 September 2009. Essential information is listed below. Please note that general papers on sport history topics are especially welcome. Further details of the conference, including instructions for submitting an abstract, are posted at the following website: http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/RobHess/news.htm

The Cook Islands Campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP), with the support of major sponsors and partners, including the School of Sport and Exercise Science at Victoria University (Australia), is to host the second biennial international sports studies conference in the Pacific region.

Papers from the fields of sport - tourism, history, education, management, philosophy, law, business and comparative studies - are invited. Postgraduate student presentations are especially encouraged. The broad theme of the conference is ‘Sport and the Pacific Region: Cross-Cultural Currents’, although papers dealing with more specific themes and non-Pacific topics are welcome.

The Cook Islands, as the host nation for the Pacific Mini-Games (21 September – 02 October 2009), will be the site for the conference. The Cook Islands Campus of USP, situated in the beautiful capital city of Rarotonga, will be the conference venue, and delegates will have the opportunity to attend a number of elite sporting events that will be staged as part of the Mini-Games.

The EXTENDED deadline for abstracts is now 04 September 2009.

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