Sunday, November 29, 2009

CFP: THE 8th ANNUAL DONALD MACINTOSH SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT DAY CONFERENCE

Saturday| January 16| 2010

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 our annual day conference, held in the memory of our colleague, Dr. Donald Macintosh.

Call for papers

Graduate students who would like to present their work at the conference should send abstracts or proposals for round-table discussions to Samantha King (kingsj@queensu.ca) by December 15, 2009. We are looking for presentations of works-in-progress, as well as presentations of completed research.

The conference programme will consist of several sessions of graduate student presentations, a catered lunch, and the annual Donald Macintosh Memorial Lecture.

Dr. Christine Dallaire of the School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa/École des Sciences de l’Activités Physique, Université d’Ottawa will speak on:

“The Jeux de la Francophonie Canadienne 2008 and the Discursive Construction of Francophoneness as a Technique of the Self”

Kingston is accessible by VIA rail or bus. It is a two hour and 45 minute drive from downtown Toronto or downtown Montreal. It is a two-hour drive from Ottawa and a one-hour drive from Watertown, NY.

Registration fees are $30 for faculty and $20 for students.

For information, or to add your name to our email list, write to Karima Dorney (7kjd1@queensu.ca)

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