CONFERENCE: The Olympic Games Meeting New Global Changes

The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges

Venue: Oxford University Club, 11 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SZ

Date: 13th and 14th August, 2012 Registration: FREE

About the Conference

The conference will take place a day after the conclusion of

the London Olympic Games and will seek to analyse the salient

features of the Games, its legacy in the short term, the historical

and contemporary links between Olympism and issues of Real

politik, the efforts of the Olympic movement to promote peaceful

coexistence and intercultural understanding and the relevance

of the Olympic movement in an age of hyper commercialism

and mass media dominance. It will seek to analyse the

discrepancies between rhetoric and reality, and between

theory and practice, and seek answers to the questions

being levelled at the Olympic movement in recent times

with regards to its continuing relevance.

Conference Themes

Olympism and Real politik, the immediate legacy of London 2012,

high performance sport and issues of doping, commercialism and

the Games, 24/7 media and the Olympic movement.

Confirmed Speakers

Professor Bruce Kidd, Faculty of Physical Education and Health,

University of Toronto

John J MacAloon, Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago

Anthony Edgar, Head of Media, International Olympic Committee

Plenary panellists

Professors John Hughson, Vassil Girginov, Beatriz Garcia,

Joe Maguire, Boria Majumdar and Jean Loup Chappelet

Speakers

Professors Brian Stoddart, Mike Weed, David Hassan, John

Hughson, Gavin Poynter, Chris Hallinan and others. The conference

will conclude with a round table discussion on how best to analyse

mega events and how important is it to get backstage in trying to

analyse sports apex bodies like the IOC. It will aim to discuss issues

of conflict of interest, what constitutes intellectual censorship

and issues of intellectual freedom. For registration, please

e-mail Zita Balogh, Marketing Manager, Routledge Journals,

Zita.Balogh@tandf.co.uk

Conference Convenor

Boria Majumdar, D.Phil. University of Oxford

Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire

Executive Editor, Sport in Society (Routledge)

cristorian@yahoo.com

Conference Supporters

Sport in Society Routledge, Taylor & Francis;

University of Central Lancashire; Oxford University Club.