CFP: 2010 IAPS Conference, Rome

The Honors, Awards and Future Sites Committee is pleased to announce that the 38th annual IAPS conference will take place between Wednesday, September 15, 2010 and Sunday, September 19 at Università degli Studi di Roma "Foro Italico" IUSM in Rome, Italy.

Heather Reid and Emanuele Isidori will Chair the Site Organizing Committee and Doug Hochstetler will serve as the Conference Chair. A conference website will soon be posted at the IAPS web-site (www.iaps.net), and additional information will be forthcoming in future newsletters and via the e-mail list serve. In the meantime you will find conference information at: (http://iaps.net/2009/09/38th-annual-conference-rome/).

2010 IAPS Conference - Call for Papers

The International Association for the Philosophy of Sport invites the submission of abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 38th annual 2010 IAPS meeting. The conference will be held in Rome, Italy between September 15-19, 2010. Abstracts are welcome on any area of philosophy of sport, including metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics and ethics, and from any theoretical approach, including analytic philosophy and critical theory. In addition to abstracts for papers, proposals for round table and panel discussions, including a tentative list of participants, are also welcome and should follow the same format as paper abstracts. Graduate students and emerging scholars are encouraged to submit works in progress. Abstracts should be 300-500 words long (in either English or Italian) and must be received by April 1, 2010. The preferred mode of submission is by e-mail. Please send the abstract as an attachment, preferably in Word. Contributors who do not have access to e-mail should feel free to send a hard copy instead. Please submit e-mail copies of abstracts to the Conference Chair at: dxh174@psu.edu

Please send hard copies (only if e-mail is not available) to:

Doug Hochstetler
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Penn State University, Lehigh Valley
2809 Saucon Valley Road
Center Valley, PA 18034-8447

Abstracts will be reviewed by a Program Committee of three IAPS peers. Contributors will be notified about the status of their abstracts by May 14, 2010.

CFP: 10th International Symposium for Olympic Research

Rethinking Matters Olympic:

Investigations into the Socio-Cultural Study of the Modern Olympic Movement

10^th International Symposium for Olympic Research

organized and sponsored by

The International Centre for Olympic Studies

at

The University of Western Ontario

28, 29, 30 October 2010

At this time I would like to extend an invitation to interested individuals to submit an abstract of your most recent Olympic-related research for adjudication towards presenting at the 10^th Symposium, with accepted papers to be published in the Symposium Proceedings, which, as usual, will be produced and available to you upon your arrival at the Symposium. The deadline date for submission of abstracts is Monday, 1 March 2010, and the submission of final texts by no later than Friday, 30 July 2010. We will, as per the Beijing Model, follow up this initial announcement with periodic newsletter-announcements detailing other organizational details, such as registration fees, accommodation logistics, the program as it develops, keynote addresses, and other matters. I wish you all the very best for the remainder of 2009 and throughout the upcoming Olympic year of 2010. Cheers, and I look forward to hearing from you. Bob Barney

CFP: ISHPES Seminar - "Sport and the State: A Controversial Relationship"

Call for Papers

We would like to remind you that the next ISHPES Seminar is scheduled to
take place June 3-6, 2010.  The central topic of this year's Seminar is "Sport and
the State: A Controversial Relationship".  It will focus above all on this
"controversial relationship". Not only historians, but also sociologists,
political scientists, and representatives of related disciplines are
expressly invited to come and contribute their thoughts from their own
specific perspective.  The deadline for abstract submissions is February
15, 2010.  For further details, please visit our website at
http://congress.wincol.ac.il

Yoav Meckel, Ph.D,

Chairman of the Organizing Committee

The ZinmanCollege of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the Wingate
Institute, Israel

Congress Office:
Tel- 972-98639200

Mail Address: congress@wincol.ac.il

Website: http://congress.wincol.ac.il

INTERNSHIP: College Sport Research Institute

The College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) Internship Program allows students/individuals from any academic discipline the ability to gain practical research, development or event-management experience. Consistent with the mission and goals of CSRI and the Scholarly Conference on College Sport, we welcome both undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in college sport, college-sport research, event-management, development, or education to apply for the internship program. Internships can be structured for course credit.

Commitment and Compensation

CSRI internships are flexible, in regard to time commitments. Presently, research and event-management internships are unpaid. As a result we recognize interns in these positions may need to secure additional part-time employment. Therefore, the minimum time commitment for research and event-management interns is 20 hours/week. Since development internships are paid - based on a percent (20%) of developed memberships, donations, or sponsorships - the minimum time expectation for these internships is 30 hours per week. However, if interns require a specified number of hours to satisfy course credit requirements, CSRI can accommodate such a need.

• Research Internships (Three - [3] Internships)
  

• Development Internships (Two [2] Internships) Paid
  

• Event-Operations Internships (Two [2] Internships)
  

How to Apply

Internship applicants must submit an application packet that includes:

• Resume specifying academic standing and GPA

• Letter of interest detailing: Previous experience, Education & Rationale for applying

• Three letters of recommendation (one from a previous professor)

Send all appropriate paperwork to:

CSRI Internship Coordinator

College Sport Research Institute

Evergreen House, CB 8162

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Or

Email information to: csri@unc.edu

Application Deadlines

College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) internships are offered during fall, spring, and summer semesters. Interested candidates must submit an application packet by the deadlines listed below:

Spring: December 11

Summer: March 15

Fall: June 15

For more information on each internship, please visit the College Sport Research Institute website: www.unc.edu/csri

SEMINAR: Insuffler la paix - pensez-y, parlez-en, faites-la!

Pour diffusion immédiate
Novembre 2009

Le YMCA du Grand Moncton insuffle la paix chez les personnes de tous âges durant la Semaine de la paix du YMCA

(Moncton, N.-B.) – Chacun de nous a le potentiel d’être un bâtisseur de paix comme le souligne le thème de la Semaine de la paix du YMCA : « Insuffler la paix - pensez-y, parlez-en, faites-la! ». En concert avec les autres YMCA du Canada, le YMCA du Grand Moncton insuffle la paix et aide les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes à avoir une influence positive, spécialement durant la Semaine de la paix se déroulant du 21 au 28 novembre 2009.

« Dans le monde planétaire d’aujourd’hui, nous sommes plus liés les uns aux autres que nous puissions l’imaginer, dit Chris Robicheau, coordonnateur du Comité international du YMCA du Grand Moncton. En diffusant notre message de paix, nous sommes capables d’inspirer les autres à s’engager dans des actions pacifiques », d’ajouter M. Robicheau.

Même si la paix fait partie des programmes de toute l’année du YMCA du Grand Moncton, dans le cadre de la Semaine de la paix, on met plus d’accent sur l’exploration de la paix à de nombreux échelons, spécialement chez les enfants et les jeunes. Cette année, on se concentre sur le fait d’inspirer les autres à s’engager activement dans la paix dans leur vie quotidienne. Cela constitue une partie importante de l’instauration de la paix.

« Nos actions individuelles à l’égard de la paix sont des éléments clés de la création d’un monde plus sain et pacifique. La Semaine de la paix du YMCA est centrée sur l’importance de démontrer et de vivre nos valeurs de base d’inclusion, de respect, de responsabilité, de bienveillance, d’amour et de protection de la Terre », dit M. Robicheau.

Le YMCA a créé un guide d’activités axées sur la paix pour aider les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes à traduire leurs valeurs en action en explorant des sujets comme la coopération, l’empathie, le respect, la communication positive, la résolution des conflits et les parallèles entre les enjeux mondiaux et communautaires. Le YMCA encourage les parents et les enseignants à consulter le site www.ymca.ca pour télécharger ce guide gratuit.

Un fait saillant de la semaine est l’octroi de la Médaille de la paix du YMCA à une personne ou un groupe qui, sans ressources spéciales, démontre un engagement à l’égard de la paix par le biais de ses contributions spéciales au sein de la collectivité ou à l’étranger.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: NASSS Newsletter, Dec 09

This the third call for submissions for the December edition of the NASSS Newsletter.

Deadline: Friday, December 11 at midnight.

Send to Sean Smith (sean.smith@rogers.com)
               

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)

CONFERENCE: Place and Rôle of Olympism in Education in Europe.

An international conference will be held in Besancon the third of December
entitled : Place and Rôle of Olympism in Education in Europe. This
conference (French language) is free. You'll find the programme on the
site of CESH.

http://www.cesh.eu/pdf/programme_03122009_Besancon_french.pdf

Sincerely yours

JF Loudcher
President of European Committee for Sports History

CFP: HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON SPORT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Dear colleagues

I am preparing a collection of papers on Sport Management for a book titled:

 ‘HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON SPORT MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP’

I invite you to participate by submitting a paper for this book.

The deadline for papers is March 30th 2010.

The following is a list of possible topics:

•       Entrepreneurship in sport
•       Sport management
•       Philanthropy and social responsibility in sports-related industries
•       Sports marketing
•       Sponsorship, branding and targeting initiatives in sports
•       College and professional sports
•       Marketing innovations in sports and sports-related industries
•       Challenges and opportunities in sports-related industries
•       Regulatory and government issues in sport marketing
•       Marketing of sport events and sport teams broadcast rights
•       Segmenting and developing the sport consumer and sports teams
•       Internationalization activities in sport
•       The impact of sports on other industries (e.g. education, tourism, law)

Please email your papers in a word document file by March 30th 2010.

Best regards,

Vanessa

Dr Vanessa Ratten
Assistant Professor
Management Division
A J Palumbo & J F Donahue Schools of Business Administration
464 Rockwell Hall
Duquesne University
600 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Phone: 412 396 1907
Email: vanessaratten@gmail.com

Previous handbooks:

http://www.e-elgar-business.com/Bookentry_main.lasso?id=3923
http://www.e-elgar-asia.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12939

AWARD: NASSS 2010 Book Award

The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport invites nominations for
its annual book award. Books eligible for the award will meet ALL of the
following criteria:

• The book offers a scholarly analysis of a sport related issue or phenomenon
written from a sociological, anthropological, or related perspective.
• The book was first published in 2009.
• The book has not previously been a NASSS book award selection and has not been
previously nominated.

Please use the form on the NASSS Awards webpage ( http://www.nasss.org/awards.html#book ) when submitting titles for consideration.  Deadline
for nominations is March 1, 2010.

Best regards,
Parissa Safai
2010 NASSS Book Award Committee Chair

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Parissa Safai, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Science
E-mail: psafai@yorku.ca