Wednesday, February 15, 2006

CFP: Sport, Nation, Nationalism -International conference on social science in sport and 8th ISHPES Seminar

Dear colleagues,

We would like to remind you that International deadline for abstracts for the conference on social science in sport and 8th ISHPES Seminar “Sport, Nation, Nationalism” ( 24. - 27. August 2006, Ljubljana, Slovenia) is 1st of March 2006.

To encourage your active participation let us mention that we have already received some very interesting abstract submissions from all over the world (Middle East, Canada, Asia, and Europe).
We also received very interesting propositions for panels like 'Sport and national identities in the UK', ‘Sport and national identities in former Yugoslavia’, 'Sport, identity and the law of the European Union' and ‘Nation and Health’

Let us just remind you about our conference topics:
The Conference and Seminar will bring together researchers, scientists and scholars from the different fields - History, Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Ethnology, Political Science, Education Science and Theology, as well as other subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences to discuss and share their experiences and new ideas in the field of social science in sport.
The Conference and the Seminar will focus on historical and socio-cultural relationships between the sport and nations in various times and cultures.
Planed sessions will be organised into two general contexts: historical and socio-cultural with following topics:
Sport and nationalism, Sport, gender and nation-making, Sport and international relations, Sport and colonialism, Globalisation, Sport and national identity, The 'invention' and development of national sports, Traditional games and identity building, Role of sport in ethno-nationalist conflicts, Sport and nation promotion in gender context, Open session.

For any additional information please visit our web site
http://www.zavodekvilib.si/3s-conference/


Patronage by:

International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education

ISSA/AISS International Sociology of Sport Association


Looking forward to meet you in Ljubljana,

Ales Kranjc Kuslan
Organising committee

Ekvilib Institute
Project office: Celovska 43, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
tel: ++386 1 4303751
fax: ++386 1 4331112
e mail: info@zavodekvilib.si
web: www.zavodekvilib.si

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