CONFERENCE: 7th Annual Conference of the Political Studies Associatio​n's Sport and Politics Group (Bath, UK)

With support from the Department of Education and the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, the Physical Cultural Studies research group at the University of Bath (@pcsbath) are hosting the Political Studies Association (PSA) Sport & Politics interest group annual 1 day conference on the 2nd February 2013.

 

The conference will be titled: Sport, Politics & Policy

 

We are delighted that the keynote presentation will be from Professor Tess Kay (Brunel) and is titled: The Politics & Ethics of Sport & International Development Research

 

The theme is relatively open, and we would especially welcome papers reflecting high-quality and cutting edge research related to any (although not limited to) of the following thematic areas:

 

Politics, Sport & Health Policy

Politics, Sport, Youth & Development

Sport, Politics & International Development

Sport, Politics & Pedagogy

Politics, Sport & Well-being

Sport, Politics & Conflict

Sport, Politics & Security

Sport, Politics & Mega-events

Sport, Politics & (Urban) Space

Sport, Politics & Governance

Sport, Politics & Social Justice

Sport, Politics & Identity

Sport, Politics & Technologies

Sport, Politics & Leisure

Sport, Leisure, Social Media & Politics

Politics, Sport & Disability

Management, Sport & Politics

Researching Sport, Politics & Policy

 

We are especially open to proposals from postgraduate students (as such there is a significant discount for students who may wish to attend).

 

Any interested colleagues should submit an abstract of no more than 250 words to Dr Michael Silk (m.silk@bath.ac.uk) and Dr Paul Gilchrist (P.M.Gilchrist@Brighton.ac.uk) by 14 December 2012. Please indicate if you are a postgraduate student. You are also welcome to attend only (and not present). A few further details are available here:

http://www.sportpolitics.net/23.html

We hope this is of interest to some and that some may be able to make it to Bath in February,

Best, Michael Silk

JOB: Purdue University - American Studies

Purdue University seeks to hire an Associate or Full Professor as Director for its distinguished program in American Studies.  The program offers degrees at the M.A. and Ph.D. level and includes a new, fast-growing undergraduate major.  American Studies at Purdue has strong affiliations with programs in Women’s Studies, African American Studies and Asian American Studies among others.  The Director of the program must demonstrate a fluency in interdisciplinary research and the ability to provide intellectual leadership to students working in a variety of humanities and social science research fields. 
 
A Ph.D. in American Studies or field appropriate to the position is required.  The successful candidate for the position should bring a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching in American Studies or one of these related fields: History, English, Anthropology or Sociology, with the successful candidate’s tenure home being in one of these four departments. The Director will be fully appointed in American Studies and will be responsible for directing a large affiliated faculty, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in American Studies, shaping curriculum and giving intellectual vision and direction to the program.  Administrative experience is preferred but not essential.  
 
Application materials should include a letter of application, CV,  e-mail and telephone addresses for three professional references, and a sample of recent research not to exceed 40 pages.  Materials should be sent to Delayne Graham, Program Assistant in American Studies via e-mail at dkgraham@purdue.edu  Deadline for materials is January 15 2013.  Starting date for the position is August, 2013.
 
A background check is required for employment in this position. Purdue University is an equal opportunity/equal access/affirmative action employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.

CFP: Annual Tri-University Conference for the Trans/Disciplinary Study of Sport

Call for Papers
March 22-23, 2013
Penn State University
University Park, Pennsylvania

This conference represents the collaborative efforts of graduate students from Ohio State, Penn State, and Western Ontario universities designed to stimulate scholarship in the historical, philosophical and sociocultural approaches to studying sport.  As a student-led initiative, this annual meeting aims to strengthen our academic community and foster intellectual development across the many disciplines within sport studies.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 16, 2012

We invite paper proposals for the 2nd annual Tri-University Conference to be held in 2013 at Penn State University. Not restricted to any particular theme, paper proposals may relate to any issue within sport researched from an historical, philosophical, or sociocultural perspective. Because this conference aims at promoting the scholarly growth and academic networking of emerging scholars, faculty members and other qualified scholars are strongly encouraged to attend in order to contribute to these goals through providing constructive feedback and skilled appraisals of the conference’s student generated scholarship. Please submit only original research for consideration.

ABSTRACT FORMAT AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Authors must send their abstract in an email attachment and include the following information:

1.     Title of the paper
2.     300-500 words
3.     Name(s), affiliation (university or institution), position, and email address of each author
4.     Abstracts should include research questions, methodology, a statement of argument, and the paper’s significance to the study of sport in the humanities

Submissions should be sent to: triuniversityconference@gmail.com.

Notification:  Individuals will be notified of the results of the review process by January 7

GRADUATE STUDENT OVERNIGHT HOUSING:

To alleviate costs, if you would like to room with a Penn State graduate student on March 22 and/or 23, please indicate your interest on the abstract.

* Submission of an abstract indicates the presenter’s intent to attend the conference and be available to present on  the afternoon of March 22 or the morning/afternoon of March 23.

CFP: Teaching Media on Sport, Media, and the Military

Teaching Media announces our second CFP for a new curation of teaching media resources. This issue's theme is Sport, Media, and the Military. Teaching Media is dedicated to promoting a collaborative exchange and dialogue between media studies scholars about contemporary approaches to teaching and critically engaging with multi-modal media.

Call for Proposals:
Since September 11, 2001 sports has become increasingly “complicit” in an increasing militarization of U.S. society and popular culture. Butterworth and Moskal (2009), for example, argue that American identity is constituted in and by a culture of militarism, “wherein Americans are implicated in a structural relationship between government, the military, and entertainment industries to the extent that it has become functionally impossible to live outside the rhetorical production of war” (p. 413). The “seizing” of the NFL, Major League Baseball, or NASCAR by the military can be witnessed frequently through the spreading of militaristic messages from sponsors, advertisers, and broadcasters who appear eager to use these sporting events to garner support for war, especially during a time of great unpopularity among the American public, and to reassert national identity through excessive displays of patriotism.

Teaching Media seeks teaching materials and models for understanding the relations between sports, media, and the military. Approaches to teaching the sports-media-military nexus can include, but are not limited to:

- the role of the media in mediating militaristic sporting events
- the intersection of gender, race, and sexuality and the military-sport-media nexus
- the links between the (in)visibility of women and queer subjects in mediated sports to the military as a traditionally hetero-patriarchal institution
- socio-political issues raised concerning the militarization and securitization of the 2012 London Olympics
- the entanglements between the neoliberal state and the military-sports-media nexus
- the effects of globalization on professional sports and the military

Teaching Media seeks 250-word summaries of teaching materials and models from a variety of pedagogical perspectives. The summary should include your general framework, a list of teaching materials and/or assignments in the unit, and a short explanation of why your approach is innovative.Please email all submissions, either as a word or PDF document, toteachingmedia.contact@gmail.com. The Teaching Media editorial board will choose three summaries and ask the submitters to expand upon their abstract as part of a curated space on our site. Those not chosen are encouraged to submit their materials to our common space.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sunday November 18, 2012

As we hope for continuing discussions and exchange as well as contributions to Teaching Media we encourage you to visit our website at http://www.teachingmedia.org/

Best, 

Melody Hoffmann

TM Board

CFP: THE 11th ANNUAL MACINTOSH SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT CONFERENCE

THE 11th ANNUAL MACINTOSH SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT CONFERENCE

Saturday 19 January 2013, 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.

The conference programme will consist of several sessions of graduate student presentations, a catered lunch, and the annual Donald Macintosh Memorial Lecture, which will be given this year by Dr. Cathy van Ingen, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Brock University. Dr. van Ingen’s research utilizes various theories and methods including those drawn from cultural studies, cultural geography, and poststructuralist and feminist theories of the body. She is one of the founders of the Shape Your Life boxing program for female and trans survivors of violence in Toronto. Dr. van Ingen has written the first biography of Hall of Fame boxer, “Dixie Kid” Aaron Brown, in Aycock & Scott’s (eds.) (2011) The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s. She also has written articles on women’s boxing published in The Sociology of Sport Journal, Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, Feminist Media Studies and a forthcoming article in the Journal of Sport History called “Seeing What Frames Our Seeing”: Seeking Histories on Early Black Female Boxers.

Graduate students who would like to present their work at the conference should send 250-word abstracts or proposals for roundtable discussions or posters to Mary Louise Adams (MLA1@queensu.ca) by December 7, 2012. We are looking for presentations of works-in-progress, as well as presentations of completed research.

In selecting papers for the conference, priority will be given to students who submit independent research and who are first time Macintosh presenters; second priority will be given to students who submit research as part of a faculty research team and who are first time Macintosh presenters; third priority will be given to returning Macintosh presenters. All applicants will be given the option to present their research in the form of a poster.

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, New York. Registration fees are $30 for faculty and $20 for students.

For information or to add your name to our email list, please write to Robbie Millington (r.millington@queensu.ca).

CFP: Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference

REMINDER: 29 Days Until final SEWSA Call for Papers Deadline!Please post and foward this announcement. Hotel & registration information now posted on our website. **Our conference overlaps with a major citywide event -- so please reserve your hotel room EARLY!!!** Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference, April 18-20, UNC Greensboro Call for Papers/Submissions Deadlines: November 16 and November 30, 2012 http://sewsa2013.wordpress.com General Proposal Deadline: November 30, 2012 SEWSA 2013 invites conversation surrounding Outrage! Discourses, Practices, and Politics of Protest and Social Transformation that have been and will be transformative in the interdisciplinary study of women, gender, sexuality, and in framing and exploring social experience. The conference will foster a vigorous, open and inclusive dialogue about the need for, and possibility of, different avenues to change and transformation. Rage, outrage, protest, organizing, diplomacy, and compromise will be considered as they are manifested in the discourses, practices, and products of art, scholarship and public service. Proposals should be submitted via: http://sewsa2013.wordpress.com For more information: womens_studies@uncg.edu SEWSA Caucus Proposal Deadline: November 16, 2012** The Southeastern Women's Studies Association supports caucuses for groups that are under-represented within society or SEWSA as an organization. Current caucuses include LGBTQ Caucus, People of Color Caucus and Student Caucus. **Those submitting caucus proposals will be notified soon after the deadline so that they can also submit to the general CFP by November 30th, should they desire. LGBTQ Caucus CFP: "The Queer South: Challenging Regionalisms" solicits proposals that critically analyze some phenomenon related to sexualized or gendered "otherness" that positions the South (or some facet of the South) as "queer." These analyses may define "queer" in terms of les-bi-gay/non-straight sexualities, non-normative genders, or other non-normative sexual practices (not necessarily les-bi-gay), or non- or anti-heteronormative practices, theories, and lives. The call is open to broad interpretations of "the South," including the global South, but the LGBTQ Caucus takes as its starting point how the U.S. South is situated within a national landscape. For more information and submission, contact LGBTQ Caucus Chair, Jennifer Purvis jpurvis@ua.edu PoC Caucus CFP: "A Meeting at the Kitchen Table: POC Feminists Envisioning the Future" calls on some of our People of Color feminist foremothers to examine where we are as POC academics, cultural workers, and artists and where we'd like to be. As we look at the interracial POC dynamics that both propel and impede our activism/scholarship/art we realize that we must look to ourselves for answers as we struggle to keep our movements alive. We invite stories, questions, experiments, practices, and ideas from POC to encourage an intergenerational multi-racial conversation that supports the articulation of collective movement toward the world we want. For more information and submission, contact PoC Caucus Chair, Moya Bailey moyazb@gmail.com Student Caucus CFP: "The Future of Feminism in a Post-Identity Era" invites proposals that examine the relevance of identity categories for contemporary academics and activists. Feminism, Queer Studies and Critical Race Theory have explored the continued relevance of these categories, with concern for preserving points of solidarity and narratives of struggle, existence and belonging. How can feminist and queer scholarship demonstrate the continued importance of these categories? What kinds of work can we produce that will expand the public's awareness of continuing discrimination and marginalization? For more information and submission, contact student caucus representative, Aretina Hamilton aretina.hamilton@uky.edu

CONFERENCE: Fighting Women: A Symposium on Women's Boxing

Fighting Women: A Symposium on Women's Boxing

June 21-22, 2013

The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hosted by Brock University

The legacy of women’s boxing, including women fighting for financial gain, traces back to the first

half of the 18th century. Yet women’s amateur boxing only became legalized in many parts of the

Americas in the 1990s. There are now over 120 international boxing federations with registered

female competitors, and the debut of women’s boxing at the London Olympics placed it on an

international stage.

This two-day symposium seeks to explore the diverse ways women have participated in amateur

and professional boxing. The purpose will be to investigate women’s involvement in boxing in its

broadest sense, from historical, ethnographic, cultural, and artistic perspectives. This cross-genre

approach hopes to take into account the multiple, often intersecting, aspects of this exploitative and

dysfunctional, yet equally compelling and beautiful, sport.

“Fighting Women” encourages presentations from diverse fields of study, including physical

cultural studies, women and gender studies, history, media and communications, film studies,

sociology, visual artists, and filmmakers, among others. Topics may include, but are certainly not

limited to:

*  Histories of Fighting Women

*  Ethnographies and Oral Histories

*  Cultural Representations

*  Theoretical Discussions

*  Identity Formation

*  Visual/Artistic Expressions

*  New Media and Social Networks

*  Embodiment and Agency

Please email abstracts of 250 words for 30-minute presentations or visual/film exhibits together

with a one-page CV including the author’s name, institutional affiliation and position, phone

number, and postal and email addresses to fightingwomen.symposium@gmail.com.

Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2013. All submissions will be evaluated by the Program

Committee and a preliminary program will be announced by February 15, 2013.

Visit the website at: www.fighting-women.com

Please contact Chair of the Program Committee, Dr. Cathy van Ingen (Brock University) with any

questions at cathy.vaningen@brocku.ca

The Program Committee consists of:

Dr. Cathy van Ingen, Brock University, Canada.

Dr. Benita Heiskanen, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, Finland.

Dr. Anju Reejhsinghani, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, U.S.A.

JOB: University of North Carolina Greensboro

University of North Carolina Greensboro
Title: Assistant Professor with specialization in Motor Behavior
Dept: Kinesiology
Position Number: 999526
This Position Was Last Updated: 10/23/2012

Responsibilities:
Assistant Professor with a specialization in Motor Behavior
Department of Kinesiology
School of Health and Human Sciences

The Department of Kinesiology is seeking applications for an Assistant Professor, 9-month tenure-track appointment, with a specialization in Motor Behavior.

This position will be responsible for undergraduate and graduate teaching; advising and research supervision in motor behavior (including learning, control and development); maintaining an active line of research in motor behavior including collaborative and interdisciplinary projects; seeking external funding to support research and programs; and engaging in departmental, professional and university service activities.

The Department of Kinesiology is located in a modern facility with extensive classroom, laboratory, and
gymnasia space, and offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. The B.S. degree includes concentrations in Fitness Leadership, Sports Medicine, Physical Education Teacher Education, and Community Youth Sport Development.

Further information about the Department may be found at http:/ /www.uncg.edu/kin/.

Founded in 1891, UNCG is one of the three original campuses comprising The University of North Carolina system (now 17 campuses). UNCG is classified as a research university with high research activity (Carnegie classification) and in the community engagement classification under Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships. The University is an urban doctoral granting institution with an enrollment of 17,397 students, including over 3000 graduate students from approximately 38 states and over 20 countries. UNCG currently offers 26 doctoral and over 60 master's programs, including several nationally ranked programs. The Department of Kinesiology with 22 full-time faculty is one of 7 departments in the new School of Health and Human Sciences. The diversity of the faculty and students of HHS is 20% and 30%, respectively, from non-white ethnic groups, well above the national average in both categories.

Qualifications:
Earned doctorate in motor behavior or related area; demonstrated potential for nationally recognized scholarly research in motor behavior; interest and experience teaching in one or more of the motor behavior specializations and in collaborative research; and potential for obtaining external funding.

Deadline:
Review of the applications will begin November 17, 2012 and continue until the position is filled.

Contact:
Applications should include letter of interest, current vitae and the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of four references. Candidates will be notified before references are contacted.

All applications must be submitted ELECTRONICALLY to:
Dr. Kathy Jamieson
Search Committee Chair
Department of Kinesiology
kmjamies@uncg.edu.

The department has a strong commitment to intellectual, curricular and faculty diversity, and expressly seeks to identify members of underrepresented minorities to join the UNCG faculty. Please address questions to Dr. Kathy Jamieson via e-mail: kmjamies@uncg.edu

EEO/AA


Salary:
Competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Effective Date:
August 1, 2013

JOB: Washington State University

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology

Pullman Campus

Assistant Professor – Sport Management Program

Salary:  Competitive, Commensurate with Experience

Effective Date:  August 16, 2013

Responsibilities:  Pursue a research agenda in the area of Sport Communication or Sport Finance/Economics. Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in either sport communication or sport finance/economics, plus at least one other sport management core course. Candidates must also be able to supervise senior level internships, advise undergraduate and graduate students, and provide university, community, and professional service.

Required qualifications:  Earned doctorate in Sport Management or terminal degree in a related field by date of hire; ability to teach at the university level; ability to establish a record of research/scholarly activity.

Preferred qualifications:  Demonstrated understanding of working with sport organizations; demonstrated understanding of sport communication; demonstrated understanding of sport finance/economics; ability or interest in online instruction; potential to seek external funding. Additionally, the College of Education seeks applicants with demonstrated knowledge and ability to work effectively with individuals and groups with a variety of identities, cultures, backgrounds and ideologies in a global environment.

Application:  Screening of applications will begin on November 26, 2012.  Letter of application should describe teaching interests and experience, research accomplishments and agenda, previous work with sport organizations, ability or interest in online instruction, and ability to work with diverse populations.  Applicants should also provide a current vita and the names, addresses (including email), and phone numbers of three references. To apply for this position, visit https://www.wsujobs.com/.Contact information:  Lynn Buckley, Search Support Manager, Email: buckleyl@wsu.edu; Phone: 509-335-9117.  Additional information is posted at http://education.wsu.edu/.  Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Located in the rolling hills of Eastern Washington, Washington State University is a land grant, research institution that values outstanding teaching, research, and service. There are 21,000 students on the main WSU campus in Pullman, Washington. Washington State University is a member of the PAC-12 Athletic Conference, has one of the premier student recreation centers in the country, and is home to the largest Intramural Sports program west of the Mississippi. The Sport Management Program awards a B.A. in Sport Management, and the Master’s degree program is offered in both on-campus and on-line delivery formats. Doctoral students may complete a cognate area in Sport Management if accepted into WSU’s Interdisciplinary Degree Program.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply. 

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens.  All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Washington State University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521(v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388,509.-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.

JOB: Univ. of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce is currently accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Tenure-Track Professor and a Field Services Professor of Sport Administration.

Based on the Carnegie Foundation Classification System, The University of Cincinnati (www.uc.edu) is a Doctoral Granting Research University with very high research activity(RU/VH).  It is part of Ohio’s higher education system with approximately 41,500 students in attendance (8,000 graduate students). The Sport Administration Program is located within the School of Human Services in the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services. The School also includes undergraduate and graduate programs in Athletic Training, Health Promotion and Education, School Psychology, Counseling, and Substance Abuse Counseling. The School is a leader in online course andprogram development, and there are many active collaborative activities across programs.

The Sport Administration Program began in 2008 and has seen tremendous growth and currently has 350 undergraduate student majors. The program offers a BS degree in Sport Administration and is in the development stage for graduate programs. The program has a close working relationship with the local community and University of Cincinnati AthleticDepartment, a member of the Big East Conference.

Responsibilities for the tenure track position include: (a) maintaining an active research agenda including publications, presentations, and grant writing consistent with the Program and University focus on research excellence; (b) teaching a diverse set of undergraduate courses which may include Sport Finance and Development, Sport Economics, Sport Law and Governance, Introduction to Sport Administration; c) assisting with program growth and development including curriculum and degree planning; and (d) engaging in University, professional, and community service.

Responsibilities for the field service assistant professor position include: (a) teaching a diverse set of undergraduate courses which may include Sport Finance and Development, Sport Economics, Sport Law and Governance, Introduction to Sport Administration, among others; (b) assist with program growth and development including curriculum and degree planning; and (c) engage in University, professional, and community service.

Review of applications will begin November 1, 2012. Start date for this position is August 15, 2013. Salary is commensurate with experience. To apply for the position, please go to www.jobsatuc.com - Position 212UC2425 and complete the University’s online application form. Applications require a letter of application, curriculum vita, official transcripts of all collegework, and three letters of recommendation

For more information, please review the attached position announcements.

Please direct all questions and other correspondence to:

Dr. Thomas Aicher, Search Committee Co-Chair, Thomas.Aicher@uc.edu

Dr. Brody Ruihley, Search Committee Co-Chair, Brody.Ruihley@uc.edu