Sport and National Identity Seminar Series 2010-11
Many colleagues and PhD students at Loughborough University share an interest in the broader topic of ‘Sport and National identity’. A research group has started working on the project 'Sport and National Identity in Post-Conflict/Fractured Societies', and a much larger group of colleagues and PhD students representing six different departments within the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities met recently and discussed potentials in this field. This led to the idea of running the seminar series ‘Sport and National Identity’ in 2010/11.
The idea is that two or more colleagues present short papers (circa 20 minutes each) to be followed by a discussion in an informal setting. We would like to stress the multi-disciplinary and/or inter-disciplinary nature of the seminar series, and that is not only directed to those who have already worked in these areas.
The seminar series might result in conference panels or a one-day workshop. We want the ‘Sport and National Identity’ network to be a supportive environment for individuals, and we want it to serve as a forum for discussions, circulation of useful information, etc.
Coordinator: Chris Szejnmann, Department of PHIR (c.w.szejnmann@lboro.ac.uk)
Seminar Schedule
Alan Bairner & Daniel Chernilo: "Sport and National Identity: Theoretical frameworks"
6th October 2010
Mahfoud Amara & Elizabeth Mavroudi: "Sport and the Palestinian question"
17th November 2010
Liesbet Van-Zoonen and Paul Wells: "Representations of Sport"
16th March 2011
Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, Malle Koido, Chris Szejnmann & Taku Tamaki: "Sport in Totalitarian/post-totalitarian societies (Soviet Union/Russia/Estonia; Germany; Japan)"
11th May 2011
All seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 5pm in the Schofield Building, Loughborough University, Room A204.
