Soccer as the Beautiful Game:Football’s Artistry, Identity & Politics
Thursday-Saturday, April 10-12, 2014
in collaboration with
- New York Cosmos
- Football Scholars Forum
- Love Futbol
- Coaches Across Continents
- Soccer Without Borders
- Hofstra University Women’s Soccer Team
- Hofstra University Men’s Soccer Team
- Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure in Society
An international conference – in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil – exploring the historical, social, political, economic, cultural and humanitarian aspects of the world’s most popular sport. Conference homepage.
Topics might include, but are not limited to:
- History of the Game
- The World Cup
- Personalities
- Television and Revenue
- FIFA and Governance
- Women and Soccer
- Corruption and Match-Fixing
- Gender and Sexuality
- Visual and Literary Representations of the Game
- Soccer and Politics
- Science and Technology
- Youth Soccer and Hooliganism
- Fan Clubs and Identity
- Journalists, Commentators and the Media
- Semiotics of Soccer
- Soccer and Religion
- Science and Technology
- Youth Soccer and Academies
- Racism, Violence and Hooliganism
- Fan Clubs and Identity
- Journalists, Commentators and the Media
- Semiotics of Soccer
- Soccer and Religion
- Cosmos: Past and Present
Conference Directors:
Dr. Brenda Elsey
Associate Professor of History
Hofstra University
brenda.elsey@hofstra.edu
Dr. Stanislao Pugliese
Professor of History and
Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies
Hofstra University
stanislao.pugliese@hofstra.edu
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
Hempstead, New York
11549-1000
(516) 463-6600
