Tag: Conferences

The specialist group Sport and Politics within the Political Studies Association organizes separate, annual conferences on various sports related themes. Next year, 2016, it’s the 10th Anniversary of this conference series, and the theme is Sport, Politics and Social Justice. International submissions are welcome.

Taking place just before the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the workshop aims to provide information and analysis on the state of sport in the Arab World through the multidisciplinary lenses of political science, history, economics, business, and law, among others.

The United States Coaching Coalition (USOC, NCAA, NFHS, SHAPE America and NSCA) is pleased to announce the call for programs for the 2016 National Coaching Conference in Seattle, Washington. The National Coaching Conference brings together coaches, coach developers and sport science researchers for the enrichment of coaching and sport.

Saturday, January 16, 2016, Queen’s University, Kingston, OntarioThe School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University would like to invite all those interested...

The city as a phenomenon is growing, and urban lifestyles are increasingly differentiated. Consequently, the possibilities for people in the urban environment to live a healthy lifestyle, and to participate in sport and exercise, are relevant like never before. We invite those interested in the study of sport and society to address issues within a wide range of classic domains and newly emerging ones.

This conference, taking place to mark 80 years since the 1936 Berlin Olympics, seeks to bring together individuals from a wide variety of disciplines to explore key issues and present recent research relating to this event, as well as contribute to ongoing discussion.

Scholars, researchers, students, and professionals interested in the socio-cultural study of the modern Olympic or Paralympic Games are invited to submit abstracts for conference presentations.

This conference, scheduled to take place during the 2016 European Championship and hosted by the University of Basel’s Department of English, takes up soccer with a special focus on its poetics and aesthetics. The conference by necessity is interdisciplinary in nature.

EASM invites sport management scholars to organise Workshops on various sub-themes of sport management at the 24th EASM Conference in 2016. The conference theme will be “Memories and identities in sport management in Europe”.

“We are pleased to invite proposals for participation in a colloquium on Innovations in Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) Research. While proposals do not need to consider the specific themes of gender or girlhood, we especially welcome contributions that focus on these areas.”