Tag: women’s soccer
Call for Participation | Sport and gender: lessons from the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup | Free event, University of Bath, October 5, 2023
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (Aotearoa) has been the subject of global attention. While celebrated for its record attendance and media coverage, it was also marked by controversies that raise questions about the future of gender equity on and off the pitch. What are the challenges faced by the sport? What are the lessons from the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup? What might this mean for advancing gender equality? Please join us for an evening of talks and discussion.
Call for Chapters | 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Anthology | Call ends September 1, 2023
In 2021, sport media scholars Danielle Coombs and Molly Yanity edited and published a 15-chapter collection entitled 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Media, Fandom, and Soccer’s Biggest Stage- As the Women’s World Cup is wrapping up South of the equator for the first time as Australia and New Zealand have hosted one wild mega-event, Coombs and Yanity believe the tournament is a perfect palette for the study of women’s sport, media, and fandom -- and they want your chapter pitches.
Call for Papers | The History of Women’s football in Britain and Ireland between 1845 and 1990 | Call ends January 2, 2022
Dr Fiona Skillen (Glasgow Caledonian University), Dr Gary James (De Montfort University) and Helena Byrne are proposing an edited collection on the history of the growth and development of women’s football in Britain and Ireland between 1845 and 1990. We are therefore asking for abstracts from interested authors by January 2nd, 2022. We are interested in receiving abstracts on a variety of topics.
