Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 13:17:51 +0000
Subject: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT


Dear List,

Please find below the details of a call for papers relating to a conference
on Postcolonialism. Please think as widely as possible about the subject
areas and do not be restricted in how you understand or adapt any of the
terms.
If you can e-mail this message to interested colleagues or post it on other
listservs I would be very grateful.
With thanks and best wishes,
Mike Cronin.


POSTCOLONIALISM, SPORT AND THE BODY
call for papers

An international conference to be co-hosted by De Montfort University
Leicester and Keele University, and to be held in Leicester on 10 & 11 July
1999.
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The conference aims to explore and reflect on the growing interdisciplinary
interest in sports and postcolonialism. Offers of papers, from any
discipline, are now requested. They are welcome in three main areas but
others will be considered:

(i) Post colonial sports (i.e. postcolonialism as content)

(ii) Postcolonialism and its impact on sports and body culture (i.e.
postcolonialism as epoch)

(iii) Sport and postcolonial methodology, theory, discourse (i.e.
postcolonialism as method)

Offers of papers should be sent to:
Dr Mike Cronin					Professor John Bale
Senior Research Fellow in History			Professor of Sports Geography
International Centre for Sports History		Department of Education
De Montfort University				Keele University
The Gateway						Keele
Leicester						Staffordshire
LE1 9BH						ST5 5BG
UK							UK
mjcronin-AT-dmu.ac.uk					eda38-AT-keele.ac.uk

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The cost of the conference will be =A345, one night accommodation and food
included. If you wish to register your interest in the conference, but do
not wish to present a paper, please contact Mike Cronin at the above address.

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