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The Ustinov Seminar - Sport
12th May 2012, 10:30 to 13:00, Fisher House, Ustinov College, South Road, Durham
Ustinov Seminars are both social and academic gatherings, intended to strengthen the sense of a real postgraduate research community in Durham, and to provide a unique informal opportunity for meeting up and for debate and cross-fertilisation between disciplines. Members of staff and postdocs are very welcome.
10.30am - Sport in the Ideal City: The Political Philosophy of Sport in Classical Athens. Miklos Konczol (Classics and Ancient History)
11.00 Professional Football and the Presentation of Everyday Possible Selves Colm Hickey (Applied Social Sciences)
11.30 Coffee Break
11.45 Exploring the Romance of Leadership in the Context of Football Management. Christopher Thomas (Business School)
12.15 Doppelganger Olympism in the Light of Ulrich Beck's Cosmopolitan Theory. Renan Petersen-Wagner (Applied Social Sciences - Business School)
Freshly brewed coffee available from 10.15am and lunch available for all participants.
Contact ustinov.seminar@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
Contact ustinov.seminar@durham.ac.uk for more information about this event.
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