Below is a list of meetings for the current term. If you would like to present in any of the open slots, then please email us at admin@sportanthro.org. The submission guidelines are at the bottom of this page.
We really appreciate feedback about the working group, so that it meets members’ needs. To fill out our survey, click here.
Click here to see the record of previous meetings.
Autumn 2024:
Please note additional sessions outside the usual fortnightly cycle are in light blue!
| Date | (Provisional) Time | Name | Session Type | (Provisional) Title | Discussant | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th Sept | 12:00 BST / 07:00 EDT | Dallas Taylor | Writing in Progress | ‘How it Feels to Be Us: Centering the Body in Sporting Fandom’ | Ben | |
| 26th Sept | 17:00 BST / 12:00 EDT | Sertaç Sehlikoglu | Seminar Series | For the Love of Erdogan: Fan-Based Politics and the Anthropology of Sports in Times of Populism | Sean | |
| 3rd October | 17:00 BST / 12:00 EDT | Dario Nardini | Writing in Progress | Calcio Storico Fiorentino: (Re-)enacting Florence’s history and identity | Ben | |
| 17th October | 12:00 BST / 07:00 EDT | JulieAnn Thomas | Practice Presentation | Simmel and Durkheim as ‘football tourism pundits’: Commentaries about the online behavior of tourists at the Anfield Stadium. | Kika | |
| 31st Oct | 16:00 GMT / 12:00 EDT | Mark Doidge | Seminar Series | Climate change: the competition in which the social sciences of sport needs to participate and win | Sean | |
| 14th Nov | 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST | Emy Lindberg | Writing in Progress | The Football Dads: Entanglements of Economy and Care in the Football Migration Industry | Ben | |
| 28th Nov | 17:00 GMT / 12:00 EST | Gil Hizi | Writing in Progress | Morality Plays: Chinese Village Sports as Social Theatrics. | Ben | |
| 12th Dec | 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST | Hans Kristian Hognestad | Seminar Series | Football, religion and politics – contested narratives from the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar | Sean |
Spring 2025:
| Date | (Provisional) Time | Name | Session Type | (Provisional) Title | Discussant | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th Jan | 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST | Ben | ||||
| 30th Jan | 17:00 GMT / 12:00 EST | Audrey Giles | Paper Discussion | Secondary Traumatic Stress and Community-Based Participatory Research in Sport and Physical Activity | Sean | |
| 13th Feb | 17:00 GMT / 12:00 EST | Kika | ||||
| 27th Feb | 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST | Ben | ||||
| 13th March | 16:00 GMT / 12:00 EST | Sean | ||||
| 27th March | 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST | Kika | ||||
| 17th April | 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST | Ben |
Submission Guidelines
Please send your paper to us (admin@sportanthro.org) rather than sharing it to the group yourselves. This just means that if we have an update for everyone, we can send it in the same email, and also ensures we send it to people who may not be on the mailing list (i.e. invited discussants, etc).
As we meet on Thursdays, please try to submit by the Monday beforehand.
When you email us your paper, please include a few bits of information to share with the group:
- A brief statement about your general research area
- A short paragraph on what the paper will cover
- An indication of where it fits within your work/your thesis/the publication you’re submitting to
- Anything you want us to focus on specifically, or issues to address
None of this has to be too specific as obviously things change and aren’t always fleshed out, but the more context you can provide, the quicker we can get to discussing your writing.
Calendar and Subscription Links:
See a list of future meetings on the synced google calendar below.
To receive updates to the calendar outside of google, you can subscribe to the calendar in outlook, iCal, or other calendar apps. Find an option which reads ‘new calendar subscription’, or ‘subscribe from web’ then paste in the following link. This will sync updates with your personal email client.
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c3d7a43f1fc0f46ce2f95b0ceba4de81087a61606ce89a32060bbe5b76e0e8c3%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics