We are adding a special section from World Literature Today on women’s football to our meeting on Monday April 18 at 4pm EST. The section includes pieces from fellow forumers John Turnbull and Jennifer Doyle, download it here.
Category: Supplements
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David Goldblatt podcasts – London School of Economics & BBC
Check out October’s author over at the London School of Economics delivering a talk entitled: “This Sporting Planet: global sport and global capitalism”
“Globalisation has seen sport achieve a hitherto unequalled global cultural significance, but it has also left it in thrall to capitalism. Will economic forces continue to shape sport?” Listen or download here
Also check out his four part series on derbies for the BBC World Service Monday Documentary titled “The Power and the Passion”
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Time and Stadium Stats
September’s Football Scholars Forum will be held Wednesday the 22nd at 1pm US Eastern Time.
Two links to pass on via Peter Alegi:
http://www.worldstadiums.com/south_america/countries/brazil/rio_de_janeiro.shtml
http://www.worldstadiums.com/south_america/countries/argentina.shtml
Make sure you have emailed your skype name if you plan to participate on Wednesday!
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May 25 – African Soccerscapes
The Football Scholars Forum will have its last meeting prior to the World Cup tomorrow at 2pm EDT, please check your time zones to ensure that we are all coordinate as I mistakenly used EST in my last notice (EDT is -4 UTC).
RSVP to Alex Galarza for Skype participation.
Here are a number of links of interest that are related to author Peter Alegi’s research and book:
New York Times “South Africans Push to Make the World Cup Their Own”
Dennis Brutus on Facebook Excerpts from Peter’s lecture at the Alan Paton Memorial Lecture
Radio Interview on France International
Visit the publisher’s page on African Soccerscapes for even more links and press related to the book.
