8th International Symposium for Olympic Research
The International Centre for Olympic Studies at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Canada announces its 8th International Symposium for Olympic Research to be held on the Western campus from Thursday evening, 19 October through Saturday, 21 October 2006. This is a call to all scholars interested in presenting a research paper at the symposium on sociocultural Olympic themes, to submit an abstract of their study. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 May 2006. Please send submissions to Robert K. Barney, Interim Director of ICOS, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A-3K7, and/or by email to <rkbarney@uwo.ca>, and/or by FAX--519-661-4148. Notification of those subjissions accepted for lkpresentation will be rendered by 15 June 2006. A fully completed and final text of those submissions accepted for presentation must be in the hands of the Symposium organizers by no later than 1 September 2006. The fully refereed and edited Proceedings of the Symposium, entitled "Cultural Imperialism in Action---Critiques of the Global Olympic Trust: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Olympic Research" will be available to participants upon arrival at the Symposium
Labatt Health Sciences Building Room 40
Welcoming Remarks
Musical Entertainment
20th Ioannides Memorial
Lecture – Keynote Address
Nigel Crowther, “The Spirit of Competition (Agon) in the Olympic Games: From the Ancient to the Modern World”
(Moderator R. Barney)
Reception in Olympic Centre / Lobby
Friday,
October 20
Rusty Wilson, “Douglas Fairbanks and the Birth of
Maynard Brichford, “Olympic Personas”
David Barney & Robert Barney, “A Long Night’s Journey into Day: The Odyssey of the Butterfly Stroke in International Swimming”
(Moderator J. Arbena)
Garth Paton, “James G. B. Merrick (1871-1946):
Sports Organizer, Negotiator,
Tony Bijkerk, “An Olympian Life: Herman Adriaan Van Karnbeek: Dutch IOC Member, a Man for all Seasons”
John Lucas, “Almost the Last American Disciple of Pure Olympic
Games Amateurism: John Jewett
Garland’s Tenure on the International Olympic Committee, 1948-1968”
Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Ian Henry, Eleni Theodoraki, Mansour Al-Tauqi, “Cultural
Imperialism and the Diffusion of Olympic Sport in
Jeffrey Segrave, “Pietro Metastasio’s L’Olimpiade: A Textual
Exegesis and Analysis of the Role of L’Olimpiade
in Olympic Games History”
Helen Lenskyj, “The Olympic (Affordable) Housing Legacy and Social Responsibility"
Friday Evening – Free
Saturday,
October 21 Session 1
Celia Maria Hernández Prado/ Humberto García García,
"History of Olympic Rowing in
Amanda Schweinbenz, “Conspicuously Absent: An Analysis of the Introduction of Lightweight Women’s Rowing onto the 1996 Olympic Program”
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Wanda Wakefield, “The Bobsled Controversy and
Megan Popovic, “From Terje to the Flying Red Tomato: Snowboarding's Incorporation into the Olympic Games”
Richard Baka, "The Olympic Winter Institute of
Piervincenzo Bondonio, Nadia Campaniello, “Torino 2006. What Kind of Olympic Winter Games Were They? A Preliminary Account from an Organizational and Economic Perspective”
Cheri Bradish, “Marketing the Olympic Rings: Examining the Marketing Impacts and Expectations of the 2006 and 2010 Olympic Winter Games”
Betsy Hanley, “'No Passion at the Palavela:' Sonia Bianchetti Garbato and Figure Skating’s New Judging System”
Tony Church, “Owning More Than the Podium? An Examination of the Policy Network Surrounding Canada’s Most Recent Olympic Athlete Funding Program”
Christine O’Bonsawin, “The Conundrum of `Ilaanaq’:
First Nations Representation and the 2010
Cesar Torres, “A Persistent Desire:
An Account of
Saturday,
October 21 Session 2
Otavio Tavares, “Olympic Values in the Twenty-First Century: Between Continuity and Change”
Stephan Wassong, “Olympic Education: Fundamentals, Success and Failures”
Leif Yttergren, "J. Sigdrid Edstrøm and the Nurmi Affair of 1932: The Struggle of the Amateur Fundamentalists against Professionalism in the Olympic Movement"
Heather Reid, “Of Sport, Service, and Sacrifice: Reviving the Religious Heritage of the Olympic Games"
Chrysostomos Giannoulakis, David Stotlar, “Evolution of Olympic Sponsorship and Its Impact on the Olympic Movement”
Byron Peacock, "Avoiding Olympic Imperialism: Shedding
Trickle-Down Olymponomics. In Favor of 'All Sports for All People'"
Heather Dichter, “Where De-Nazification and Democratization
Intersect: The State Department and
Foreign Office’s Role in the Re-
Formation of the German Olympic Committee”
Fred Mason, “A `New-Found’ Olympic Nation:
Angela Schneider, The
Ideal Olympic Athlete: Some Thoughts
and Reflections on Gender Differences
Charlene Weaving, “`Up the Slope Without a Pole’: An Examination of the Relationship Between Fair Play and Gender Norms at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games”
Sarah Teetzel, “Equality, Equity, and Inclusion: Issues in Women
and Transgendered Athletes' Participation at the Olympics”
Kevin Wamsley/Gordon MacDonald, “Child's Play: Decreasing Size and Increasing Risk in Women's Olympic Gymnastics”