THE CHICAGO SEMINAR ON SPORT AND CULTURE

Schedule of Presenters 2007-2008

 

•           October 26, 2007

 

"Mexican Cockfighting, Working .Class Masculinity, and Culture."

Jerry Garcia, Michigan State University

    For a copy of this paper, please contact Steven Riess.

•           November 16, 2007

 

"'Marvel of Fleetness and Grace': Paavo Nurmi and his 1925 American Exhibition Tour."

Daniel Nathan, Skidmore College

 

•           March 7, 2008

 

"Tales of Class and Character: Caspar Whitney and the Policing of Amateurism and Sportsmanship, 1888-1913."

Tara Kathleen Kelly, Mayers Fellow, Huntington Library

 

•           April 11, 2008

 

"The National Bowling Association and Black Bowlers in Southern California."

 L'Tonya Rease Miles, UCLA

 

            May 16, 2008

 

"Dear Mr. Atlas': The Construction of the Masculine Self through the Bodybuilding Autobiography and Letter Writing, 1899-1945."

Dominique Padurano, The Horace Mann School

 

•           June 6, 2008

 

"Technologies of Gender & Active Female Physicality."

 Jaime Schultz, University of Maryland

 

 

For more information, contact:

 

Steven A. Riess                                    Gerald R, Gems                        Jenny Butler

Northeastern Illinois University  North  Central College  Newberry Library

773/442 5631                                      630/637-5502                          312/255-3524

s-riess@neiu.edu                                  grgems@noctrl.edu                   butlerj@newberry.org

 

The seminar meets at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton, Chicago, from 3:30-5 PM. The sessions are free and open to the public.