Friday, 17 February 2017
5.00 pm
Markwart Herzog, Schwabenakademie Irsee, Germany/Dominik Schaller, Heidelberg University, Germany: Welcome and Introduction
I. SOUTH-EAST EUROPE
5.15 pm
Enika Abazi/Albert Doja, University of Lille, France: The Global Politics of Pride and Prejudice. Hooliganism, Nationalism and Racism of a Local Football Game between Serbia and Albania
6.00 pm
Catalin Parfene, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France: National Identity and Nation-Building in Interwar Romania. The National Football Team between “Foreigners” and Romanianization
6.45 pm Dinner
Saturday, 18 February 2017
9.00 am
Luke Hodges-Ramon, University College London’s School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies (SSEES), London, UK: Golden Team and Nationalist Dreams. The Politics of Hungarian Football Past, Present and Future
9.45 am
Octavian Ticu, Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova: Why the Moldovans don’t Play Football? Football and Empire/State-Building in the Moldovan SSR (1944–1989)
10.30 am Coffee Break
10.45 am
Mikayel Zolyan, Brusov State University of Linguistics and Social Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia: Football Nationalism in the USSR. Ararat-73 and Football Nationalism in Soviet Armenia
11.30 am
Can Evren, Duke University, Durham (North Carolina), USA: The Nation against “Europe”. Football and Nationalism in Turkey
II. OVERSEAS COUNTRIES
12.15 pm
Christian Tagsold, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany: The Samurai Spirit of Nadeshiko Japan. The Women’s National Team, 3/11 and Nationalism in Japan
1.00 pm Lunch
2.00 pm
Alexander Koch, FIFA, Communications & Public Affairs, Zurich, Switzerland: Guided Tour. The FIFA Headquarters
3.30 pm
Omer Einav, Tel Aviv University, Israel: Both Sides of the Field. Football and the Relations between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, 1917–1929
4.15 pm Coffee Break
4.30 pm
Ilan Rachum, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel: Brazilian "futebol". An Agent of Nation-Building that has Lost its Drive?
5.15 pm
Gary Armstrong/Holly Collison, Brunel University West London, UK: Settlers, Kings and Lesser Players. Football and the Nation of Liberia, West Africa
6.00 pm Key Note
Todd Cleveland, University of Arkansas, USA: Migrants and Patriots. Football Players and Nation-Building in Lusophone Africa across the Colonial/Post-Colonial Divide
6.45 pm Dinner
Sunday, 19 February 2017
9.00 am
Carl Rommel, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK: A Successful Bubble for the Nation’s Normal. Notes on the Emotional Politics of Football Mubarak’s Egypt
9.45 am
Sudipto Mitra, School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University, India: The Nation and its Embodiments. Mohammedan Sporting in Bengal
10.30 am Coffee Break
10.45 am
Derek Catsam, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USA: BRICS, Bats, and Balls. Nation-Building and the Politics of Mega-Sporting Events in the BRICS Countries
11.30 am
Round Table: Systematic Perspectives
12.00 Noon Lunch – End of Conference – Departure
– Program is Subject to Change –
CHAIR
Markwart Herzog, Schwabenakademie Irsee
Dominik J. Schaller, Heidelberg University
VENUE
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REGISTRATION & INFORMATION
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FEE
Due to funds generously provided by FIFA no conference fee will be charged.
ACCOMMODATION
Participants are requested to organise accommodation themselves.