Events

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2024 Jan 30

Conference: Fighting Racism and Creating Gender Equity in European Football

Tue - Thu, Jan 30 to Feb 1, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Location: 

Nottingham, UK

The expansion of football/soccer has coincided with an increase in the different types of people who play the game. Women and Players of Color now occupy a very prominent position in the sport. Increased diversity has been received with enthusiasm by many, while others have been less receptive to inclusivity. Part of the challenge of diversity is understanding the different stakeholders in the sport and how they understand questions of inclusion. Clearly, one important stakeholder group are the players and another group are the...

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2022 Nov 30

Book talk: "White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity"

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138

CMES, WCFIA, WIGH and the Department of Sociology are pleased to present

Lilian Thuram
French author and former professional footballer

What does it mean to be white? Beyond just a skin colour, is it also a way of thinking? If so, how did it come about, and why?

In White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity, drawing on history, personal experience and activist literature, the former...

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2022 Jan 30

January-May 2022, Spring Workshops: "Race, the Justice System and Sports"

12:45pm

Location: 

online only

January-May 2022, Spring Workshops: Race, the Justice System and Sports

With David Harris (Managing Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice ,Harvard Law School), Carl Suddler (Assistant Professor of African American History, Florida Atlantic University), Nicole Butler and Toby Lelliott, and Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks Minnesota Vikings

Featuring Minnesota Viking stars Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks and involving academics,...

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2021 Sep 27

Power in Sports Discussion Group- Sports and Capitalism

(All day)

Location: 

Online

In the second week of the discussion, we will explore the issue of sports and capitalism. Modern sports developed during a time that capitalism has reigned around the world, but to think of sports solely with the framework of global capitalism fails to recognize the myriad of ways that people interact through games and sporting competitions. One of the ways to think about this relationship is to consider how large business interests have become increasingly involved in the...

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2020 Oct 22

Athletes' Voices Webinar: Voting, Political Action, and Involvement:  Locally, Nationally, Globally - Athletes Influencing the Vote

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

Online only

Athletes' Voices Pitch for Change Speaker SeriesVoting, Political Action, and Involvement: 
Locally, Nationally, Globally - Athletes Influencing the Vote

The webinar will address the role of athletes in driving social change at the...

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2020 Apr 30

WIGH Fellows Presentation: Malcolm Jenkins, “Little Africa and the Tulsa Massacre: Discovering the Historical Legacy"  

1:30pm to 2:30pm

“Little Africa and the Tulsa Massacre: Discovering the Historical Legacy"  
Malcolm Jenkins, WIGH Visiting Fellow; New Orleans Saints; Founder, Malcolm Jenkins Foundation

Malcolm Jenkins is developing a documentary film project on the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, which destroyed the wealthiest Black community in America at the time, often known as "Black Wall Street." Jenkins, along with collaborator ...

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