The Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture has been co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University and the Dr. William M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History at the Newberry Library since it originated in 1995 under the co-direction of Steven Riess and Patrick Miller. The seminar is intended to bring together scholars from a variety of fields to share their research into the history, sociology, literature, anthropology and economics of sport.
We have welcomed comparative as well as interdisciplinary perspecitves, and considered the development of sport within diverse cultural settings. To date, the seminar has hosted more than 50 scholars, whose topics range beyond the playing fields to such issues as the social construction of masculinity or the relationship between sport and ethnic identity.
The seminar meets at the Newberry Library, 60 West Walton, Chicago, IL.
2007 - 2008 Schedule of Presenters
2007 - 2008 Schedule of Presenters
If you are interested in attending or delivering a paper, please contact Professor Steven A. Riess at s-riess@neiu.edu or scholl@newberry.org