HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER

presents

Soccer as the Beautiful Game:
Football's Artistry, Identity & Politics

Thursday-Saturday
April 10-12, 2014

New York Cosmos

Football Scholars Forum

Love Futbol

Coaches Across Continents

Soccer Without Borders

Hofstra University Women's Soccer Team

Hofstra University Men's Soccer Team

Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure in Society

An international conference - in anticipation of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil - exploring the historical, social, political, economic, cultural and humanitarian aspects of the world's most popular sport.

Topics might include, but are not limited to:

• History of the Game
• The World Cup
• Personalities
• Television and Revenue
• FIFA and Governance
• Women and Soccer
• Corruption and Match-Fixing
• Gender and Sexuality
• Visual and Literary Representations of the Game
• Soccer and Politics
• Science and Technology
• Youth Soccer and Hooliganism
• Fan Clubs and Identity
• Journalists, Commentators and the Media
• Semiotics of Soccer
• Soccer and Religion
• Science and Technology
• Youth Soccer and Academies
• Racism, Violence and Hooliganism
• Fan Clubs and Identity
• Journalists, Commentators and the Media
• Semiotics of Soccer
• Soccer and Religion
• Cosmos: Past and Present

Conference Directors:

Dr. Brenda Elsey
Associate Professor of History
Hofstra University
brenda.elsey@hofstra.edu

Dr. Stanislao Pugliese
Professor of History and
Queensboro UNICO Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies
Hofstra University
stanislao.pugliese@hofstra.edu