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>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:45:27 -0500
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>Please help! I would like to post the following information on your list
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>Thank you,
>Beth McGee
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>NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORTS AND SOCIETY
>JULY 8-10, 1999
>
>In conjunction with the 1998-1999 Centennial Celebration Vital Issues Forum
>series, Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, will host its
>inaugural International Conference on Sports and Society, July 8-10, 1999.
>The conference will feature panels of peer-reviewed papers and a limited
>number of invited presentations by sports professionals. Papers selected
>for presentation will be grounded in a wide variety of disciplines
>including, but not limited to: anthropology, broadcasting, exercise
>science, folklore, film studies, literature, marketing, philanthropy,
>philosophy, popular culture, public relations, psychology, recreation,
>rhetoric, and sociology. The focus may vary from participation to spectator
>involvement in individual or team sports. Interdisciplinary approaches are
>especially welcomed.
>
>Selected proceedings from the conference may be published as a special
>volume by the Northern Michigan University Press in 2000.
>
>Those interested in submitting a paper or a panel of papers for
>consideration should send a 250-400 word abstract by April 1, 1999 for each
>paper being proposed for presentation to:
>
>Dr. Donald Rybacki, Head
>Department of Communications and Performance Studies
>Northern Michigan University
>1401 Presque Isle Avenue
>Marquette, Michigan 49855
>
>Some possible themes include: Collective Bargaining and Sports, Ethics and
>Sports, Fandom and Sports, History of Sport, Images of Sport in Film and
>Television, Literature and Sport, Olympic Sports, Sports and Culture,
>Sports Marketing and Promotion, Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles, and
>Women in Sports.
>
>Northern Michigan University is located in Marquette on the south shore of
>Lake Superior in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. It's home to the
>United States Olympic Education Center; the Superior Dome, the world's
>largest wooden dome covering five acres; and the alma mater of such notable
>sports figures as University of Michigan head football coach Lloyd Carr,
>Michigan State University's head basketball coach Tom Izzo, and San
>Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci.
>
>For additional information about the conference, contact the conference
>coordinator, Dr. Donald Rybacki, via e-mail at [log in to unmask], telephone
>(906) 227-1655, or fax (906) 227-2071.
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>Communications and Marketing
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