Follow-up Workshop

The Olympics in East Asia: Nationalism, Regionalism, and Globalism on the Center Stage of World Sports

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      Overview

      Title:

      The Olympics in East Asia: Nationalism, Regionalism, and Globalism on the Center Stage of World Sports

      Date:

      October 3 – 4, 2008

      Enquiry:

      (Tel) 203.432.3428
      (Email) anne.letterman@yale.edu

      About the Workshop

      The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics have brought East Asia to the center stage of the global Olympic movement, in celebration and in controversy. However, East Asia’s involvement in the Olympics is century-old, and the Olympic Games, Summer and Winter, have been held in Japan, South Korea, and China a total of five times in recent decades. This international symposium brings together scholars from three continents to consider the historical contributions of East Asia nations to the Olympics and the impact of the Olympics on these East Asian societies.

      Session One:
      Date: October 3, 2008
      Time: 2:00 pm  – 5:30 pm
      Venue: Henry R. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT

      Welcome Reception:
      Date: October 3, 2008
      Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
      Venue: 2nd Floor Common Room, Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT

      Session Two:
      Date: October 4, 2008
      Time: 9:00 pm – 12:30 pm
      Venue: Room 101, Anthropology Building, 10 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT

      Organizer

      William W. Kelly (Yale University) and Susan Brownell (University of Missouri-Saint Louis)

      Sponsers

      The Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University

      Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

      Poster