UPCOMING EVENTS
~Sports, Race and Power Conference
October 28, 29, 30, 2009
***REGISTER TODAY!***
The Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality (RNREI) is a program of Duke's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Social Sciences, an affiliate of the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). The conference is scheduled to be held October 28-30th, 2009. The conference will focus on the history of desegregation of intercollegiate and professional sports, Africa and the World Cup, the interplay between racial inequality in the society at large and in the arena of competitive athletics, and questions of authority and hierarchy in the management, administration and coaching of sports programs.
Sponsored by:
Office of the Vice Provost, Social Science Research Institute, Office for Institutional Equity, Office of the Provost, Josiah Trent Foundation, and the Center for French and Francophone Studies., Mary Lou Williams Center, Department of African and African American Studies.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Wednesday, October 28th
Mary Lou Williams Center, 7:00 p.m.
*Parking available at Bryan Center parking deck*
William Rhoden, The New York Times with Bomani Jones, on-air personality, “Black Athletes are Slaves”
Thursday, October 29th
Nelson Music Room, 1:00 p.m.
*Free parking available at Erwin Mill Building- a short walk to East campus*
Welcome and Moderator – Timothy Diette, Washington and Lee University
1:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Opening
Rhonda V. Sharpe, “Economics of Sports”, Bennett College
1:35 p.m.- 2:50 p.m.
Africa and the Global Sports Economy
Paul Darby, “Ghanaian Labour in the Global Football Economy”, University of Ulster, England
Peter Alegi, “African Soccerscapes and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa”, Michigan State University
Gerard Akindes, “Football and Media in Francophone West Africa”, Ohio University
2:50 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
The Black Athlete: A Historical Perspective
Michael Lomax,”The Code of Black Professionalism Among Major League Baseball Players in the 1960s” University of Iowa
Kip Branch, “How the Athlete was born: The Research and Writing Behind ‘A Hard Road to Glory,”, Elizabeth City State University
4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
White Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
“The Soccer Project” – A Documentary Film with Rebekah Ferguson, Gwendolyn Oxenham, Luke Boughan and Ryan White
Friday, October 30th
Terry Sanford School of Public Policy, Rhodes Conference Room, 2nd floor, 9:15 a.m.
*Free parking at Science Drive lot until Noon~ otherwise Bryan Center for a small fee*
Welcome~ Timothy Diette, Moderator, Washington and Lee University
9:15 a.m.- 10:40 a.m.
Race, Genetics and Doping
John Hoberman, “Racial Athletic Aptitude and the New Racial Genetics” University of Texas at Austin
Doriane Coleman, “The World Anti-Doping Agency’s “Athlete Biological Passport”, Duke Law
James Coleman, “The Disparate treatment of Street Drugs and Doping Drugs”, Duke Law
10:40 a.m.- 10:55 a.m.
Break
10:55 a.m.- 11:55 a.m.
Significance of Racially Integrated School Teams
Charles Clotfelter, “Mass Entertainment and Teaching by Example”, Duke University
Stuart Albright, “Race and Football in High School Sports”, Jordan High School
11:55 a.m.- 1:15 p.m.
Lunch in Rhodes Conference Room
1:15 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
Race, Power & Sports
C. Richard King, Author of “Encountering the Undead: Racial Politics, Sport Spectacles, and Cultural Critique’, Washington State University
Earl Smith,“Power and Privilege, Race and Exploitation: The Athletic Industrial Complex”, Wake Forest University
2:50 p.m.- 4:05 p.m.
Harry Edwards, “The Black Athlete: An Uncertain Future Consistent with a Misrepresented Path”, University of California at Berkeley
4:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks with William Darity and Laurent Dubois, Duke University
