Working Group Schedule

Below is a list of meetings for the current term. If you would like to present in any of the open slots, then please email us at admin@sportanthro.org.

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Add these events to your calendar

Spring 2025:

(Note that times other than 10:00 EST/15:00 GMT are in bold)

Date (Provisional) Time NameSession Type(Provisional) Title
16th Jan10:00 EST / 15:00 GMTEveryoneAll-Members Meeting2025 Check-In: Plans and Network Organization
30th Jan10:00 EST / 15:00 GMTJosh RubinPaper-in-ProgressAnthropology and Evocative Significance: Art, Sport, and Aesthetics
13th Feb12:00 EST / 17:00 GMTEsra SarıoğluPresentationAffective Surge at Freibad: Embodied Encounters in Berlin’s Outdoor Public Pools Amidst Europe’s Right-Wing Era
27th Feb11:00 EST / 16:00 GMTSusan BrownellPaper DiscussionTitle TBC
13th March12:00 EDT / 16:00 GMTDaniel UyPhD Proposal PresentationLet Me Be Perfectly Queer: Amplifying Narratives of Racialized 2SLGBTQ+ Embodiment and Joy in Powerlifting
27th March11:00 EDT / 15:00 GMTAudrey GilesPaper DiscussionSecondary Traumatic Stress and Community-Based Participatory Research in Sport and Physical Activity
17th April07:00 EDT / 12:00 BSTAarti RatnaSeminar SeriesTitle TBC

Summer 2025:

Date(Provisional) TimeNameSession Type(Provisional) Title
5th-6th JunNAEveryoneINSA Conference!
19th June10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
3rd July10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
17th July10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
31st July10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
14th August10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
28th August10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST

Autumn 2025:

Date(Provisional) TimeNameSession Type(Provisional) Title
9th October10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST
23rd October10:00 EDT / 15:00 BSTAndrei MihailPaper-in-Progress DiscussionThe modernization of Romanian stadiums as a political façade of urban modernization.
6th November10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT
20th November10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT
4th December10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT
18th December10:00 EST / 15:00 GMT