10-14/07/2019 - Eighth International Scholars’ Symposium: Sports, Society, and Culture (Ancient Olympia, Greece)

The International Olympic Academy (IOA), in cooperation with Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC, and with the support of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, is organizing the Eighth International Scholars’ Symposium in the “Sports, Society, and Culture” series in Ancient Olympia, July 10–14, 2019. As in previous years, the Symposium will host scholars from around the world and bring together students and faculty from Universities in Greece and abroad.

Topic
Building on comparative aspects of earlier themes in the series, the topic of the 2019 Symposium is “Language and Athletics: The Many Discourses of Sport.” As part of the international scholarly exchange on sports, society and politics, the 2019 meeting of the IOA/CHS Symposium examines the multiplicity of discourses pertaining to language and athletics. By exploring the verbal and non-verbal articulation of Olympic contexts, this year's conference brings to Olympia an academic gathering designed to shed new light on the dialogue between the ancient and modern Olympics.

Structure
In addition to lectures, the Symposium places emphasis on the blended learning approach. Students will have access to a list of core readings in advance of the Symposium. Presentations will be followed by workshops during which the students will have the opportunity to discuss the readings and reflect on the themes of the presentations in small groups.

Faculty
This year’s Symposium faculty will include Gregory Nagy (Harvard University and CHS Harvard), Charles Stocking (University of Western Ontario and CHS Harvard), Stamatia Dova (Hellenic College and CHS Harvard), Maša Culumovic (CHS Harvard), Damian Stocking (Occidental College), and Michael Joseph Gross (Vanity Fair).

Participants
The Symposium is open to up to 65 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students, as well as postgraduate students – Masters students and PhD candidates.
Priority will be given to first-time participants.

Participation and Logistics
The International Olympic Academy will facilitate, by bus, the transportation of the participants from Athens to Olympia on Wednesday, July 10 and from Olympia to Athens on Sunday, July 14.
Accommodation (double room) and meals (breakfast and lunch on the IOA premises) will also be offered by the International Olympic Academy. The IOA and the CHS do not cover airfare and other incidental expenses associated with the presence and participation in the symposium, beyond those described above.
This is a non-fee based event, and the participants will be given certificates of attendance during the closing ceremony of the Symposium.

Further details:
https://chs.harvard.edu