Sport, the
Media and Regional Identity Symposium (Warrington Campus, University of Chester
19 June 2013)
9am-9.30am:
Welcome and Keynote Address (Tony Collins, De Montfort or Stephen Kelly,
Huddersfield)
9.30am-11am: Perspectives
from the English Regions
Lynne Hibberd,
Leeds Metropolitan University:
The role of
regionalism in the London 2012 Paralympic Games
David Williams, De
Montfort University:
Sport and the
Undergrowth: Newspapers and the resurgence of local sport after WWII
Victoria Dawson,
De Montfort University:
Cheerleaders for
Masculinity? Female Journalists in the Northern, Hypermasculine Sphere of Rugby
League Media
11am-12.30pm: Cricket
coverage and regional English identity
Charles Lambert,
University of East London:
Bat and Trap and
the persistence of traditional cricket-like games in South-East England
Duncan Stone,
University of Huddersfield:
Regional Cricket
Identities – The construction of class narratives and their relationship to
contemporary supporters
Mark Rowe, Journalist
and Independent Researcher:
County and other
identities in cricket
12.30pm-1.30pm:
Lunch
1.30pm-3.00pm: The
Celtic Nations
Daryl Leeworthy,
Oxford University:
Breaking the
isolation of the valley: Sport, Regional Identity and the BBC in Inter-War South
Wales
Emer Connolly,
University of Limerick, Ireland:
Gaelic Games and
Regional Identity in the Irish Sports Press
Catriona Parratt,
University of Iowa, USA:
Putting on the
Tartan: An unquiet American, the Noble Savage, and the Highland Laird in Compton
Mankenzie’s The Monarch of the Glen
(Fieldsports and Scottish identity)
3.00pm-4.30pm: Football
and Regional Identity Narratives on the European Mainland
Wojciech Wozniak,
University of Lodz, Poland:
Coal Mines,
‘familoks’ and ‘fusbal’ – On the role of the ‘beautiful game’ in Silesians’
national and regional identity
Jakob Ostergaard
Gentz, University of Southern Denmark:
Odense Boldklub:
Football and Regional Identity in Danish newspapers
Martin Oller
Alonso, University of Rey Juan Carlos, Spain:
Audiovisual
resources and sports prominence in MARCA.com and SPORT.es: analysis of the
matches between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona (2010-11)
4.30pm-5.00pm: Regional
Sport and Identity: An Australian perspective
Peter Lorentzen,
Deakin University, Australia:
An Exercise in
Inclusion: A content analysis of regional Victorian newspapers’ sports articles
18 June
Dance performance
(JL) TV docs (Caroline)
Film festival
Peter’s
Warrington/RL contacts
RL historian
Tony Collins , De
Montfort (keynote?)
