Soccer Politics

Spring 2010 Events at Duke University

Looking Ahead to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Sponsored by the Concilium on Southern Africa in collaboration with the Soccer Politics Series

February 8:

Screening of Fahrenheit 2010

Room 240 Franklin Humanities Institute, 12:00 Noon

Lunch will be served

Fahrenheit 2010 provides a critical exploration of the economics and politics surrounding the planning of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

February 26:

Screening of More Than Just a Game

With an Introduction by and Q & A with director Chuck Korr

Room 240 Franklin Humanities Institute, 4:oo p.m.

Chuck Korr is the author of More Than Just a Game, a book about the soccer league built by political prisoners at South Africa’s notorious Robben Island during apartheid. He will be presenting his new film, which is based on the book.

February 27

Workshop on Football in Africa, with Grant Farred and Jesse Shipley

Rhodes Conference Room, Sanford School

9:30-11:30: Discussion of Paper by Grant Farred

12:00-1:00: Lunch Break

1:00-3:00: Presentation and discussion of film clips from documentary in progress on Ghana’s national football team by Jesse Shipley

Looking Back: Fall 2009 Soccer Politics Events

Click here to See Videos and Photos from the Lilian Thuram Visit, November 9-13, 2009

Download the Soccer Politics Series Poster from Fall 2009

Download the Lilian Thuram Poster

SOCCER POLITICS SPONSORS at DUKE UNIVERSITY: Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Franklin Humanities Institute, Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation, Center for French and Francophone Studies, Athletics Department, Center for International Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Documentary Studies, Concilium on Southern Africa, Center for Global Studies, The Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality and the Social Science Research Institute, and the Departments of Cultural Anthropology and History.