12th Symposium on Sports, Society, & Culture

Date and Time

July 11 - July 14, 2023
All day

Location

International Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, 270 65, Ilia, Greece

Poster for the 2023 iteration of the Symposium. Air view of the International Olympic Academy's premises in the evening. Information includes the organizers' logos, topic, location and dates of the Symposium.

Full title:

"Female Athletes, Women's Sport, and the Olympic Experience": 12th Symposium on Sports, Society, & Culture

Organized by:

CHS USInternational Olympic Academy (IOA), CHS Greece, Region of Western Greece

Language:

English

Academic Coordination:

Charles Stocking (University of Western Ontario & CHS), Stamatia Dova (Hellenic College Holy Cross & CHS), and Heather Reid (Exedra Mediterranean Center), Angela Schneider (University of Western Ontario), Effimia Karakantza (University of Patras) as speakers

Synopsis:

This year's Symposium, the 12th in the Sports, Society, and Culture series, will bring together scholars from around the world and students from Greece and Cyprus to Olympia and the IOA state-of-art premises to participate in plenary and breakout sessions designed to generate stimulating discussions on the role of women in sports and the Olympics. Through analyzing the experience of female athletes within and without Olympic contexts and examining the cultural poetics of women's sports from classical antiquity to the modern era, the group will have the chance to gain an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the 2023 topic. Learn more about the 12th Symposium on Sports, Society, and Culture.