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

April 3, 2023
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.

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.

Organized by the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC, Harvard University (CHS US), the International Olympic Academy (IOA), CHS Greece, and the Region of Western Greece, this year's Symposium is entitled "Female Athletes, Women's Sport, and the Olympic Experience" (11-14 July 2023, Olympia, Greece). It brings together scholars from around the world and students from Greece and Cyprus to focus on the role of women in sports and the Olympics and its evolution from antiquity to the modern world.

It is addressed –free of charge– to 40 undergraduate and postgraduate (masters and PhD) students from a list of eligible departments in Greece and Cyprus.

Learn more about the Symposium, its speakers, program, and application procedure.

International Olympic Academy logoCenter for Hellenic Studies in the US logoLogo of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece, Harvard University.Logo of the Region of Western Greece.

See also: Ancient Greece, Classics, Modern Greece, Social Sciences, Sports, Events & Conferences, Undergraduate students non-Harvard, Graduate students non-Harvard, Pre-doc researchers