Satellite Symposium: Social Aspects of Sport in Southeastern Europe: Never-ending Transitions

...an opportunity for all social sciences and humanities scholars, interested in sports-related topics to connect with colleagues from the region (and beyond) in addition to scientific presentations and discussions.

The symposium will be held within the Conference in Opatija, on Saturday, September 18, 2021. The keynote lecture will be presented by one of the most prominent researchers in this field, Prof. Emeritus Jay Coakley. The 13^th edition of his well-known textbook "Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies" is published in 2020!  

One of the introductory lectures for the symposium will be presented by Dr. Richard Mills, the author of the book "The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism and the State" released in 2017.  More about dr. Mills: https://people.uea.ac.uk/r_mills.

Another introductory lecturer is Prof. Radosław Kossakowski, Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of Institute of Sociology at Gdańsk University, Chair of the Scientific Council of Sociology at the University of Gdańsk. More about Prof. Kossakowski: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Radoslaw-Kossakowski