De Montfort University FIFA Master 25th Anniversary Conference - 'The Olympic Games in Focus
Registration is now open to attend either in person OR online this special conference hosted by the International Centre for Sports History and Culture and the CIES to mark the 25th anniversary edition of the FIFA Master.
Date: Wednesday 30th October 2024 from 14:00 – 17:30 (UK Time)
Location: De Montfort University, Leicester, Hugh Aston Building
Registration details (both for online access or to attend in person) are available at this link.
(Please note that registration to attend this FREE EVENT will close 1 hour before the event starts)
The full confirmed programme for the conference is as follows:
- Opening remarks and welcome by Mr Pierre Cornu (President of the CIES Foundation Council) and Ms Jill Cowley (Pro Vice-Chancellor / Dean of Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities)
- Professor Martin Polley – “The Pioneers: Early Black British Olympians”.
- Emeritus Professor Richard Holt – “Paris 1924: The First Modern Olympics?”
- Dr Heather Dichter – “After Denver: How Innsbruck Became the Host of the 1976 Olympic Winter Games”.
- FIFA Master Alumni Ms. Primrose Mhunduru (International Olympic Committee Gender Equality and Inclusion Manager) in conversation.
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Organised by CIES in partnership with De Montfort University (UK), SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy) and the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland).
