[ecrea] Sports media & femininity symposium

Registration for*New research agendas for the **study of sports media 
(re)presentation(s) of sportswomen **and femininity*/, /a**BSA Early 
Career Forum event, will close on /_Thursday, 5th October 2018_/.


The event, which will take place on /_Friday, _//_12th 
Octo_//_ber 2018_/ in the Hedley Suite, Sandyford Building atNorthumbria 
University, Newcastle, is a one day symposium provides an 
inter/cross-disciplinary platform to explore different ways we come to 
know, understand, collaborate on and communicate research of the 
gendered nature of sports media, in particular the representation of 
femininity. It will be of interest to early career researchers and 
academics from range of disciplines who are interested in exploring the 
construction of gendered identity in modern mediated sport, and who 
would like to make an ongoing contribution to an inter-disciplinary 
understanding of sports media.

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*Keynote speaker*

+Dr Beth Fielding-Lloyd (Sheffield University)


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*Keynote panel*

+ Dr Carrie Dunn, author The Roar of the Lionesses; Jen O’Neill, editor 
SheKicks magazine; Dr Beccy Watson, Leeds Beckett University, Kath 
Woodward, Emeritus Professor The Open University;


Presentations*

+ Dr Naz Ali (University of East London): De-orientialist 
Representations of Muslim Sportswomen and Femininity in Sports Media: An 
Orientalist Challenge

+ Dr Ali Bowes (Loughborough College) & Dr Niamh Kitching  (Limerick 
Institute of Technology): "Battle of the Sixes": Investigating Media 
Representations of Female Professional Golfers competing in a Men's Tour 
Event

+ Alex Culvin (University of Central Lancashire): New Realities of 
Professional Women Footballers in England
+ Dr Gary James (De Montfort University): Women, Football and the Media: 
Reflections 1970 to 2018

+ Sandra Kyeremeh (University of Padova): "Black women's sporting bodies 
in Italian sport. An intersectional approach to Italian Sport

+ Pete Lansley (University of Derby): Utilising experiential learning to 
underpin the University of Derby's bid to break down gender stereotypes 
within football journalism

+ Elizabeth McLaughlin & Dr Kathryn Burnett (both University of the West 
of Scotland): "A Women's Game? Maybe aye. Maybe naw": Examining the 
gendered context of Scotland's sports journalism learning through the 
/Girls Do Sport /project

+ Anamaria Nicola (University of Bucharest): Women reporters are 
excluded from "serious" beats in the only sports paper left in Romania


[Please note that the programme published on the website and highlighted 
here in this email should be considered provisional. Every effort will 
be made to minimise changes but unavoidable scheduling requirements 
can necessitate changes to the participation of speakers that are beyond 
our control].


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***Event Details:*

Venue Conference: Hedley Suite, Sandyford Building, Northumbria 
University City Campus, Newcastle, NE1 8ST

Date: Friday 12 October 2018

Time: 9am-5pm

BSA Members: £5; Non-members: £15 (Lunch and refreshment provided)
To book tickets, please visit the BSA website, here 
<https://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa-events/new-research-agendas-for-the-study-of-sports-media-re-presentation-s-of-sportswomen-and-femininity/>.
For further information, please contact: 
(roger.domeneghetti /at/ northumbria.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(roger.domeneghetti /at/ northumbria.ac.uk)>
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