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Fanatics! Football and Popular Culture in Europe
The Manchester Institute for Popular Culture, 11,12,13 June 1996
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Manchester Institute for Popular Culture, a research unit at the Manchester Metropolitan University, is to hold a major international football conference coinciding with the 1996 European Football Championship.
Fanatics! will put supporters centre stage, celebrating football fandom, popular culture and considering the many problems which the game and its fans face. The conference will look to the past, exploring the export, migration, tradition and change in football culture; it will look at the present, discussing contemporary developments in football fandom in Europe; and it will look to the future asking what the game's relationship to its fans will be like in years to come. Focusing on the rich history, diversity and unifying nature of football's culture, it will also encourage delegates to share their experiences of football supporting.
Fanatics! topics will include
Cultural traditions and diversity in European fandom
Fanatics! provides accomodation in the heart of Manchester during the Championships, incorporating a series of events including celebrity speakers, football exhibition, football heritage trail, a football film festival and night time activities. Fanatics! is part of the Manchester Soccer City 96 Football Festival.
If you would like to present a paper at the above Conference, contact Adam Brown with details of the subject of your paper, your name, institution and telephone number.
Adam Brown,
Manchester Institute for Popular Culture,
Manchester Metroplitan University,
Cavendish Building,
Cavendish St.,
Manchester M15 6BX
Tel: 0161 247 3443
Fax 0161 247 6360
Email: mipc@mmu.ac.uk