Keynote Speaker,
Simon Kuper
Friday, December 4, 2009
Simon Kuper has been a sports columnist for the Financial Times since 2002. His books include the award-winning Football Against the Enemy (1994), Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe during the Second World War (2003), Retourtjes Netherland (2006) and, with, Stefan Szymanski, Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia – and even Iraq – Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport (2009).
Featured Speakers
Saturday, December 5, 2009 3:30 pm
“State of Play: Football Journalists and the Global Game”
David Goldblatt is the author of the acclaimed The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football (2007). He also writes for Prospect and Granta magazines.
Sid Lowe is a Madrid-based writer who contributes to the Guardian, Four Four Two, World Soccer, and the Telegraph. He also appears on Spanish, Asian and American television as a football commentator and holds a doctorate in history.
John Doyle is columnist for Toronto’s Globe and Mail. He has reported on major international football tournaments. His forthcoming book is entitled The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer.
Historica Chair in Canadian History Annual Speaker Series
“Football North of 49: Canada and the Global Game”
Thursday, December 3, 2009 7:30 pm
Paul James, Head Coach, York University
Jason Zorbas, Department of History, University of Saskatchewan
Jay Scherer, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta
Pablo Idahosa, African Studies and Development Studies, York University
