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Schedule

Thursday, September 21

time event location
3:00–4:30 p.m.

Open House:

  • This open house will display sports-related materials from the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections and the Iowa Women's Archive.
 UI Libraries Special Collections and Archives (3rd Floor, UI Main Library)
6:30–7:30 p.m.

Keynote Address:

  • Samantha N. Sheppard (Cornell University), Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor: "Just 'Bout That Action, Boss: The Televisual Politics and Pleasures of Marshawn Lynch"
 Iowa City FilmScene at the Chauncey
7:30–9:30 p.m.

Screening of Lynch: A History, followed by discussion

This film is a kaleidoscopic look at newly retired NFL star Marshawn Lynch and his use of silence as a form of protest.

 Iowa City FilmScene at the Chauncey

Friday, September 22

Time event location
10:15 a.m. –1:00 p.m.

Welcomes and Panel #1: Imagining Belonging

  • Michael Butterworth (University of Texas, Austin): "The Team That United a City: On Sports Documentaries and the Rhetorical Construction of Unity"

  • Theresa Runstedtler (American University): "Black vs. White Ball: Race and the 1974 NBA Finals"

  • Abraham Kahn (University of Arkansas): “Sundays and Saturdays: Brian Flores, The Epistemology of Ignorance, and the Racial Politics of Labor in the National Football League”
  • Moderated by Ashley Loup (University of Iowa)
 Iowa City Public Library (Rooms A, B, and C)
1:00–2:30 p.m. Lunch on your own  
2:30–4:00 p.m.

Welcome:

  • Dean Sara Sanders, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Keynote Address:

  • Victoria E. Johnson (University of California, Irvine), Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor: "'I Was Raised on this Sport': Football and Female Expertise” 
    Note: This speaker will be joining us via Zoom.

UI Stanley Museum of Art
4:30–6:00 p.m.

Publishing Fair and Reception:

  • In addition to snacks and drinks, this informal reception will include booths from university presses that publish work on sport.
 Adler Journalism Building atrium

Saturday, September 23

time event location
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Panel #2: Athletes and Resistance 

  • Adrian Burgos (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign): "In Clemente's Wake: Afro-Latino Ballplayers and the Quest for Respect"

  • Noah Cohan (Washington University in St. Louis): “Raising a Glass Helmet: How Black Athletes and Artists Resist Football’s Head Gear”

  • Jaime Schultz (Penn State University): "Consumed: On Women, Distance Running, Disordered Eating, and Illness Narratives"

  • Moderated by Glenn Houlihan (University of Iowa)

 Iowa City Public Library (Rooms A, B, and C)
12:00–1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own  
1:00–2:30 p.m.

Panel #3: Political Activism

  • Travers (Simon Fraser University): “Trans Participation in Sport: The Fight to Include Us in Public Life”

  • Douglas Hartmann (University of Minnesota): "Documenting and Rethinking the Impact of Protest through Sport: The Case of WNBA Activism in the 2020 Georgia Senate Race"

  • Jason Kido Lopez (University of Wisconsin–Madison): "Constructing Crisis in Women’s Sports: Outkick’s 'Anti-Woke' Sports Media Brand"

  • Moderated by Janeanne Levenstein (University of Iowa)

 Iowa City Public Library (Rooms A, B, and C)
2:30–3:00 p.m. Closing Reflections Iowa City Public Library (Rooms A, B, and C)

Accessibility statement

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Erin Hackathorn in advance at (319) 335-4034 or erin-hackathorn@uiowa.edu.