While We’re Waiting for Kick Off: The Aesthetics of Football

Thursday 19th June, from 9am to 4.15pm
The Lupino Screening Room, University of Kent, Canterbury

The Aesthetics Research Centre invite you to a symposium on Thursday 19th June

Programme
09.00- 10.00: Graham McFee, University of Brighton/California State University,Fullerton
– The Not-So-Beautiful Game
10.00 -10.15: Coffee
10.15-11.15: Steffen Borge, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
– This is Anfield: The Fictional Character of Football
11.15-11.30: Coffee
11.30-12.30: Stephen Mumford, University of Nottingham
– A Beautiful Game? The Aesthetics of Football
12.30-14.00: Lunch
14.00-15.00: Emily Ryall, University of Gloucestershire
¬ – Good Games and Penalty Shoot-Outs
15.00-15.15: Coffee
15.15-16.15: David Papineau, King’s College London
– The Perspective of a Football Supporter
17.00: Dinner on campus
20.00- 22.30: England vs. Uruguay

All are welcome to attend. Attendance is free of charge. However, as space is limited, please let us know by 10th June if you wish to attend: steffen.borge@ntnu.no or M.B.Vaage@kent.ac.uk

Organisers
Margrethe Bruun Vaage, Murray Smith, Aesthetics Research Centre, School of Arts, University of Kent
Steffen Borge, USE Understanding Sport Engagement Project, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Sponsors
British Society for Aesthetics
Aesthetics Research Centre, School of Arts, University of Kent