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Beautiful Games? Putting the World Back in the World Cup
7th June 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
FreeNew York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK) presents “Beautiful Games? Putting the World Back in the World Cup,” a one-day symposium on the global phenomenon that is the World Cup! The 2018 FIFA Men’s World Cup opens June 14 in Russia, with the host nation taking on Saudi Arabia. The month-long tournament is expected to attract a global television audience of more than 3 billion-with more than a billion tuning in for the championship match on July 15.
This IPK symposium will feature a variety of scholars and scribes, including the Atlantic’s Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World; columnist Mona Eltahawy, author of Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution; and NBC’s Roger Bennett, co-author of Men In Blazers Present Encyclopedia Blazertannica: A Suboptimal Guide to Soccer, America’s “Sport of the Future” since 1972.
In a series of panels, such as “The World without US,” “Cosmopolitans and Tribes,” and “Continent Afire,” the event will ask: When we tune in to the World Cup this summer, what are we watching? And as we cheer our teams’ goals and mourn their heartbreak, what is it that we’re doing?
Kick off the World Cup with leading soccer scholars and fellow fans at this FREE event!
Date: Thursday, June 7th
Time: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: NYU Institute of Public Knowledge, 20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10003
Cost: This event is FREE but RSVP is required.
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