Football presidents: towards a typology of political cultures – Webinar

Description

L’ULB-CEVIPOL, en collaboration avec l’Instituto Federal Brasilia et Ludens – USP, organise un webinaire ayant pour thème « Football presidents: towards a typology of political cultures ».

Inscription

Mail à envoyer à Jean-Michel De Waele : jean-michel.de.waele[at]ulb.be

Programme

• September 15th

 – 08h Brasilia / 13h Brussels: Introduction by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui and Jean-Michel De Waele

 – 8h15 Brasilia / 13h15 Brussels: “Roundtable one: Are Football Presidents Symbols of their Communities?« 

  President: Jean-Michel De Waele

• Enrico Castro Montes,“Presidents of Barcelona SC: Ecuador and Political disputes”.
• Tommaso Begotti,“‘Il Mago di Campagna’. Paolo Mazza as president of SPAL (1947-1976)”.
• João Sedas Nunes,« Pinto da Costa, a man of many means – football and society under Portugal’ democratic regime.
• Robert Adam,“The Highway to Hell: The Downfall of Romanian football President”.

– 9h45 Brasilia / 14H45 Brussels: Questions and discussions

– 10h 15 Brasilia / 15h 15 Brussels: Coffee Break

 – 10h30 Brasilia / 15h30 Brussels: “Roundtable Two:  Political Careers on Football: Language, Gender, Power”

  President: Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui

• Carmen Rial, Caroline Rocha,“Women’s Football in contexts marked by prohibitions: the trajectory of football club’s presidents in Brazil and France in the 20th century”.
• Kevin Marston,“A very strong lady… – a biographical sketch of Veronica Chan”.
• Livia Magalhaes,“From La Bombonera to Casa Rosada: the political games of Maurício Macri”.
• Jim O’Brien,“The Rise and Rise of Mauricio Macri: Football, Culture and Presidential Politics in Argentina; 1991- 2019”.
• Sergio Varela Hernández, “A team in poverty is a poor team: Politics, power, money and football according to Hank Rhon”.
• Andrea Di Ruzza, Traian Sandu,“Silvio Berlusconi and George Becali, two clubs presidents in politics: Soccer and right populism in Italy and Romania”.

– 12h Brasilia / 17h Brussels: Questions and discussions

• September 16th

– 08h Brasilia / 13h Brussels: “Roundtable 3:  Football, Politics and Nationalism”

  President: Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui

• Rahul Kumar,“The perfect model of a populist movement. The rise and fall of a Club President”.
• José Paulo Florenzano,“The revolutionary management of Democracia Corinthiana”.
• Piotr Siuda, Radosław Kossakowski, Michał Jasny: “Poland Struggling for fans’ approval: exploring clubs’ presidents and fandoms conflict in Poland – a case study of Zawisza Bydgoszcz”.
• Daghan Irak,“All the president’s men: Crony-capitalism and sport presidency in Turkey”.
• Xavier Ginesta, Jordi Badia,“FC Barcelona: Cultural, Political and Sportive legacies of President Josep Suñol i Garriga”.
• Sean Jacobs,“The African Football President: the rise of Patrice Motsepe”.

– 9h45 Brasilia / 14h45 Brussels: Questions and discussions

– 10h15 Brasilia / 15h15 Brussels:  Coffee Break 

 – 10h30 Brasilia / 15h30 Brussels: “Roundtable 4:  Commodification and Professionalism – Historical Perspectives”

  President: Jean-Michel De Waele

• Luciano Segreto, Francesco Maccelli,“Towards an economic and political taxonomy of Italian Football Presidents (1960-2000)”.
• Markwart Herzog,“On the Spirit of Capitalism in Football: Dr. David Rothschild – President of FSV Frankfurt, 1925–28”.
• Gregory Quin, André Marche, Gianluca Sorrentino,“From locally rooted “philanthropists” to more distant business oriented presidents. The changing sociological background of the presidents of the major Swiss football clubs (1980-2020)”.
• Christian Brandt,“‘I myself am the club ‘- Patrons in German lower league football”.
• Phillipe Vonnard,“Between philanthropical and political goals? The profile of the first presidents of the Association Suisse de football (1895-1933)”.
• Dries Vanysacker, “Biographies and memories on Football Presidents: Networks in Football Club Brugeois (1891-2020)”.

– 12h Brasilia / 17h Brussels: Questions and discussions

 – 12h30 Brasilia / 17h30 Brussels: Conclusions by Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui and Jean-Michel De Waele