2007–2008
Co-sponsored by
Northeastern Illinois University and the Dr. Wm. M. Scholl Center for Family and Community History
All sessions will be held
at the Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL. Sessions run from 3:30-5:00 PM.
All meetings are free and open to the public.
Printable 8½” x 11” pdf Schedule
October 26, 2007—Mexican Cockfighting, Working-Class Masculinity, and Culture
Jerry Garcia, Michigan State University
November 16, 2007—“Marvel of Fleetness and Grace”: Paavo Nurmi and his 1925 American Exhibition Tour
Daniel Nathan, Skidmore College
March 7, 2008—Tales of Class and Character: Caspar Whitney and the Policing of Amateurism and Sportsmanship, 1888–1913
Tara Kathleen Kelly, Huntington Library
April 11, 2008—Session cancelled
The National Bowling Association and Black Bowlers in Southern California
L’Tonya Rease Miles, University of California at Los Angeles
May 16, 2008—“Dear Mr. Atlas”: The Construction of the Masculine Self through the Bodybuilding Autobiography and Letter Writing, 1899–1945
Dominique Padurano, The Horace Mann School
June 6, 2008—Technologies of Gender & Active Female Physicality
Jaime Schultz, University of Maryland
For more information, contact Jenny Butler at scholl@newberry.org, or call (312) 255-3524.