Speakers include
Professor Mark Golden (Winnipeg), Professor Christoph Ulf (Innsbruck), Professor Matthew Trundle (Auckland)
Aims of the Conference
The theme can be interpreted fairly broadly, but there is a particular aim to assemble papers which analyse the Olympic experience of athletes from the ancient and the modern games. What was/is special about Olympic competition and Olympic athletes? Who were/are the greatest Olympic athletes? Why?
General information
Please contact Tom Stevenson if you have any questions.
Dates
Friday, 6 - Sunday, 8 July 2012
Venue
Room E303, Forgan Smith Building (1), University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane. Queensland. 4072. Australia
Length of Papers
20 minutes plus 10 minutes for questions (30 minutes total).
Offers of Papers/Abstracts
Please submit titles and abstracts (maximum 100 words) to Tom Stevenson by Friday, 22 June, 2012.
Conference Fee, Lunches, Welcome Reception, and Conference Dinner
Please see the conference registration form for costs and payment details. The conference fee will cover conference packs, room hire, and morning and afternoon teas. Lunch can be purchased from a number of places on the UQ Campus. For details, see http://www.uq.edu.au/about/places-to-eat.
A welcome reception will be held from 6pm on Friday, 6 July at the RD Milns Antiquities Museum, which is located on Floor 2 of the Michie Building (9). For those entering from the Great Court, Floor 2 is the entry level floor of the Michie Building.
The conference dinner will be held at the St Lucia Golf Club, beginning at 7pm on Saturday, 7 July. Delegates are asked to pay on the night for their respective shares of the bill. For information about the restaurant at the St. Lucia Golf Club, see http://www.hillstonestlucia.com.au/5-hundred-acre-bar.
Venue
St Lucia campus