Global Sports

" Sport's Real Game: How Public Attention Influences Governments and Means More than Making Money" Layne Vandenberg, Advisor to the FIFA 2026 World Cup Host City of Boston; Political Economist, Lau China Institute, King's College London. Dr. Layne...

Global Sports Fellows Presentations: "New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Global Sports" Please join us to hear our Global Sports Fellows discuss their innovative research projects. "Support the Player, Change the Game: Team-Level Approaches to Athlete...

“How This World Cup Has Amplified the Challenges that Global Football Needs to Face” Moderator: David Conn, Award-winning Guardian Writer and Author of The Fall of the House of FIFA. Panelists: Gareth Farrelly , Sports Lawyer, CAS Arbitrator, and Former...

CMES, WIGH and the Department of Sociology invite you to join us for a Watch Party: Tunisia vs. France World Cup Match Join CMES, WIGH and Sociology to watch the Tunisia vs. France match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. We will be streaming the match on...

Between the White Lines: A Trans-Atlantic Discussion of Racism, Class and Sports Panelists: Michael Bennett, Author, Things that Make White People Uncomfortable; Founder, the Bennett Foundation; Retired NFL player. Lilian Thuram, Author, La Pensée blanche...

In times of turmoil, we turn to sport, activity, movement, and mindfulness to find our balance. Never have more people felt more uncertainty and yet, still, we find comfort through sport. Featuring United States Olympic & Paralympic athletes, Major League...

Crossing Borders: Jorge Pasquel and the History of Integrating Baseball Legendary Mexican baseball statesman Jorge Pasquel integrated the Mexican League in the early 1940s by recruiting from Negro league baseball, putting pressure on Major League baseball...

Voting, Political Action, and Involvement: Locally, Nationally, Globally - Athletes Influencing the Vote The webinar will address the role of athletes in driving social change at the ballot box, examine central Florida as a case study for voter...

The Origins of Change: The Role of Sports in Breaking Down Barriers, Creating Movements + Leaving a Legacy Athletes + Activism. The two have been connected since the earliest sporting events - long before Moses Fleetwood Walker took the field on May 1...

"Out of Bounds: A Transatlantic Conversation about Racism and Sports" LILIAN THURAM French World Cup-winning defender; Founder, Fondation Lilian Thuram ALLISON FEASTER Retired WNBA player; Boston Celtics Director of Player Development Facilitated by...