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Lectures at Professional Conferences, Colloquia and Seminars at Universities and Other Academic
Institutions
“Gaming the World: How: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture” at the 23 rd Annual
Jewish Book Festival, The Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
November 2, 2010.
“Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture” at Nicola’s Books, Ann
Arbor, Michigan; September 22, 2010.
“Americans Play Soccer But Do Not Follow It: Why?” at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s
Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; April 13, 2010.
“Obamamania and anti-Americanism in Europe: Complementary Rather than Contradictory Concepts” at
the University of Michigan Retirees Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan; February 11, 2010.
“Anti-Americanism is Stronger than Obamamania in Europe” at the European Symposium “Voices of the
New Europe”, School of International and Area Studies, The University of Oklahoma, Norman,
Oklahoma; February 27, 2009.
“Global Players, Local Cultures: The Case of Sports” at the School of International and Area Studies, The
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma; February 27, 2009.
“Soccer’s Continued Predicament in the United States: A Major Force in Sports Participation and the
World of Playing; A Negligible Also-Ran in Sports Cutlure and the World of Following” at the Annual
Convention of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), St. Louis, Missouri;
January 15, 2009.
“Sports and Culture in Europe and America – A Mirror of Modern Life” at the John F. Kennedy Institute
for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; December 11, 2008.
“Sport Culture and Jewish Identity in Europe and the United States,” The Gold Foundation Distinguished
Lecture in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California; April 7,
2008.
“Uncouth Nation” Why Europe Dislikes America” at the 20 th Annual Jewish Book Festival, The Jewish
Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, Michigan; November 10, 2007.
“Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America” at the Michigan Difference Conference in Sarasota,
Florida; February 7, 2008.
“Offside: Soccer and ‘American Exceptionalsim’” at the Michigan Difference Conference, Sarasota,
Florida; February 7, 2008.