Senate House Library will host a one-day academic symposium exploring how England’s triumph in the 1966 World Cup marked a turning point for role of sport, and football in particular, in British cultural life.

Drawing upon rich library collections to highlight various strands of research, papers at the symposium will reflect upon a varied range of topics including; Anglo-German relations, deconstructing the finances of a world cup, representation of women throughout the event, the politics inherent in an international competition and the impact the tournament had on culture and gender.

Programme

09.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee.

10.00 – 10.15 Opening remarks.

10.20 – 11.15 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Professor John Ewing Hughson (Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies and Director of the International Football Institute at the University of Central Lancaster)

11.15 – 11.35 Coffee/Tea.

11.35 - 12.30 Dr. Kevin Tennent ( Lecturer in Marketing at the University of York) & Kevin Tennant (Lecturer in Management at the University of York) - The finances of the 1966 World Cup. (co-autohored with Dr Alex Gillet)

Lunch (12.30-2.00)

2.00 – 2.50 Dr.Christoph Wagner (Independent Researcher and De Montfort University) – ‘There will be discussions about this: The English Press and Anglo-German Football in the 1960’s’.

2.55 – 3.35 Dr.Stacey Pope (Lecturer in Sport at School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University): ‘Women's Experiences of the 1966 World Cup Finals'.

3.35-3.50 Coffee/Tea.

3.50 – 4.30 Roundtable: Dr Kevin Tennent, Dr.Kath Woodward (Open University) and David Goldblatt (Journalist at The Guardian and author of The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football and The Game of Our Lives).

4.30 – 5.00 Plenary session: Closing address David Goldblatt

Tea and coffee will be included as part of your ticket. Please make your own arrangements for lunch, Senate House has a cafe on the ground floor and is situated within 5 mins walk of multiple restaurants and cafes in the surrounding area.