Japan Society of Sport and Gender Studies

We concluded the Sixth Conference held on 7 and 8 in July, 2007 in Hosei University, Tokyo successfully. The theme of this conference was "Gender and Understanding of Sex Difference in the Research of Physical Education and Sport Science". The program included: 1) Keynote lecture by Prof. Takako Iida, president of JSSGS; 2) Symposium of the same theme of this conference and group discussions, coordinated by Prof. Keiko Itani; 3) Report of IOC statement on “Sexual harassment and abuse in sport” by Assoc. Prof. Kimie Kumayasu; 4) Presentations of papers on sport and gender studies; and 5) Workshops A “Think about ‘Gender Free’ in sport” and Workshop B “’Sport and Gender’ for beginners”.

The Seventh Conference will be held on 5 and 6 in July 2008 at the Dawn Center, Osaka Prefectural Women's Center in Osaka. The theme of this conference is "Media, Sport and Gender." The program includes: 1) Symposium and group discussions on “Possibilities of Sport Media friendly to an individual”, coordinated by Prof. Takako Iida; 2) Workshops A “Sport News Reports and Media Literacy” and Workshop B “Sexual Minority and Sport and Physical Education”; and 3) Presentations of papers on sport and gender studies.

Journal of Sport and Gender Studies VOL.6 March 2008 has been published, including original articles, research notes, Report of the Sixth Conference and Book review etc.

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