LSC – NEWS AND EVENTS

News and Events

LSC Lecture Series | Victoria Harms (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore) The Games that Made a President: The 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles & Ronald Reagan’s America

24 Jun 2026

When? Wednesday, 24 June, 14:15-15:45

Where? H5, UR Campus

Save the Date | Annual Conference 17-19 June 2026 | In/ter/dependence: Transitions of Power, Frictions of Freedom

17 Jun 2026

Join us for our annual conference from 17-19 June.

The opening takes place from 16:30 on 17 June at H24 on the UR campus followed by two days of panels and talks at IOS on 18-19 June.

LSC Lecture Series | Ben Chappell (Kansas) Could the USA Win the World Cup? Commerce and Culture in American Sports

17 Jun 2026

When? Wednesday, 17 June, 14:15-15:45

Where? H5, UR Campus

Margins of Memory Talk | Jeremy F. Walton (Rijeka) Monuments of Postempire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, and Tribulation in Sarajevo, Zemun and Vienna

15 Jun 2026

When? Monday, 15 June, 14:15-15:45

Where? Room 017, AlFi/IOS, Landshuter Str. 4

LSC Lecture Series | Győző Molnár (Worcester) Sport, Identity, and Power: How Hungarian Politics Exploits Athletes, Football, and Invented Traditions

10 Jun 2026

When? Wednesday, 10 June, 14:15-15:45

Where? H5, UR Campus