To conclude the Sportnaouka project on the Soviet presence in international sport during the Cold War, a conference entitled Ce que la guerre froide a fait au sport mondial (What the Cold War did to world sport) will be held on Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 March 2023 at the MSH Ange Guépin in Nantes. The conference is organised by Sylvain Dufraisse, MCF, Nantes University, CENS (UMR 6025); Fabien Archambault, MCF, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, CHS (UMR 8058); Julien Beaufils, MCF, Rennes 2 University, LIDILE; Claire Nicolas, SNSF Researcher, SOAS, University of London; Philippe Vonnard, SNSF Senior Researcher, University of Fribourg.
The full conference programme is available in PDF format on the University of Nantes website.
It is possible to attend the conference in person or by videoconference. In either case, please register with Boris Vinogradov: boris.vinogradov[at]univ-nantes.fr .