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Global Soccer Culture: How Immigrants Created the World’s Game
January 6 @ 6:00 pm | Cultural Center at Merrill
Global Soccer Culture
How Immigrants Created the World’s Game
Prof. Laurent Dubois (U. of Virginia) in Conversation with Dr. Anju Reejhsinghani
Monday, January 6, 2025
6 pm || Cultural Center @ Merrill
Kick off your winter quarter with this inspiring conversation between renowned global soccer historian Dr. Laurent Dubois and Dr. Anju Reejhsinghani, Vice Chancellor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
How have immigrants and immigration created a culture of soccer that spans the globe? What is at stake in current struggles over immigration for the future of soccer as “the world’s game”?
Laurent Dubois is John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History and Principles of Democracy at the University of Virginia. He is the author of seven books, including Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (2010) and The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer (2018).
Anju Reejhsinghani is Inaugural Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, UC Santa Cruz. A former tenured history professor in the University of Wisconsin System, Dr. Reejhsinghani is a scholar of race, gender, sport, and diaspora in the Americas.
This event is co-sponsored by Merrill College, the UCSC Office for Diversity and Inclusion, the History department, The Center for World History, the Council of Provosts, and the Merrill Programs and Leadership Office.