Physical Cultural Studies

Join us for the 2019 PCS Graduate Student Conference!

The tenth annual University of Maryland Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference, which is taking place on Friday, April 28, 2017, from 9 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. (Eastern time), will be livestreamed this year! In addition to livestreaming, questions or comments that are tweeted using the hashtag will be integrated into the question and answer sessions. We hope that you can join us this year, from near and far!

If you are interested in following along with our program, you can do so using the information below:

Event number: 738 940 887
Event password: p3ppVPMk

1. Click here to join the online event.
Or copy and paste the following link to a browser:
https://umd.webex.com/umd/onstage/g.php?MTID=edf47e04d05b117f6375998870439cd1b

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Thank you to all who attended the 9th Annual Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference! It was a wonderful day full of productive dialogue and interesting presentations and keynotes. We are thinking ahead to next year already!

-The PCS Conference Committee

Please join us for the 9th Annual PCS Graduate Student Conference! You can read more about the exciting sessions and keynotes in our paperless conference program:

9th Annual Conference-Program 9th Annual Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference: Engaging Health and Physical Culture: Power, Politics and Possibilities Yanni Floros | Watch Over Me This conference is graciously funded in part by the Department of Kinesiology and the Graduate Student Government (GSG) Gi...

This year's PCS Conference features fifteen student presentations, two receptions, an alumni keynote, and a PCS address! Come join us on March 4th in the School of Public Health!

Only one month until the 9th Annual University of Maryland Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference! It will be held on March 4 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the School of Public Health building.

We will have some exciting announcements as we get closer to the day, but we are ready to announce now that we have decided to go green! Under the guidance of the newly appointed Green PCS Task Force, this year's conference will be paperless and vegetarian. So be sure to bring your own water bottle and mug!

The 9th Annual Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference will be exciting from start to finish! Be sure to attend the PCS Address, which will be given by Dr. David Zang of Towson University, at 3:30 p.m. in the SPH Friedgen Family Student Lounge. Refreshments will be served.

We are pleased to announce that the 9th Annual PCS Graduate Student Conference will be held in the SPH Building on Friday March 4, 2016. Please see the call for abstract for more information. The deadline to submit an abstract is on Friday January 29, 2016.

A new post by Sam Clevenger on California public beach access and 19th century Prussian wood theft:

California Public Beach Access and 19th Century Prussian Wood Theft On October 2nd, the British daily The Guardian published an article on their website detailing how some wealthy landowners on the California coastline have been hiring private security guards to pa...

https://thecorpus.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/physical-culture-and-judaism-reflections-on-yom-kippur-via-richard-hoggart/ -742

Physical Culture and Judaism: Reflections on Yom Kippur via Richard Hoggart - By Meir Lewin Meir Lewin is a Ph.D. student in Physical Cultural Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Yom Kippur translates to “Day of Atonement.” There is a heaviness that comes ...

- By Shaun Edmonds Shaun Edmonds is a Ph.D. student in the Physical Cultural Studies program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dealing with the stressors of academia is a daily struggle. Every day is a seemingly endless attempt to prioritize a constellation of ambiguous expectations, looming deadlines, and yet still find the space to provide sufficient personal care to rise again the next day and do it all over again. [ 1825 more words. ]

https://thecorpus.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/this-pain-in-my-back-injury-stress-and-cohesive-personhood/

This Pain in My Back: Injury, Stress, and Cohesive Personhood - By Shaun Edmonds Shaun Edmonds is a Ph.D. student in the Physical Cultural Studies program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dealing with the stressors of academia is a daily struggle....

A good YouTube video for this summer Sunday:

https://thecorpus.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/video-patti-smith-advice-to-the-young

VIDEO: Patti Smith – Advice to the young A good YouTube video for this summer Sunday: