Laurent Dubois's Blog

Soccer Politics Projects on Clubs Around the World

This semester in “Soccer Politics” at UVA, students worked on projects focusing on football clubs around the world, including their history, financial structure, and fan cultures. You can read the different projects below. AC Milan Arsenal Barcelona Chelsea Clubs in the Shadows (Borussia Dortmund, Westham United, Valencia FC) Global Football Tour (Iconic Clubs Around the… Read More »

Class Projects from the University of Virginia on the Summer 2024 Copa America, Euros & Olympics

This semester, students in UVA’s “Soccer Politics” class produced a range of digital projects focused on this summer’s tournaments. You can explore them through the links below. Many of the projects will be updated with content and discussion as the tournaments unfold. COPA AMERICA Chelsea Divers, Avery Dougald, James Hawkins, Ian Iskra & Ben Wieland… Read More »

Class Projects on Qatar World Cup from the University of Virginia

I have now moved to the University of Virginia, where I taught Soccer Politics for the first time this Fall. We delighted in the fact that the World Cup actually happened during the class, and have been watching over the past weeks. Students in the class developed projects focused on the Qatar World Cup, which… Read More »

Soccer Politics Class Spring 2020

I’ve gotten various requests for my syllabi for the Soccer Politics class I teach at Duke University. I’ve posted the “itinerary” from Spring 2020 with the readings and movies we watch below. Note that the class is taught with multiple language sections, with students doing readings and papers variously in English, Spanish and French. Duke… Read More »

Final Project: A Match of Leagues: MLS vs. CSL

https://sites.duke.edu/mlsvscls/ This is the link to Tony Davis, Emir Ozsuer and Will von Guionneau’s final project in which we compare the economic approaches taken by the MLS and CSL and provide an assessment of the more efficacious economic structure between the two leagues. Thank you for visiting!

L’Annulation des championnats

Le championnat des Pay-Bas de football vient d’annuler la saison sans déclarer un champion. Les Néerlandais croient que jouer les matches seront impossible avant du début de la prochaine saison ou potentiellement l’hiver. Une des grandes raisons pour laquelle les ligues européennes comme le championnat des Pays-Bas doivent prendre ces décisions est le fait que… Read More »

KLEATS Soccer

Last summer when I moved to Georgia for a summer internship, I became involved in a project with my cousins to highlight urban soccer in a way that hasn’t been done before. It is common to come across social media pages that showcase young football and basketball players across the nation, but this is not… Read More »

Liverpool FC: Invincibles no more!

*Re-post* The possible Invincibles season is over! With Liverpool being my favorite team, it was exciting to watch this incredible run and I am disappointed, but it isn’t the end of the world. This surely isn’t as bad as letting the title slip in the past (and more than once!). With the title as good… Read More »

Sous les lumières et dans l’obscurité : mon expérience en Inde en tant que jeune fille (03/24/20)

Dans Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer, ancienne joueuse de foot à Duke Gwendolyn Oxenham met en lumière les obstacles inimaginables que les femmes du monde entier doivent traverser juste pour jouer au foot comme leurs homologues masculins. De nos jours, les femmes de l’équipe nationale féminine des États-Unis… Read More »

Le football comme outil politique : Argentine et la Coupe du monde 1978 (02/20/20)

Nous parlons souvent de la façon dont le domaine sportif récupère certains aspects du domaine politique pour envoyer un message puissant. Sócrates et les Corinthiens et leurs slogans pro-démocratiques, par exemple. De l’autre, le domaine politique fait main-basse aussi souvent sur le domaine sportif pour renforcer ses propres messages. Dans le chapitre « Los Desaparecidos y… Read More »