FAITHBALL TALKS
The Faithball Talks are a series of academic seminars designed to explore the intersections between football, politics, religion, and collective memory across different historical contexts. Conceived as an integral component of the FAITHBALL project, the Talks bring together historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural scholars to examine how narratives, myths, and ritual practices surrounding football have shaped identities and power relations in Spain under Franco and in Argentina during periods of political transformation. The initiative is supported by the European Committee for Sports History (CESH) and the Italian Society for the History of Sport (SISS), and benefits from the institutional and organizational collaboration of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) and the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The series is funded by the European Union through the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions (MSCA). Its academic objective is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, disseminate ongoing research, and create a transnational space for critical reflection on football as a cultural, political, and symbolic phenomenon. Here’s the program.