Please join us on Thursday, February 25, at 4:10 p.m. at this URL:
https://willametteuniversity.zoom.us/j/96150671636
for our fourth Faculty Colloquium of the semester.
Title: Medicine as political camouflage in Islamic-Israeli sports confrontations: The Federation Internationale d’Escrime – A case study.
Presenter: Peter Harmer, Professor of Exercise and Health Science 
Abstract: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and sports International Federations (IF) are predicated on inclusiveness and have non-discrimination regulations built into their constitutions and by-laws. However, three Islamic countries have used international sports competitions as extensions of their national policy of non-recognition of Israel by prohibiting their athletes from competing against those from Israel. Despite the clear contravention of the regulations of non-discrimination, these countries have effectively utilized exculpatory explanations, particularly medical conditions, to avoid sanctions. Using a basic epidemiological analytical technique, I have developed data from international fencing events that dismantles this defense and provides a foundation for the IOC and IF to hold these countries accountable for violating this important norm of sports competition.
Bill Kelm and Kathryn Nyman
Faculty Colloquium Coordinators