Jules Boykoff
Jules Boykoff | |
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| Alma mater | University of Portland (BA) |
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Jules Boykoff (born September 11, 1970) is an American academic, author, and former professional
Life and work
Soccer career
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| Full name | Jason Boykoff | ||
| Place of birth | Madison, Wisconsin | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wisconsin Badgers | |||
| Portland Pilots | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | Portland Pride (indoor) | 98 | (26) |
| 1993–1994 | Milwaukee Wave (indoor) | 40 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | United States U-23 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
At the age of 19, he played for the
Academic career
Boykoff is a professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University, Oregon.[5] He was also a visiting professor at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington during the 2004–05 school year.[6] Topics taught by Boykoff include US politics, the politics of surveillance, mass-media and politics, and the politics of literature and poetry.[7] In November 2006, he spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, "COP 12".[8][9] In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore mentioned work Boykoff co-authored with his brother Maxwell Boykoff (Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute) on US media coverage of global warming.[8]
Boykoff is also co-editor of The Tangent, a politics and art zine, and runs The Tangent Reading Series in Portland, Oregon.[8][10][11]
Critique of the Olympic Games
Boykoff lived in London in the lead-up to and during the 2012 Summer Olympics and in Rio de Janeiro as a Fulbright scholar during preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12]
In July 2019 he interviewed two women in Tokyo who were displaced by the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13][14][15]
Bibliography
Books
Nonfiction
- The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements, Routledge, 2006, ISBN 978-0415978101
- Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States, AK Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1904859598
- Jules Boykoff; Kaia Sand (2008), Landscapes of Dissent: Guerrilla Poetry & Public Space, Palm Press, ISBN 978-0978926243
- Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games, Routledge, 2013, ISBN 9780415821971
- Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London, Rutgers University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0813562018
- Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics, Verso Books, 2016, ISBN 9781784780722
- NOlympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond, Fernwood Publishing, 2020, ISBN 9781773632766
- The 1936 Berlin Olympics: Race, Power, and Sportswashing, Common Ground Research Networks, 2023, ISBN 9781957792248
- What Are the Olympics For?, Bristol University Press, March 26, 2024, ISBN 9781529230284
Poetry
- Once Upon a Neoliberal Rocket Badge: Edge Books, 2006. I ISBN 978-1890311216
- The Slow Motion Underneath (Hot Dream), collaboration with Jim Dine: Steidl, 2009. I ISBN 9783865216939
- Hegemonic Love Potion: Factory School, 2009. I ISBN 978-1600010620
- Fireworks: Tinfish Press, 2018. I ISBN 978-0998743875
References
- ^ "18ème Festival Foot "Espoirs"". festival-foot-espoirs.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ Dodge, Steve (Spring 2007). "Q & A with Jules Boykoff Assistant Professor of Politics and Government". PACIFIC Magazine. Pacific University. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ Hanley Jr, Daniel P. (October 28, 1993). "Milwaukee thinks big after signing Nogueira, 4 others". The Milwaukee Journal. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ "Boykoff makes his mark". The Milwaukee Journal. February 3, 1994. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ "Can Tokyo Safely Host the Olympic Games This Summer?". Time. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "Sochi Games Are Apt Venue for Athlete Activism"
- ^ Jules Boykoff - Department of Politics & Government at Pacific University
- ^ a b c OregonLive.com's Printer-Friendly Page
- ^ Panel debate: Communicating climate change - CICERO
- ^ The Tangent Occasional Reading Series Archived 2008-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ zine Archived 2007-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pacific Professor Boykoff in Forefront of Movement Against Tokyo Summer Olympics". Pacific University. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ "The Dark Side Of Being An Olympic Host City". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ISSN 1869-2729.
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