14th Annual International Conference of Czech Philosophy of Sport
Announcement
14th Annual International Conference of Czech Philosophy of Sport a section of the Czech Kinanthropological Society (Česká kinantropologická společnost)
hosted by the Faculty of Physical Culture of Palacký University in Olomouc.
8th and 9th October 2025
10th October 2025 a workshop supported by BPSA organized by Jon Pike "Sex and Gender in sport, with a focus on trans athletes and athletes with DSDs"
We plan to organise an in-person meeting, with a limited number of online presentations as exceptions. The conference will be in English. We cordially invite you to participate in this event.
Term
8th and 9th October 2025
10th October 2025 a workshop supported by BPSA organized by Jon Pike "Sex and Gender in sport, with a focus on trans athletes and athletes with DSDs"
Venue
Faculty of Physical Culture of Palacký University in Olomouc | třída Míru 117 | 771 11 Olomouc
Call for Abstracts
Guidelines for Abstract Submission
- Send abstract (200-250 words) as soon as possible - final submission date: Monday 30st June 2025.
- Accepted abstracts will receive notification within 2 weeks
- Required format is MS Word Times New Roman 12pt, single spacing, with name, institution, abstract, indicative bibliography; all to fit on one side of A4.
- A specimen abstract submission doc is attached. Please comply. No fancy formatting, please.Abstracts to be submitted to s.j.parry@leeds.ac.uk with filename <ABSTRACT - surname - title> e.g. ABSTRACT - Parry - Is ‘Robot Wars’ a sport
- The Book of Abstracts will be emailed to participants in advance.
Abstracts should be in English and must involve philosophical treatment of a topic related to sport.
We welcome advance notice of papers (or drafts of work-in-progress) for distribution to attendees.
We prioritise discussion. Presentations involve 20-30 minutes ONLY for summary + 30-40 mins discussion. Student presentations involve 15 min for summary + 15 mins discussion.
| Enquiries to: | Jim Parry: s.j.parry@leeds.ac.uk |
| Local enquiries to: | Jiří Mališ: jiri.malis@upol.cz |
| Scientific Cttee: | Emanuel Hurych, Irena Martínková, Ivo Jirásek, Lukáš Mareš, Jim Parry |
| Organizing Cttee: | Ivo Jirásek, Jim Parry, Jiří Mališ |
| Conf. Registration: | Free |
| Accommodation: | Participants are responsible for their own arrangements We can assist you in finding appropriate accommodation. Please send requests to the e-mail jiri.malis@upol.cz |
Keynote Speakers
FILIP KOBIELA
Title: Music competitions: a subclass of sport competitions or a different category?
Filip Kobiela is an assistant professor at the University of Physical Culture in Krakow. He obtained his PhD in philosophy from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow with a dissertation on the philosophy of time in Roman Ingarden. He links analytical and phenomenological methods in cross-disciplinary research in both systematic and historical approaches.
In the field of the philosophy of sport, he researches various topics related mainly to the nature of sport and games, the sport-status of mind-sports and e-sports, the typology of sport and games, and the legacy of Bernard Suits.
Contact: filipkobiela@interia.pl
ERIC MOORE
Eric Moore is Professor of Philosophy at Longwood University, in Farmville, Virginia, USA. He received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Massachusettes/Amherst in 1998. His dissertation was on desert and justice, and he published in those areas before becoming interested in philosophy of sport around 2012, when the Lance Armstrong doping scandal broke. His work in philosophy of sport has been in two major areas: defense of doping and work on the metaphysics and ethics of sport, defending Suitsian formalism for the former coupled with a conventionalist view of the value of sport. Cycling and tennis are his two sporting passions.
Conference Programme
Conference Programme – DAY 1 – Wednesday 8th October
All presentations are in the room NA 3.20
| Session 1 Chair: I. Martínková | 13.45-14.00 | Welcome, and Opening of the 14th CPS session (Jiří Mališ) | |
| 14.00-15.00 | Keynote 1 Eric Moore Longwood University, in Farmville, USA | (30 mins + 30 mins discussion) | |
| 15.00-16.00 | Jim Parry Charles U in Prague, Czechia | On Diving in Football | |
| Tea/Coffee | 16.00-16.30 | ||
| Session 2 Chair: J. Parry | 16.30-17.30 | Irena Martínková Charles U in Prague, Czechia | Questioning the ‘zero-sum logic’ of sport |
| 17.30-18.30 | Leslie Howe U of Saskatchewan, Canada | Over the Hills in Espadrilles: de Beauvoir on the Body in Movement | |
| From 19.00 | Dinner – is on you! - Venue to be confirmed | ||
Conference Programme – DAY 2 – Thursday 9th October
All presentations are in the room NA 3.20
| Session 3 Chair: A. Mueller | 09.00-10.00 | Miroslav Imbrišević Open University UK | A Theory of Formalism |
| 10.00-11.00 | Matija Skerbic University of Zagreb, Croatia | Conventionalism (not) defended! Revisiting W. J. Morgan's Moral Theory of Sport | |
| Tea/Coffee | 11.00-11.30 | ||
| Session 4 Chair: Jiří Mališ | 11.30-12.30 | Arno Mueller Erfurt University, Germany | What are the ethical foundations of the ‘Enhanced Games’? Revisiting the arguments of Savulescu et al (2004) |
| 12.30-13.00 | PhD section Petr Mocek Palacky U in Olomouc, Czechia | Beyond the Physical: The Spiritual Dimension of Martial Arts | |
| Lunch | From 13.00 | Lunch is on you! | |
| Session 5 Chair: I Jirásek | 14.00-15.00 | Keynote 2 Filip Kobiela U of Physical Culture Krakow, Poland | (30 mins + 30 mins discussion) Music competitions: a subclass of sport competitions a different category? |
| 15.00-16.00 | Emanuel Hurych Masaryk U in Brno, Czechia | Paradox in the Process of Gamification and its Masaryk Consequences within the Triad Sport–Play–Game | |
| Tea/Coffee | 16.00-16.30 | ||
| Session 6 Chair: E. Hurych | 16.30-17.30 | Jiří Mališ Palacky U in Olomouc, Czechia | When Personal Values Shape Conclusions: The Debate over the Inclusion of Transgender Women in Elite Sport |
| 17.30-18.00 | PhD section Matyáš Kubů Charles U in Prague, Czechia | (15 mins + 15 mins discussion) From Tolerance to Responsibility... Gender-Inclusive PE | |
| From 19.00 | Dinner – is on you! - Konvikt | ||
Conference Programme – DAY 3 – Friday 10th October
Workshop supported by BPSA organized by Jon Pike: “Sex and Gender in sport: Regulation and eligibility for trans athletes and athletes with DSDs”
All presentations are in the room NA 3.20
| 9:00 – 9:50 | Jonathan Cooper, University of Gloucestershire Human Rights and Sporting Justice: Semenya v Switzerland and the evolving approach to proportionality in the protection of athlete rights |
| 9:50 – 10:40 | Bart Bloem Herraiz, University Pablo de Olavide How outdoor sports can serve as a critical counterpoint to regulatory logics dominating elite sport |
| 10:40-11:00 | Coffee |
| 11:00 -11:50 | Grant Weidenfeld, University of Toronto Fair Eligibility Rules |
| 11:50-12:40 | Gordon Birse, University of Swansea On Ameliorative Conceptual Engineering and Trans Inclusion in Sport |
| 12:40-1:40 | Lunch |
| 1:40 – 2:30 | Honorata Jakubowska, Adam Mickiewicz University FIDE Regulations on Transgender Players: A Chess-Specific Controversy |
| 2:30 – 3:20 | Nick Binney, University of Tübingen What is “male advantage”? |
| 3:20-3:40 | Coffee |
| 3:40-4:30 | Jon Pike, The Open University “And I think to myself - well - how did I get here?” Errors and confusions in the regulation of sport 2009 -2025 |
All attendees are welcome to join Days 1 and 2 of the Czech Philosophy of Sport Conference, 8-9th October.
Most attendees will head to Prague at the end Day 3 (the 10th), where there will be an opportunity for informal drinks in the evening.