Laurent Dubois

Laurent Dubois is the Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History at Duke, where he also direct the Forum for Scholars & Publics. His most recent book is The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer (2018). (June 2018)

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World Cup 2018: Belgium

The technical flair gained from the “street soccer” of its migrant communities has enlivened and improved Belgian soccer as a whole—and this was achieved, remarkably, in the midst of a fragmented society run by a dysfunctional political system.

June 22, 2018

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