Tag: Mariano Siskind

  • Nation & World

    Why Maradona matters

    Professor Mariano Siskind talks about Diego Armando Maradona, the soccer star who died on Nov. 25 of heart failure at age 60, and what he represented for fans of the world’s most popular sport.

    15 minutes
    Diego Maradona in 1986.
  • Nation & World

    The global glory of soccer

    With the World Cup underway, the Gazette interviewed Mariano Siskind, professor of Romance languages and literatures and comparative literature, about the world’s biggest sports event, the humanity of the biggest soccer stars, and the meaning of soccer.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Soccer’s versatile beauty

    Harvard course uses the game of soccer to explore the complexity of the humanities.

    7 minutes