British Society of Sports History, South of England Sport and Leisure History Network, East of England Branch:
Spring 2014 Workshop, University of East Anglia, Saturday 1st March 2014
Programme
9:30 – 10:00: Registration
10:00 – 11:00: Panel 1: Leisure and Politics
- Dr Richard Mills (University of East Anglia)
‘Occupation’: Ipswich Town Football Club, the British Armed Forces, and the First World War - Paul Wheeler (University of Chichester)
The British Isolation from World Soccer in the Middle Decades of the Twentieth Century – a Myth?
11:00 – 11:30: Break
11:30 – 1:00: Panel 2: Leisure on Screen
- Ellen Wright (University of East Anglia)
Spectacular Bodies: The Swimsuit, Censorship and Early Hollywood - Sara Linden (London Metropolitan University)
Carnaby Street: A Place for Self-Creation - Mark Fryers (University of East Anglia)
Howard’s Way: Class, Leisure and the Maritime on British Screens
1:00 – 2:00: Lunch
2:00 – 3:00: Panel 3: Rural Leisure
- Dion Georgiou (Queen Mary University of London)
‘Oh Ilford’s Lanes are Beauty’s Shrine, for Nature’s Garb is Best’: Rural Identity, Spectacle and Place in London’s Suburban Street Carnivals, 1890–1914 - Alice Kirke (Institute of Education, University of London)
Recreation an d Education in the Young Farmers Club Movement, 1921–1955
3:00 – 3:30: Break
3:30 – 4:30: Keynote Lecture
- Professor Emma Griffin (University of East Anglia)
Drinking and Leisure [Title TBC]
Attendance of this event is free. please fill in and send off the registration form by thursday, 27 february. you can find the form here: http://events.history.ac.uk/event/show/12334
