Guest Editors
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- Mickaël Terrien (Université de Lausanne – mickael.terrien@unil.ch)
- Jean-Loup Chappelet (Université de Lausanne – jean-loup.chappelet@unil.ch)
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The resort of Chamonix (France) staged in January 1924 a «week of winter sports in connexion with the Games of the VIII Olympiad» (in Paris during the next summer). This week was later recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the first Olympic Winter Games, first in a long list of Winter Games uninterrupted until today except during the second Word War. This special issue intends to commemorate this historical fact and to emphasise the socioeconomic dimension of the Winter Games which have been much less studied that the Summer Games or other large sports events despite their importance for all the sports practiced on snow or ice as stipulated by the Olympic Charter. Beyond the historical dimensions, papers which will show the social and economic import of some of these Games for the territories which organised them and, more and more, for the counties which were candidates to host them, are welcome. The question of the future of the Winter Games will also be discussed taking into consideration climate change and the evolution of public interest for winter sports.
The timetable for the special issue is as follows:
- End of February: submission of the article
- End of April: feedback from experts
- End of July: submission of the revised article
