Tag: De Montfort University

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree with no more than seven years active full-time postdoctoral experience, or be in the final stage of their PhD provided that it will be completed (including viva) before the start date of the fellowship award (or have equivalent research experience). Additionally, applicants must be working outside the UK and not hold UK citizenship at the time of application. Applicants must have a clearly defined and mutually-beneficial research proposal agreed with a UK host researcher.

Applicants should have a background in material culture, fashion / textile history, gender history, or sport history. Individuals with a material culture or fashion / textile history background do not need to have knowledge of the sport of field hockey; similarly, applicants with a background in gender or sport history do not need to have knowledge of material culture or fashion / textile history.

De Montfort University's (DMU) International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is a world-leading centre for the study of all aspects of sports history. Our members specialise in a range of themes and approaches to the history of sport, and we have a dynamic body of doctoral students whose work covers chess, the outdoor movement, women’s football, folk dance, boxing, race and ethnicity in sport, emotional histories of sport, sports diplomacy, and much more.

Booking now open: £80 (full) or £40 (postgraduate) FOR BOTH DAYS UNTIL FEBRUARY 14th. Keynote Speakers: Professor Sarah Churchwell (University of East Anglia) Professor Luke Gibbons (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) Andrew Lycett (Author & Biographer) Plenary Speakers: Professor Simon Bainbridge (University of Lancaster) Professor Tony Collins (De Montfort University) Professor John Whale (University of Leeds) Dr Vybarr Cregan-Reid (University of Kent) Dr Emelyne Godfrey (Author & Broadcaster) Dr Claire...

Friday, 17th January, 2014 ,10:00–16:00, International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Clephan Building, LT 3.03  Keynote: Dr Charles Little Re-Examining the Place of Working Class Women within Sports History: Examples from Early-Twentieth Century Australia  Plenary Speakers: Nicola Stead Women’s Boxing History – A Survey  Matthew Klugman 'Pants Full of Bone': Revisiting the Erotics of Watching Men Play Sport  Stacey Pope Female Fans' Experiences of Rugby Union's...

DMU Mini-conference Friday 1 November 2013 1pm-4.40 pm Venue: Leicester This year sees the fourth annual Mini Conference to be hosted by Leicester De Montfort Law School in conjunction with the British Association for Sport and the Law. The topics to be presented cover a broad range of Sports Law & Regulatory issues which I hope will be of interest to all...

http://youtu.be/KAdNqURvoTo ICSHC 2013 Research Report Each year the International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) produces a research report. A copy of the new 2013 edition is now available to download via the ICSHC Annual Reports page at this link: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/art-design-humanities/icshc/annual-reports/icshc-annual-reports.aspx Sport, Music and Identities Information is also available for the “Sport, Music and Identities” research seminar confirmed for 25thOctober at the below...