Tag: history of sport

Sport History Review encourages the submission of scholarly articles, methodological and research notes, and commentaries. SHR encourages graduate students and young professionals to submit their work for publication. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Arctic Winter Games: Aims, Reflections, and Issues of the Research About a Singular Sport Event by Julien Fuch (open access).

Sport History Review encourages the submission of scholarly articles, methodological and research notes, and commentaries. SHR encourages graduate students and young professionals to submit their work for publication. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Twice Invisible, Twice Clandestine. Football and Lesbianism in Spain During the Years of Democratic Transition (1970–1982) by Dolors Ribalta Alcalde, Xavier Pujadas.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Sport Hero Concept in Czechoslovakia: The Phenomenon of Emil Zátopek, 1948–1956 by Václav Pechman (open access).

Today, leisure is often seen as a universal right – accessible to all, regardless of background. Yet historically, access to leisure and sport was highly regulated and deeply unequal. This talk examines the cultural and social functions of leisure through the lens of equestrian sport. Focusing on the Victorian era, it argues that horseback riding was far more than a recreational pastime; it was a highly coded system of social communication. Practices such as dress, posture, and riding instructions served to reinforce existing social hierarchies and embodied norms.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Daciada and Winter Sports in Romania, 1976–1989 by Simona Petracovschi, Martin Domokos & Eugen Bota (open access).

Sport in History encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section, an annual compendium of sports-related accessions to British archives and a 'Sport in Public History' section. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The struggle to establish basketball in Scotland by Ross Walker (open access).

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Bumpy Road to World Athletics: Foundation, People, Policies by Lina von Petersdorff & Jörg Krieger (open access).

The British Society of Sports History Annual Conference is an open-themed conference. Submissions based on original research are welcomed by UK and overseas scholars and can relate to any aspect of sport, physical recreation, education and culture, as considered from a historical perspective. Please note all presenters must be BSSH members. Registration will open shortly via the Ulster University online store. Members will be informed when this is available. Abstract submission deadline is on Wednesday 7th May, 2025.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Is Hockey Moving with the Times?’ Amateurism, the All England Women’s Hockey Association and Field Hockey at the Olympic Games, 1972–1996 by David Lewis-Earley (open access)

The Swedish Association of Sports Historians (SVIF) publishes a yearbook, Idrott, historia & samhälle (Sports, History & Society) which is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal of sport history, published in Sweden for the Scandinavian market and beyond. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: Två svenska pragmatiker formas: En jämförelse av Sven-Göran Erikssons och Pia Sundhages tränarfilosofier by Robert S. Primus, Daniel Svensson (open access)