Tag: history of sport

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)

The purpose of NASSH is to promote, stimulate, and encourage study and research and writing of the history of sport, and to support and cooperate with local, national, and international organizations having the same purposes. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: In Memoriam: Willie Mays (1931-2024), by Steven P. Gietschier, Yohuru Williams, and George Gmelch.

STADION serves as scholarly platform for well-known historians, and is aimed both at experts and at all those who strive for a deeper and more differ entiated understanding of sport, play, physical education and physical culture from an historical perspective. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Olympische Spiele Paris 1924: „Wunderläufer“ machen das kleine Finnland zu einer sportlichen Großmacht by Volker Kluge.

STADION serves as scholarly platform for well-known historians, and is aimed both at experts and at all those who strive for a deeper and more differ entiated understanding of sport, play, physical education and physical culture from an historical perspective. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Football and Faith: A Critical Perspective on Interpreting Sport as Religion by Christian Tagsold.

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: ‘It’s in the game’: FIFA videogames and the misuse of history by Conor Heffernan (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: Archaeology of Historic Football Grounds: A Case Study of the 19 May Stadium in Turkey by Hasan Doğan.

STADION serves as scholarly platform for well-known historians, and is aimed both at experts and at all those who strive for a deeper and more differ entiated understanding of sport, play, physical education and physical culture from an historical perspective. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Congregations and the Nomads: An Exploration of the Words, Deeds and Journeys of Football Fandom by Gary Armstrong and Hans Kristian Hognestad.

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: Football, Entertainment, and Business: Hans Gamper and KS Cracovia’s 1923 Tour of Spain by Pablo de la Fuente de Pablo & Cezary Taracha.