Tag: Conferences

The proposed sixth installment of the international Playing the Field conference series focuses on the multifaceted relationship between video games and labour. Such a topic is particularly relevant today given the aggravating contradictions inherent to neoliberal capitalism on a global scale, as well as a tendency in video game cultural studies towards relegating the economic dimension of video games to discussions of class identity representations. To counterbalance the hyperfocus on representation in game studies, we encourage a dialectic materialist approach.

This Equine History Collective will meet in person for our annual conference September 26–28, 2025. We invite scholars, practitioners, enthusiasts, and other students of equine history to submit work exploring the ways in which we understand, misunderstand, and make meaning together with equids. How have our interactions created the thing we perceive as horse-sense? What are the historical moments that have produced the reliability of horse-sense and its applications? How have our sensibilities towards equids changed? How have equids’ sensibilities towards us changed?

Registration is now open for the VIII Sport and Global Governance Conference, with the following themes: Global sports governance; Lex sportiva and regulatory autonomy; and From soft law to rights.

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King’s historic victories at Wimbledon in 1975, the All England Lawn Tennis Club is delighted to announce The Tennis History Conference: ‘Trailblazers in Tennis’. This theme celebrates individuals, innovations, and movements that have reshaped the sport of tennis and left an enduring legacy. We invite proposals for papers and sessions that explore the concept of trailblazing in tennis from a variety of perspectives. The conference will take place at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon on Tuesday 9 December 2025.

Contracts play a crucial role in the world of sport, particularly long-term contracts. Contractual agreements form the foundation of transnational sports governance, sports governing bodies are all formally the product of a specific time of contract (be it in the form of an association or corporation) often justifying the autonomy of sport and its private governance at a (more or less far) distance from the state. This workshop proposes to explore the role of long-term contracts in sport and their characteristics through a variety of theoretical and methodological lenses.

Sport resists easy generalisation – social scientists now accept there can be no universal definition. Nonetheless, a set of ideas have coalesced into the institution commonly known as ‘Sport’. This modernist – now neoliberal – notion has become hegemonic worldwide, and it increasingly delimits the possibilities of social action. If in fact we study two phenomena – the diverse phenomena ‘sport’ and the particular modernist notion of ‘Sport’ – then scholars must situate their analysis within the contexts that shape these concepts

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.

Play the Game is a conference that brings together professionals from multiple fields to exchange insights, collaborate, and explore how their work can influence governance, policy, and integrity in international sport. With a uniquely open and dynamic atmosphere, Play the Game fosters dialogue and brings together diverse voices, fresh perspectives, and unfiltered insights. It’s a place to ask tough questions, challenge the status quo, and shed light on the most pressing challenges in sport.

Hvordan gør vi humanistiske og samfundsvidenskabelige idrætsforskere en forskel i en tid, hvor kvantificérbare fysiologiske og sundhedsvidenskabelige tilgange dominerer billedet? Det spørgsmål kan du være med til at svare på, når idrætsforskere sætter hinanden stævne i København fredag den 15. august. Efter at have været afholdt på Syddansk Universitet i 2021 og Aalborg Universitet i 2023 er det i år sektionen Idræt, Individ & Samfund ved Institut for Idræt og Ernæring på Københavns Universitet, som er vært

ACSS 2025 is a two-day Conference that will offer participants the opportunity to learn about the latest trends and best practices in the world of Sport Science. Leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars will attend to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Sport Science. We encourage research papers and training approaches based on integrating different disciplines applied in Sport Science to enhance sport performance to be submitted to the conference.