Tag: Ross Walker

Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The redefinition of a Chinese sports hero’s public image: evidence from the reactions on Chinese social media to Sun Yang’s international trial by Tang-Yun Leng, Shuo Yang & Alan Bairner.

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: Transforming Scottish Basketball: Exploring the Student Impact, 1890s–1930s by Ross Walker (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: Semantic changes in the meaning of ‘Olympic minimum’ by Udi Carmi & Shosh Shaked.

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: On the Hand-Strike Techniques of Ancient Hellenic Boxing and Pankration by Athanasios Bonas.