Tag: sport history

This webinar will provide a global focus on sport and film, examining the critical role film has played in affirming the relationship between sport and national cultures internationally. Covering films of all types, from Hollywood blockbusters to regional documentaries and newsreels, Dr Crosson’s new book Sport, Film, and National Culture considers how filmic depictions of sport have configured and informed a wide range of distinctive national cultures, societies and identities.

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: WOMEN AND EXCELLENCE IN MOUNTAINEERING FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT by Delphine Moraldo.

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: ELEMENTS OF THE HABITUS OF CHINESE FOOTBALL HOOLI-FANS AND COUNTERMEASURES TO ADDRESS INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR by Jiahao Hu & Guangying Cui.

Kinesiology Review is a peer-reviewed publication whose mission ir is to advance the field of Kinesiology by publishing evaluative, insightful, and integrative scholarly reviews of kinesiology research, both basic and applied. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: EVIDENCE FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD by James Stephens, Susan Hillier.

The International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK launches its new series of Sports History and Culture Webinars in September 2020. We are delighted to announce the inaugural year of our research webinars, which will bring together established and early career scholars and freelance experts from around the world for live research presentations which will be open to all.

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 DECLINE OF LAWN TENNIS IN IRELAND AROUND THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: BAD MANAGEMENT, BAD LUCK, OR BAD HOMBURG? by Simon J. Eaves & Robert J. Lake.

Rhe 53rd Nordic World Ski Championships will be held in Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region of Germany will be used as an opportunity to hold an international conference on places of memory in skiing and its cultural memory. Following the example of the French cultural scientist Pierre Nora and the term “lieux de memoire”, which he coined, this conference will interpret the concepts of “place” or “memory” in many different ways

This panel discussion reveals more about researchers' experiences when navigating archives, as well as the collection policies related to Olympics/Paralympics of GLAM organisations. There is a broad mix of physical, digitised and born digital resources will be covered in the presentations. The event is hosted by BSSH Chair, Raf Nicholson and moderated by BSSH Secretary Geoff Levett.

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: SPORT IN ISOLATION? NEW PERSPECTIVES ON RACE, SPORT, AND POLITICS IN APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA by Michelle M. Sikes, Toby C. Rider & Matt P. Llewellyn.

Starting with studies of Roosevelt’s significant role in linking the presidency with fandom, advocacy of, and active participation in sports, this volume traces how occupants of the White House continued to develop these connections in various guises across the following century. Though historians have certainly not ignored such associations, the variety of case studies represented here seeks to provide a wider and more multidisciplinary selection of standpoints.