Tag: sport history

The prestigious Lord Aberdare Literary Prize is awarded each year by the British Society of Sports History for the best book on any aspect of the history of sport which fulfils one or more of the following criteria: Discusses events which took place in Britain or the British world; is written by a British author; and is written by an author working at a British university. The British Society of Sports History appoints a panel of three judges to consider submissions. Here is the shortlist for the 2025 edition.

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: Sports Diplomacy Surrounding the IOC’s Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Between Political Neutrality and Peace Promotion by Michał Marcin Kobierecki & Geoffrey Allen Pigman (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: 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.

In July 2025, Orkney hosted the XX Island Games. The sporting competition is held every two years in a variety of polities on the Atlantic Rim; their first iteration was in 1985 on Isle of Man. The 40-year history of the Island Games and the International Island Games Association (IIGA) has featured a variety of non-sovereign polities, territories, dependencies, autonomous regions, council areas, and even formerly independent nations. The Island Games, and indeed sport in the Atlantic Rim’s peripheries, are crucial towards understanding a variety of historical and contemporary phenomena which have relevance far beyond the playing field.

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: From California to Brazil: The History of Skateboarding in Curitiba, Paraná (1975–1999) by Joana Caroline Corrêa da Silva, Maria Thereza Oliveira Souza & André Mendes Capraro.

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: Making Public the History of Non-Racial Sport in South Africa by Noor Nieftagodien (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: From Back Streets to Olympic Stage: The Development of Breaking and Skateboarding in South Korea by Eunsu Lee & Minhyeok Tak (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: Louis Faure-Dujarric, a French Sports Architect in the Interwar Period by Natalia Camps Y Wilant & Pierre-Olaf Schut.

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).