Tag: The International Journal of the History of Sport

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: Bold Ambitions, Austere Realities: On the Unfulfilled Plans for the Warsaw Olympic Games by Kamil Potrzuski.

Acknowledging small states and territories as a particular foci for the historical study of sport has been rare, with some exceptions, including: Evelyne Combeau-Mari (Réunion), Antonio Sotomayor (Puerto Rico), Gareth Stockey (Gibraltar), Peter Gold (Gibraltar), Matthew L McDowell (the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man), and Simon Vaukins (the Isle of Man). Some of these studies include small states which no longer exist, including Newfoundland (Fred Mason, Osvaldo Croci) and Saarland (Alec Hurley). This special issue seeks to redress that balance.

As Ottoman influence began to wane across the Arab world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the resultant vacuum was filled by European powers intent on increasing their colonial empires. Sport played a significant role in this expansion, asserting European superiority while simultaneously inculcating within the native inhabitants what were deemed properly civilised behaviours. We welcome submissions from historians, sports scholars, and other researchers of individual articles that discuss, examine, or review the historical presence, place, and function of sport in Arab society.

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: ‘Development of Japanese Martial Arts in Hungarian Sport Culture by Adam Falatovics & Katalin Szikora.

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: ‘This Is Not a Problem but an Issue’: Chinese-Born Table Tennis Players Representing Another Country at the Olympics, 1988–2020 by Gijsbert Oonk & Alexander Oonk (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: Sport and Social Difference in Vienna around 1900: On the Historical Significance of Otto Herschmann by Rudolf Müllner (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: Olympic Philately: Reading the 1896 Athens Olympics from Postage Stamps by Uğur Özer.

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 Pinochet’s Team. The Soccer National Team and the Coup D’état of September 11, 1973 by Diego Antonio Vilches Parra.

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: Developing Winning Ways for Women’s Sport: New Zealand’s National Netball Team by Lana McCarthy, A. J. Martin & Geoff Watson.

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: National Mourning: The First Norwegian Sports Boycott in 1905 by Gudmund Skjeldal.