Dear all,
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Have a great week,
Kjell Eriksson
Editor
Book Reviews
Looking a bit too hard at a single FIFA Women’s World Cup edition
Politics, Social Issues and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, edited by Danielle Sarver Coombs and Molly Yanity (Routledge) takes a close look at politics and social issues in the context of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup that took place in Australia and New Zealand and is one of the most attended women’s sporting events in history. Christian Tolstrup Jensen appreciates that the book takes a broad view on women’s football with a global perspective. He also notes that the Cup in fact plays a rather limited role in many chapters. (Review in English, published 251210.)
Valuable overview of Brazilian women’s football – history and current situation
The Beautiful Game Reimagined: Women’s Soccer in Brazil, edited by Lívia Gonçalves Magalhães, Tiago J. Fernandes Maranhão & Bernardo Buarque De Hollanda (Common Ground) challenges long-held notions of the country’s enduring football heritage by highlighting the influential and rapidly evolving sphere of women’s soccer. Jonny Hjelm finds a few flaws in the editorial work, which are however overshadowed by the strengths: the breadth of the subject, the intersectional perspective and some really good chapters coalesce to create valuable knowledge of women’s football in one of the major football nations. (Review in English and Swedish, published 241214.)
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Call for Papers | Histories of Women’s Basketball – Global and Local Narratives, Special Issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport | Call ends December 17, 2025 (251209)
- Vacancy | PhD Research Fellow in Social Science – Sport and Work (1-2 positions) to Nord University, Norway | Apply before January 20, 2026 (251209)
- Lediga platser | Biträdande universitetslektor i idrottsvetenskap till Högskolan i Gävle | Sök senast den 6 januari 2026 (251211)
