Sport and Leisure History

The Sport and Leisure History Seminar is organised by the British Society of Sports Historians.

Time: Mondays 18:00
Convenors: Geoffrey Levett (British Society of Sports History), Rafaelle Nicholson (Bournemouth University) and Amanda Callan-Spenn.

About the seminar

The Sport and Leisure History Seminar is organised by the British Society of Sports History in association with the journal Sport in History. We have a varied programme of speakers from postgraduate researchers to leading specialists in the field of sport and leisure history from the UK and around the world.

For more information on the Society go to sportinhistory.org or follow @BritSportHisSoc on Twitter.

For enquiries or to submit a paper contact the Secretary of the BSSH geoffreylevett@me.com

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Term 1- Autumn 2022

14 nov 2022

An Olympic odyssey: West Ham United's journey to the Olympic Stadium, 2010-17

Max Portman (University of Chichester)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Term 2- Winter 2023

16 jan 2023

A Class Act: explaining the socio-economic backgrounds of Great Britain and Ireland’s athletes at the 1908 London Olympics’

Eric Blakely (Independent Researcher)

Online- via Zoom

30 jan 2023

The Fight of the Century - 17th April 1860

Rob Colls (De Montfort University)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

13 feb 2023

On the Intersection of Sport and Digital History: Mapping Urban (Im)Migration through Sport Clubs

Alec Hurley (St John Fisher University)

Online- via Zoom

27 feb 2023

“I thought I was born to run” – women who challenged the ban on long-distance racing in the UK

Katie Holmes (Independent Scholar)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

13 mar 2023

Parallels and Paradoxes: Ancient History and the Predicted Downfall of Modern Sport

Andrew Carter (Manchester Metropolitam University)

Online- via Zoom

27 mar 2023

The geographies and finances of bare-knuckle prize-fighting in Britain, 1860-1880

Ben Duncan-Jones (De Montfort University)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Term 3- Spring/Summer 2023

15 may 2023

“Image is Heavy Burden”: Women’s Weightlifting and 1980s American Media

Conor Heffernan (Ulster University)

Online- via Zoom

12 jun 2023

The enemy within' football hooliganism and the miners' strike

Tom Campbell (UCL)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Pollard Seminar Room, N301, Third Floor, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Sport and Leisure History

About the seminar

Term 1- Autumn 2022

An Olympic odyssey: West Ham United's journey to the Olympic Stadium, 2010-17

Term 2- Winter 2023

A Class Act: explaining the socio-economic backgrounds of Great Britain and Ireland’s athletes at the 1908 London Olympics’

The Fight of the Century - 17th April 1860

On the Intersection of Sport and Digital History: Mapping Urban (Im)Migration through Sport Clubs

“I thought I was born to run” – women who challenged the ban on long-distance racing in the UK

Parallels and Paradoxes: Ancient History and the Predicted Downfall of Modern Sport

The geographies and finances of bare-knuckle prize-fighting in Britain, 1860-1880

Term 3- Spring/Summer 2023

“Image is Heavy Burden”: Women’s Weightlifting and 1980s American Media

The enemy within' football hooliganism and the miners' strike

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