The fifth Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research continues the summer interview season. Today my guest is Prof Jean Williams of the University of Wolverhampton where she is professor of Sport in the Institute of Sport and Human Sciences. Jean has published extensively on the history of sport, including her seminal 2003 work on women’s football, ‘A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women’s Football in England’
Read more Sport in History Podcast #5 – Jean Williams
The fourth Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research is in a new format! Over the summer break I'll be interviewing a variety of researchers in sports history before bringing you a series of podcast specials from the BSSH's conference in September.
The first interview is with podcast regular Dr Raf Nicholson of Bournemouth University. Raf talks to me about her work as a journalist covering women's cricket and how this fits in with her academic work researching the history of the women's game in the UK. Raf talks about the relationship between the development of the women's game and its relationship with the feminist movement, as well as discussing how she uses oral history in her work. We also discussed the implications of the D'Oliveira Affair for women's international cricket. Listen out too for some trash talking of the 1990s men's cricket team!
Read more Sport in History #4 – Raf Nicholson
The third Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research features a paper by Jeremy Lonsdale, who has had two works recently published on the history of Yorkshire cricket.
Read more Sport in History Podcast #3 – Jeremy Lonsdale
The second Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research features a paper by Lisa Taylor of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Read more Sport in History Podcast #2 – Lisa Taylor
Women’s rugby in the first Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research includes a paper by Lydia Furse of De Montfort University. Lydia talked to us about the controversial history of the 1994 Women’s Rugby Union World Cup which was…
Read more Sport in History Podcast #1 – Lydia Furse
