The next BSSH Sport and Leisure History seminar at the IHR will be given by Allister Smith on the relationship between cricket history and the bidding process for major sporting events such as the Men's Cricket World Cup of 2019.
6pm Mon 2nd December, John S Cohen Room
Read more Sport and Leisure History Seminar 2019-20 #6 Allister Webb
It's with regret that due to strike action we have cancelled Dr O'Callghan's seminar on Irish rugby. We hope to bring him to London speak in the autumn of 2020 as part of our 2020-21 programme.
Read more Sport and Leisure History Seminar 2019-20 # Dr Liam O’Callaghan CANCELLED
A short podcast this week with news from the latest meeting of the BSSH Board that was kindly hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University. BSSH Chair announces the two keynote speakers for the 2020 Conference in Twickenham (that's on 27th and 28th August if you want to get it in your diaries) and reveals a great new initiative to encourage attendance by potential speakers who need help with childcare.
There is also news of the Society's prizes for postgrads, researchers into sport and minority communities and the big one - the Arberdare Prize.
Listen out too for Dil Porter's search for BSSH members who can recall the foundation of the Society nearly 40 years ago.
The next BSSH Sport and Leisure History seminar at the IHR will be given by Veronica Smith of the University of York, who will be talking about the stained glass in the Victoria Baths, Manchester. Do come along for a stimulating discussion.
6pm Mon 2nd December, John S Cohen Room
Read more Sport and Leisure History Seminar 2019-20 #4 Veronica Smith
The next BSSH Sport and Leisure History seminar at the IHR will be given by Kay Schiller of Durham University, who will be talking about Alex Nathan, the 'fastest Jew in Germany'. Do come along for a stimulating discussion.
6pm Mon 2nd December, John S Cohen Room
Read more Sport and Leisure History Seminar 2019-20 #3 CANCELLED
The next BSSH Sport and Leisure History seminar at the IHR will be given by Kay Schiller of Durham University, who will be talking about Alex Nathan, the 'fastest Jew in Germany'. Do come along for a stimulating discussion.
6pm Mon 2nd December, John S Cohen Room
The next BSSH Sport and Leisure History seminar at the IHR will be given by Helena Byrne of the British Library talking about Irish women's soccer. Do come along for a stimulating discussion.
6pm Mon 7th October, John S Cohen Room
UK women's sport governance in this week's podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research with last week's host, Raf Nicholson, in the hot seat for the first of the BSSH's Sport in History seminars at the IHR.
Sport and empire in this week's podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research. Raf talks to regular podcast host Geoff Levett about his work looking at sport in the British and French Empires at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The next BSSH Sport and Leisure History seminar at the IHR will be given by Raf Nicholson, who will be talking about the changing governance of women's sport in the 1990s. Do come along for a stimulating discussion.
6pm Mon 7th October, John S Cohen Room
