Football history in this week's podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research. Geoff talks to Professor Matt Taylor of De Montfort University about the paper he presented at the 2019 BSSH conference in Liverpool regarding sport in Britain during the Second World War. In particular we discuss the issue of Sunday sport - an issue that was far more controversial in the mid-twentieth century than it is nowadays.
Read more Sport in History Podcast #14 – Prof Matt Taylor
The next BSSH sport and leisure history seminar at the IHR will be given by Tom Weir who will be talking about intellectual disability. Do come along for a stimulating discussion.
5.30pm Mon 28th January, John S Cohen Room
Read more Sport & Leisure History Seminar 2019 #2
Our final seminar of the term will be given by Dr Dave Dee from De Montfort University who will talking to us about the sporting experience of British Jews between the wars.
Read more Sport & Leisure History Seminar Autumn 2018 #6
Our third seminar of the term will be given by a Dr John Law from the University of Westminster. He'll be talking to us on a subject drawn from his forthcoming book on Americans visiting or living in Britain in the 1950s and their (sometimes horrified) reactions to what they found there.
Read more Sport & Leisure History Seminar Autumn 2018 #5
Coming to a brief spell of teaching at De Montfort I thought it might be of use to the casual cultured visitor to point out some of the less well-known elements of Leicester that are worthy of consideration.
Read more A short ramble round Leicester
