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
Our first seminar of 2019 will be given by Dr Jon Hughes of Royal Hollloway who will talking to us about boxing in Germany in the 1930s, Max Schmeling and 'The Biggest Boxing Match in Europe.'
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our second seminar of the term will be given by a post-graduate researcher from the University of Wolverhampton, Amanda Callan-Spenn. Her subject, Sarah Meyer, is a woman whose career reads like the plot of a Booker-shortlisted novel.
Our first seminar features two speakers. Raf Nicholson, will talk about international women's cricket during the apartheid era while Richard Parry will discuss cricket among indigenous mineworkers on the Rand. And I'll be acting as chair in my capacity both as co-convenor of the seminar and a contributor to the book of a chapter on the first South African men's cricket captain, Percy Sherwell. Do come along and to listen to our guests and to join in the debate about the role of sport in the development of South African society in the twentieth century.
A brief post flagging up the forthcoming seminar at the Institute of Historical Research on Sport and Leisure History to be given by Dr Melanie Bassett of the University of Portsmouth who will be talking about the role of sport in the training and recreation of workers in the Royal Dockyard in Portsmouth.
A brief post flagging up the forthcoming seminar at the Institute of Historical Research on Sport and Leisure History to be given by Prof. Matthew Taylor of De Montfort University. He'll be talking about the BBC and Sport during World War 2 - click through to find out more.
