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BSSH Annual Conference 2012
Call for Papers
7-8 September 2012, hosted by the University of Glasgow
We are pleased to invite you to the 30th Annual Conference of the British Society of Sports History, taking place Friday and Saturday, 7-8 September 2012. The conference will take place at the University of Glasgow, based in the scenic West End of the city.
British Society Of Sports History ‘A’ Level Essay Competition
Open to all AS/A2 students
The British Society of Sports History wishes to announce the inaugural Sports History Essay Competition. Open to all 6th Form Students studying AS/A2 level subjects.
Students are invited to submit (via their teachers) an essay of no less than 1500 and no more than 2000 words based on any sports history-related topic from any of the current AS/A2 Physical Education and Sports Studies specifications.
Read more: British Society Of Sports History ‘A’ Level Essay Competition
Welcome to the new British Society of Sports History Website
Welcome to the website for the British Society of Sports History. Our purpose is to promote the study of the history of sport.
Our work includes activities as diverse as encouragement of research within and beyond academic settings, support for the preservation of the sporting record, collaboration with the museum and heritage sector, promotion of the study of the history of sport in higher and further education as well as by those in secondary school, and engagement with the broader public media.
As part of this promotion, we organise an annual conference and publish the journal Sport in History, as well as work with the broader sports history community to organise and support local and regional activities. Alongside these activities, we are building and supporting networks of post-graduate students and links with other social history groups.
The BSSH has members across the world, and we welcome anyone with an interest in the history of sport to our website and hope the material here is both interesting and useful for you. We are committed to sharing ideas, information and a passion for the study of the history of sport in a wide range of historical settings, and invite you to join us in these efforts.
Dr Malcolm MacLean
Chairman
Sport and Leisure History Seminar: Spring 2012 Programme
9 Jan: Dr Emma Peplow (University of Glamorgan/Marylebone Cricket Club)
Taking the Field: Telling the Stories of Grassroots Cricket
23 Jan: Adriana Massida (University of Cambridge)
The 'La Salada' Fair (Buenos Aires) as a Place of Recreation and Construction of Identities
6 Feb: Dr David Day (Manchester Metropolitan University)
'A Man Cannot See His Own Faults': British Professional Trainers and the 1912 Olympics
20 Feb: Rafaelle Nicholson (Queen Mary, University of London)
Women's Cricket Magazine, 1930-1967: Making Cricket Possible, Enjoyable and Fruitful for All Women and Girls
5 Mar: Alex Rock (De Montfort University)
Khaki Fever at the Finsbury Park Rink Cinema: Gender, Sexuality and Modernity, 1913-19
19 Mar: Iain Wilton (Queen Mary, University of London)
Sport's Role in 1951's Festival of Britain
The seminars will this semester take place in the Bloomsbury Room (Room 35) at Senate House in London, at 5:15pm on Mondays fortnightly. If you are interested in attending the seminar, contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and we will add you to our mailing list.
Architecture for leisure in post-war Europe [1945-1989]
The development of the European welfare state started in the late 19th century as a reaction to processes of modernization and accelerated around the mid-20th century, after the massive destruction caused by two world wars. Caught between American corporate capitalism and Soviet communism, the welfare state devised a specific European answer to Cold War politics. In most European countries, this resulted in the construction of planning institutions and new bureaucracies, facilitating the redistribution of wealth, knowledge, and political power as well as the implementation of new building programs such as mass housing and social infrastructure. In this context of economic growth and rising prosperity, many Western European countries also outlined a set of policies designed to mitigate social antagonisms. Such policies not only targeted education, social security, and health care, they also democratized the right to leisure.
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BSSH Annual Conference 2012
Call for Papers 7-8 September 2012, hosted by the University of Glasgow We are pleased to invite you to the 30th Annual Conference of the British Society of Sports History, taking place Friday and Saturday, 7-8 September...
British Society Of Sports History ‘A’ Level Essay Competition
Open to all AS/A2 students The British Society of Sports History wishes to announce the inaugural Sports History Essay Competition. Open to all 6th Form Students studying AS/A2 level subjects. Students are invited to...