Sport and Leisure History Seminar - Summer Programme‏

The Sport and Leisure History seminar summer series have announced their summer 2011 programme and is as follows:

9 May:      Dr   9th May: Dr David Dee (De Montfort University)

The British Union of Fascists and the 'Sporting Jew',  1935-1939

23rd May: Nick Pierce (University College London)

Football Club Membership in Rotterdam in 1914: Walking through the Historic City in Search of the Individual

6th June: Professor Peter Bailey (University of Manitoba)

Entertainmentality! Modernising Pleasure in a Victorian Leisure Industry, or Did Foucault Ever Play the Hackney Empire?

20th June:  Football and National Identiyy in Post-war England

Christoph Wagner (De Montfort University)

Huns vs Inselaffen: Anglo-German Football Rivalry, 1954-1996

Dr Dilwyn Porter (De Montfort University)

English Football and the State of the (British) Nation, c.1980-2000

Seminars will take place in the Ecclesiastical History Room of the Institute of Historical Research in London, at 5:15 PM on Mondays fortnightly (unless listed otherwise). 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.