Call for Papers: Sport and other Leisure Industries Special Edition of Sport in History

We are seeking articles for a special edition of the journal Sport in History that examines the relationship between sport and other leisure and/or cultural industries.

Although sport’s distinctiveness as a form of leisure, due to its emphases on physicality and competitiveness, is undeniable, the study of sports history has become somewhat ghettoised from other aspects of leisure history. Moreover, while the cultural turn in sports history has encouraged a new emphasis on texts and their representation of sport, less attention has been devoted to the wider commercial configurations that have promoted sport’s appropriation by, and of, other leisure and cultural forms. This special edition will therefore seek to partially redress this gap by showcasing research that examines sport’s place within the broader entertainment business. Our aim is to encourage a dialogue between sports historians and social and cultural historians working in other areas and disciplines.

As such, we are particularly keen to receive articles on the history of sport’s relationship with culture and leisure industries, especially where these links have been hitherto relatively unexplored.
For example, how has sport as a business compared to or interacted with publishing, the fairground, theatre, cinema, shopping for pleasure, music, etc? We welcome papers covering a diverse range of historical periods, including the recent past (providing they offer a suitably historical perspective), and geographical contexts, both British and non-British.

The issues that suitable articles could cover include (but are not limited to):

How have entrepreneurs and show-people utilised and sought to capitalise on sport?
How have sportspeople, clubs and governing bodies utilised and sought to capitalise on the culture industry?
Has sport’s relationship with other culture and leisure industries transformed the nature of either or both?

The relationship between labour issues in sport and other culture and leisure industries.

The nature of competition and co-operation between sport and other leisure industries

Comparative studies between sports and other leisure industries.

Relationships between sport and other culture and leisure industries at a local level.

Relationships between sport and other leisure industries at a transnational level.

If you are interested in contributing to this special edition, please send an abstract for your paper (c. 300 words), and a brief biography, to diongeorgiou(AT)hotmail.co.uk
by Friday 20th April. We will then select the most suitable abstracts and ask their contributors to write up articles for the journal, to be sent into us by Summer 2013, with the special edition due to be published in 2014.

Guest Editors,

Dion Georgiou and Ben Litherland

Suomen Urheiluhistoriallisen seuran vuosikirja 2011 ”Nainen housuissa” on ilmestynyt. Vuosikirjan ovat toimittaneet Heikki Roiko-Jokela ja Esa Sironen.

KATSO SISÄLLYS!

The 30th Annual Conference of the British Society of Sports History, will take 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.

The conference will be open-themed. Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in length with ten minutes for questions and discussion. Ideas for Specialist Panels will also be strongly encouraged.

Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words and should be sent to The Conference Committee (email: bssh2012(AT)gmail.com) by Thursday, 5 April 2012.

We would also strongly encourage postgraduates to submit abstracts. The Richard W. Cox Postgraduate Prize will be awarded for the best paper presented by a postgraduate student. Please indicate when you submit your abstract if you wish to be considered for this award.

The conference will receive the Sir Derek Birley Annual Memorial Lecture and a special lecture from the most recent winners of The Lord Aberdare Book Prize.

The conference banquet will be held at the Ubiquitous Chip, Ashton Lane, ‘No other restaurant has been more responsible for the culinary renaissance in Scotland than the Ubiquitous Chip’. NY Times (Dining reserved for forty delegates)

Registration details and further information will be posted on our website shortly. Abstracts, registrations and all other queries should be sent to: bssh2012(AT)gmail.com

Perjantaina 10.2.2012 Suomen Urheiluhistoriallinen seura vastaa sessiosta jonka teema on TUKHOLMAN OLYMPIALAISET 1912. KATSO ohjelma!

Conference on Sport, Conflict and Reconciliation – Liverpool Hope University, Saturday 28 April 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS

Sport can be both a source of conflict and a means of promoting reconciliation and peace-building. This one-day conference aims to examine theoretical debate and practical approaches to the role of sport in relation to conflict and conflict resolution.

A particular interest of the conference lies in the area of the use of sport for purposes of conflict resolution, post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation, and peace-building. Prof. John Sugden, Professor of the Sociology of Sport at the Chelsea School, University of Brighton, will be giving a keynote address on this theme. In addition, the conference organisers will be aiming to organise at least one panel specifically on this theme, so we particularly welcome papers in this area.

However, we also welcome papers looking at other aspects of sport and conflict, and from any discipline, including geography, sociology, politics, economics, cultural studies, history, media studies, literature, and sports studies. Amongst the themes that could be considered are:

• Theoretical perspectives on understanding the interactions of sport with conflict and with post-conflict rehabilitation
• Case study evaluations of historical or contemporary instances of the relationship between sport and conflict/conflict resolution
• Organisational studies looking at the role of agencies such as ngo’s, governing bodies, political institutions, economic actors and educational bodies in sport
• Comparative assessments of the interplay between sport and conflict in different circumstances and contexts
• Analytical studies looking at the key themes and issues of relevance in using sport as an interventionist tool for peace-building
• Philosophical and ethical evaluations of the roles of sport, both in engendering conflict and in promoting its resolution.
• Assessments of methodological approaches to the analysis of the role of sport in conflict and conflict resolution.

The conference is being organised by the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies at Liverpool Hope University. The conference organisers are Dr Michael Holmes, Dr Liam O’Callaghan and Dr Joel Rookwood. The venue will be the Conference Centre, Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park campus, Taggart Avenue, Liverpool.

Paper proposals (title and an abstract of not more than 300 words) should be submitted to the Conference Secretary, Jane Reilly, at reillyj(AT)hope.ac.uk by 31 January 2012. We will provide initial notification to proposers by 17 February. Late submissions may be accepted if feasible.

XIV CONGRESS of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport
– and XII BRAZILIAN CONGRESS for the History of Physical Education and Sport

July 9-13, 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sport and Physical Education Around the Globe – Past, Present and Future

CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for abstracts: January 8, 2012
Notice of acceptance: March 10, 2012

Information about registration and accommodation information will soon be provided on the conference webpage.

SPORT AND GENDER HISTORY WORKSHOP 10.6.2011

Hosted by the International Football Institute, University of Central Lancashire & The British Society of Sports History

Location: Greenbank Building, University of Central Lancashire

Closing Date 20th May 2011. For further information contact Dion Georgiou, Co-convenor at e-mail:sportshistory(AT)hotmail.co.uk

http://www.history.ac.uk/events/seminars/248

The Institute of Historical Research in London

Sport and Leisure History Seminar:

Summer 2011 Programme

9 May: Dr David Dee (De Montfort University)

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

23 May: Nick Piercey (University College London)

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

6 Jun: Professor Peter Bailey (University of Manitoba)

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

10 Jun: SPORT AND GENDER HISTORY WORKSHOP

Please note that this event will take place on a Friday at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. Contact Dion Georgiou at sportshistory(AT)hotmail.co.uk for more information.

20 Jun: FOOTBALL AND NATIONAL IDENTITY 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

The 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 sportshistory(AT)hotmail.co.uk, and we will add you to our mailing list.

Seuran järjestämän liikuntahistorian tutkijaseminaarin ohjelma on julkaistu. Seminaari toteutetaan Jyväskylässä 25.5.2011 Jyväskylän yliopiston Historian ja etnologian laitoksella. KATSO OHJELMA!

Suomen urheiluhistoriallisen seuran jäsenet kutsutaan vuosikokoukseen, joka pidetään
torstaina 31.3.2010 klo 17.30 alkaen Suomen Urheilumuseolla, Olympiastadion, Helsinki.
Kahvitarjoilu. Kokouksen jälkeen klo 18 seuraa FT Jari Kanervan esitelmä

Ennen afterskitä – suomalaisen alppihiihtokulttuurin synty.

Mitä meillä oli ennen lumilautoja, kumparelaskua ja afterskitä? Millaisia olivat valkeat rinteet ja mitä vauhdin hurma?

Alppihiihtokäännöksiä tapailtiin Suomessa jo 1920-luvun lopulla. Neuvoa haettiin Ruotsista, jossa itävaltalaista oppia oli muokattu tunturiolosuhteisiin sopivaksi. Vaikutteiden hakeminen ja hiihdon monipuolinen kehittäminen olivat erityisesti naisten alaa. Miehiset urheilupiirit taas perustivat ratkaisunsa perinteeseen ja tukeutuivat kotimaiseen tietämykseen. He keskittyivät mitalien voittamiseen eivätkä hyväksyneet Keski-Euroopasta levinnyttä ”hotelliurheilua” todelliseksi urheiluksi.

Ennen toista maailmansotaa Lapin tunturihiihto oli harvojen harrastus, mutta naisvoimistelujärjestöt vaikuttivat aktiivisuudellaan Lapin matkailun yleistymiseen. Lappi- ja tunturihiihtomainoksilla luotiin vauhdikkuudella ja yläluokkaisella glamourilla höystettyä mielikuvaa raikkaudesta ja terveellisestä elämäntavasta.

Tilaisuus on avoin yleisölle!
TERVETULOA!

Medlemmarna i Finlands idrottshistoriska förening kallas härmed till årsmöte torsdagen den 31 mars 2011, kl. 17.30 vid Idrottsmuseet, Olympiastadion, Helsingfors. Mötesdeltagarna bjuds på kaffe.

I samband med årsmötet kl. 18 håller fil. dr Jari Kanerva ett föredrag (på finska) om den alpina skidkulturens tillblivelse i Finland. Se rubrik ovan!

Föredraget är öppet för allmänheten.

VÄLKOMMEN!