KEVÄÄN KIRJAUUTUUKSIA

Jukka Uunila – suomalainen urheiluvaikuttaja

Antti O. Arponen

Jukka Uunila on yksi merkittävimpiä urheilujohtajia viime sotien jälkeiseltä ajalta. Hän oli keskeisesti mukana SVUL:n toiminnassa yli 30 vuotta. Suomen Olympiakomiteassa hän vaikutti ensin varapuheenjohtajana ja myöhemmin puheenjohtajana yhteensä 20 vuotta. Suomen Urheiluliitossa hän oli puheenjohtajana 10 vuotta ja hallituksessa 24 vuotta.

Kirjan kirjoittaja on tietokirjailija ja toimittaja Antti O. Arponen, joka on ollut tekemässä yli 60 urheiluun liittyvää kirjaa.

Tehtävä Tukholmassa – Suomi olympiakisoissa 1912

(toim. Riitta Forsman ja Vesa Tikander)

Tukholman olympialaiset, ”päivänpaistekisat”, järjestettiin tasan 100 vuotta sitten. Tapahtuma oli autonomiselle Suomelle merkittävä niin urheilullisesti kuin poliittisesti. Hannes Kolehmaisen ja kumppanien saavutukset jäivät urheiluhistoriaan pysyvästi ja lippuselkkaus Venäjän kanssa toi Suomelle myötätuntoa kansainvälisesti.

Tehtävä Tukholmassa – teoksen kirjoittajat ovat Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiön nykyisiä tai entisiä työntekijöitä, jotka tuntevat hyvin Urheilumuseon, -arkiston ja -kirjaston laajan lähdeaineiston.

Tukholman kisojen aineistoja pääsee selaamaan myös museon verkkosivuilla osoitteessa

www.urheilumuseo.fi

URHEILUMUSEON NÄYTTELYT

Merkki päällä – pesäpallo 90 vuotta

24.4.–26.8.2012

Urheilumuseon kesän vaihtuvassa näyttelyssä kerrotaan Suomen kansallispelin, pesäpallon, tarina. Lauri ”Tahko” Pihkala kehitti pesäpallon yhdistelemällä vanhojen pohjoismaisten lyöntipelien ja amerikkalaisen baseballin piirteitä. Pelin ensimmäiset viralliset säännöt vahvistettiin vuonna 1922.

Näyttelyssä käydään läpi pelin alkuvaiheet, sotavuodet, maakuntien joukkueiden nousu sekä 90-luvun ammattimaistuminen aina sopupelijupakan jälkeiseen uuteen tulemiseen. Vuosikymmenien ilmiöitä havainnollistetaan tekstein ja kuvin.

Kävijät voivat testata pesäpallotietojaan tietovisassa, jossa on kolme vaikeustasoa. Näyttelyssä pyörivät filmit kertovat, miten pesäpalloa pelattiin 1930-luvulla ja millaista peli on tänään.

Grupo de História e Desporto (Group for History and Sport), from the
Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
in a partnership with Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX of
Universidade de Coimbra – CEIS20.

Type of congress
International congress with papers accepted in Portuguese, English, Spanish
and French.

Goals
The Grupo de História e Desporto (Group for History and Sport – GHD)
gathers researchers from several institutions, with the main goal of
promoting cooperation, research and studies in the field of sport history.
The GHD also organizes events for History and Sport at the national and
international levels. In the Portuguese case, the interest in the history
of sport is an important research focus. The GHD also organizes an annual
congress, whose goal is the discussion and the production of knowledge in
the various aspects of the intersection of history and sport. The theme for
the 2012 congress is the Olympics.

Subject
The year 2012 marks the XXX Summer Olympic Games in London. 2012 also
commemorates the centenary of Portugal’s first participation in the Olympic
Games (in Stockholm in 1912). To mark these two events the I Congress of
History and Sport will be dedicated to the Olympic movement and its
different perspectives, including sport, social, economic, political,
religious, media, culture and others.

*Call for papers*
We seek abstracts of no more than 500 words from persons interested in
participating in the I Congress of History and Sport. Please include three
key words related to your proposed paper, a brief curriculum vita, academic
affiliation and contact information (including email and telephone). Papers
can be presented in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Proposals should be submitted via email to: historia.desporto@gmail.com

May 31 and June 1, 2012
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal

Important dates

April 20 – Closing deadline for proposals

May 3 – Notification of abstract acceptance

May 10 – Final program announced

Fees: 25 euros and 10 euros (students)

Organizing Committee

Francisco Pinheiro, CEIS20 da Universidade de Coimbra

João Tiago Pedroso de Lima, NICPRI da Universidade de Évora

Manuela Hasse, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade Técnica de
Lisboa

Maria Fernanda Rollo, IHC/FCSH da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Nuno Miguel Lima, IHC/FCSH da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Rita Nunes, Academia Olímpica de Portugal/Confederação do Desporto de
Portugal

More details about the Congress can be found on the following websites:

http://congressodehistoriaedesporto.blogspot.com

http://www.ceis20.uc.pt

http://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/

http://www.facebook.com/ihc.fcsh.unl

Suomen urheiluhistoriallisen seuran vuosikokous pidetään tiistaina 27.3.2012 klo 17.00 alkaen Tieteiden talolla, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki. Kokouksen jälkeen klo 18 seuraa FT Lauri Keskisen esitelmä: Tekikö seura kaltaisekseen? Työväenurheiluseura opettavana organisaationa 1900-luvun alussa.

Alkanut vuosi 2012 on jälleen kesäolympiavuosi, ja se tulee näkymään myös Suomen urheiluhistoriallisen seuran vuosikirjan sisällössä. Tulemme syventämään ja kertaamaan Tukholman olympialaisten tapahtumia sadan vuoden takaa ja pureutumaan muutenkin kansainvälisen kilpaurheilun ytimeen. Tätäkin aihetta jo avattiin edellisessä vuosikirjassa.

Otamme vastaan tutkimusartikkeleita, vapaita tai essee-tyyppisiä kirjoituksia, kirja-arvosteluja, seminaariraportteja sekä keskustelupuheenvuoroja. Artikkeleiden suosituspituus on 8-12 sivua, kirja-arvostelujen 2-3 sivua.

Redaktionen mottar även bidrag på svenska. Till årsboken kan ges bidrag i form av vetenskapliga artiklar (som kan genomgå referee-förfarande om så önskas), esseäer, bokrecensioner, seminarierapporter och diskussionsinlägg.

KATSO LISÄTIEDOT – SE INFO

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.