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.