Wednesday, June 15, 2005

CONFERENCE: Sport and War

The International Centre for Sports History and Culture will be holding a one day conference on sport and war on Saturday 25 June, starting at 11.00 am.

It will be held in the Clephan Building of De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH.

Speakers
Dr Eliza Reidi (Leicester University) - Sport and the Armed Forces before 1914
Dean Allen (Brunel University) - Sport in the Anglo-South African War
Dr James Roberts (University College, Worcester) - The role of football in
the training and command of the British Expeditionary Force
Dr Tony Collins (De Montfort University) - Rugby, War and Memory
Prof Tony Mason (De Montfort University) - Sport in prisoner of war camps in World War Two

Registration is £20 and payable on the day.

For more information email Tony Collins at tcollins@dmu.ac.uk The SPORTHIST list is archived at:
http://listserv.umist.ac.uk/archives/sporthist.html

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