BSSH Silver Jubilee Conference: An International Celebration of Sports History
University of Stirling (Scotland)
24-26 August 2007
Advance notice
In 2007 the British Society of Sports History will celebrate its 25th anniversary. To mark the occasion its annual conference will feature a number of special events/features. These will include:
* papers by leading international scholars reviewing the present and future of sports history in North America, Australasia and the UK
* a review of the history of sports history by Professor Tony Mason
* the launch of the new annual Sport in History prize for the best article published in that journal
* the annual Sir Derek Birley Memorial Lecture, to be given by Professor Wray Vamplew, editor of the Journal of Sport History
* postgraduate bursaries to assist outstanding new scholars
A Call for Papers will be announced shortly.
The University of Stirling is located in 310 acres of countryside, on the shores of a loch, by an 18th-century castle and beneath rolling hills. Further information can be found at: http://www.stir.ac.uk/
Initial enquiries can be directed to Wray Vamplew on wray.vamplew@stir.ac.uk
To join BSSH please contact Dr Mike Huggins on m.huggins@ucsm.ac.uk Membership includes three copies of the journal Sport in History. To request a sample copy of the journal please visit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17460263.asp
Martin Johnes
History Department / Adran Hanes
Swansea University / Pryfysgol Abertawe
Swansea / Abertawe
SA2 8PP
Wales / Cymru
Telephone / Ffon: +44 (0)1792 295777
Email / Ebost: m.johnes@swansea.ac.uk
Website / Safwe: http://www.swan.ac.uk/history/staff/johnes/johnes.html
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