Wednesday, February 17, 2010

CFP: The British Society of Sports History Annual Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS

The British Society of Sports History Annual Conference,
10th - 11th September 2010,
Hosted by the Wellcome Collection, London.


We are pleased to invite you to the 28th Annual Conference of the British
Society of Sports History from September 10th-11th 2010.

The conference will take place at the Wellcome Collection
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/ which is situated in central London
near to Euston Station.

The conference will be open themed. Papers should be a maximum of 20
minutes in length with ten minutes for questions and discussion.
Abstracts should be no longer than 200 words and should be sent to The
Conference Committee (email bsshconference@googlemail.com) by Friday 9th
April 2010. Ideas for Specialist Panels will also be strongly considered.

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 winner of The Lord Aberdare
Book Prize.

Registration details and information will be posted on our website shortly.
Abstracts, registrations and all other queries should be sent to:
bsshconference@googlemail.com

Please forward this to any of your colleagues and postgraduate students
who may find this of interest.

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