Wednesday, November 16, 2005

CONFERENCE: British Society of Sports History

FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2006 – SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2006
at St Martin’s College, Lancaster

St Martin’s College, Lancaster is pleased to invite you to the 25th annual conference of the British Society of Sports History on 1-3 September 2006.

The conference will run on an ‘open theme’ basis. Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in length, with 10 minutes for discussion. Abstracts for papers should be no longer than 200 words and sent to Dr Carol Osborne at the address below by
1st May 2006.

The Richard W Cox Postgraduate Prize will be awarded for the best paper by a postgraduate student. Please indicate when you submit your abstract if you wish to be considered for this award.

The Sir Derek Birley Annual Memorial Lecture will open Saturday’s proceedings.

Abstracts, registrations and all queries should be sent to:

Dr Carol Osborne,
School of Sport and Outdoor Studies,
St Martin’s College, Bowerham Road,
Lancaster, LA1 3JD. United Kingdom.

Telephone: 01524 526540 / Email: c.osborne@ucsm.ac.uk

The aim of BSSH is to stimulate, promote and co-ordinate interest in the historical study of sport, physical education, recreation and leisure, with special reference to the British Isles. The annual subscription for full membership is £20 per year for ordinary members, £25 (or €42) for overseas members and £10 for students and retired people. Annual membership includes three issues of the society journal, Sport in History (published by Taylor & Francis, on behalf of BSSH) and two issues of the members’ Bulletin.

The society’s website can be found at:
www2.umist.ac.uk/sport/SPORTS%20HISTORY/index2.html

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