Our latest episode is now live, thanks to the amazing team over at @cricketacademic.bsky.social who held their highly successful conference over the weekend at Hughes Hall in Cambridge. You can listen via the link below & on all podcast platforms ⬇️
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Indeed - as @orarunswild.bsky.social rightly points out, there used to be an Olympic Art competiton alongside the sport. Check out this @sportinhistory.bsky.social article to learn more! #olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For those unable to join us last night at our @ihr.bsky.social seminar last night, you can now listen to the event with @fionaskillen.bsky.social, @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social & Karen Fraser discussing their 2024 book, A most beautiful game
Available now ⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/6jVS1v…
Our next seminar is taking place on January 26th with an exciting panel discussion on the history of Scottish women’s football ft. @fionaskillen.bsky.social, @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social & Karen Fraser on their book ‘A most unsuitable game’
Sign up today ⬇️
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
As we celebrate our 150th episode 🥳 We’re back with another pioneer from the world of sports!
We’re honoured to be joined by Alan Lau, chairman of the Frank Soo Foundation to talk to us about Frank’s life & times & why Asian inclusivity in football matters!
shows.acast.com/sport-in-histo…
Our latest episode from our associated podcast featuring former journal editor @collinstony.bsky.social who held the post between 2001-2007.
If you are publishing with the journal and/or are interested in appearing on the podcast, please drop the podcast page or us a message to be involved!!
An exciting opportunity for sports scholars or those with an interest in the area looking to expand their portfolio or gain editorial experience with one of the leading journals in the field!
Apply today to join a fascinating editorial team at @sportinhistory.bsky.social
Come and join our fabulous editorial team at @sportinhistory.bsky.social. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested.
Two vacancies have arisen on the editorial team of the Sport in History journal, and the Trustees of the BSSH are looking to make appointments that will begin in January 2026. See below for application details
www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...
The journal is looking for TWO NEW editors (one senior and one junior) to begin their tenure in January 2026!
You can find out more information about this exciting opportunity via the link below and the deadline for applications is November 30th!!
www.sportinhistory.org/articles/edi...
To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy.
To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition
I’ll pick a winner next week.
#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory
***NEW ARTICLE***
Welcoming the ladies with one foot on the brake: Swedish women’s ice hockey’s road towards legitimacy in the early 1980s by John Berg.
Available to read open-access via the link below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A great event at @ihr.bsky.social last night celebrating Dick Holt’s from the @icshc.bsky.social revised edition of ‘Sport & the British’ with a record crowd of 70+ joining us both in-person & online.
If you want to listen to the discussion, you can do so now ⬇️
shows.acast.com/sport-in-histo…
Sign up before 6pm THIS SUNDAY to be part of an amazing event celebrating a legendary book via the link below ⬇️
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Congratulations @rafnicholson.bsky.social on this amazing article!
Check out Raf’s articles which is currently open-access and all our other content at: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsi...
30 September 5-6pm BST:
We're launching a new research report on the history of women's cricket in Scotland.
I'll be chatting to Fiona Reid @bayfirth.bsky.social, Nic Wilson (Cricket Scotland) & former Scotland players.
Zoom link & more info here - come along!
www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cric...
We’re 2 and a half weeks away from this great event at @ihr.bsky.social
celebrating Richard Holt’s revised edition of his seminal book ‘Sport & the British’ on September 29th.
Sign up to join us online or in-person by clicking the link below ⬇️
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We're thrilled to announce the release of the revised edition of Richard Holt's iconic book 'Sport and the British' by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
A must-have for sports historians for over 35 years, Holt's book has been called “The bible of Sports History”.
The first of 2 recordings from the @bssh.bsky.social conference are now available to listen to with Matthew Brown of @bristoluni.bsky.social giving the Lord Aberdare Keynote lecture on sports in South America.
Listen via the link or wherever you get your podcasts!
shows.acast.com/sport-in-his....
Like us, @sportinhistory.bsky.social are now on LinkedIn!
It’s great to see the journal increase its online presence and we hope as many of you take the time to follow their account on there (and ours too if you’re feeling generous!)
But please do share the post below with your networks!
After our recent arrival here on Bluesky, we’ve continued our expansion of our online presence by joining LinkedIn!
If you are on LinkedIn, please feel free to follow us on there via the link below ⬇️
Likewise, please feel free to share this news where you can!!
www.linkedin.com/company/spor...
Welcome to the Bluesky page for the Sport in History journal, the official journal of @bssh.bsky.social that covers all eras & contexts of sports history.
If you want to find out more about the journal or submit a piece, please check our website:
www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsi...
The @sportinhistory.bsky.social journal, of which we’re named after, is now on @bsky.app.
As the podcast of the journal and @bssh.bsky.social, we’re pleased to see British sports history increasing its online profile and we hope you find all of our content interesting!
