Sport and Leisure History
Archived podcasts from the IHR's Sport and Leisure History seminar series
5 Nov 2012
"The Drab Suburban Streets Were Metamorphosed into a Veritable Fairyland": Spectacle, Ritual and Festivity in the Ilford Hospital Carnival, 1905-1914?
Dion Georgiou (Queen Mary, University of London)
22 Oct 2012
Football Statues: Honouring Heroes by Branding in Bronze?
Dr Chris Stride and Ffion Thomas (University of Sheffield)
25 Jun 2012
Boom and Bust: The Edwardian Roller Skating Boom, 1908-1912
Sean Creighton (Independent historian; Editor of 'History & Social Action Publications')
28 May 2012
Following the Urban Alchemist: The Tour Guide and the History of London
Geoffrey Levett (Birkbeck, University of London)
14 May 2012
Ailsa Craig and the Leisure Industry on the Firth of Clyde, c. 1800-2010
Dr Matthew McDowell (University of Glasgow)
19 Mar 2012
Sport's Role in 1951's Festival of Britain
Iain Wilton (Queen Mary, University of London)
5 Mar 2012
Khaki Fever at the Finsbury Park Rink Cinema: Gender, Sexuality and Modernity, 1913-19
Alex Rock (De Montfort University)
20 Feb 2012
Women's Cricket Magazine, 1930-1967: Making Cricket Possible, Enjoyable and Fruitful for All Women and Girls
Rafaelle Nicholson (Queen Mary, University of London)
6 Feb 2012
'A Man Cannot See His Own Faults': British Professional Trainers and the 1912 Olympics
Dr David Day (Manchester Metropolitan University)
23 Jan 2012
The 'La Salada' Fair (Buenos Aires) as a Place of Recreation and Construction of Identities
Adriana Massidda (University of Cambridge)
9 Jan 2012
Taking the Field: Telling the Stories of Grassroots Cricket
Dr Emma Peplow (University of Glamorgan/Marylebone Cricket Club)
28 Nov 2011
Speed: Towards a Collective Biography of Brooklands Women, 1907-1939
Dr Jean Williams (De Montfort University)
14 Nov 2011
Recreational Music-Making and the Fashioning of Political or Diplomatic Relationships at the court of Elizabeth I
Dr Katherine Butler (University of Oxford)
31 Oct 2011
The Race for Supremacy: The Politics of 'White' Sport in South Africa, 1880-1910
Dr Dean Allen (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
17 Oct 2011
Je suis Quinziste et Socialiste: Rugby, Wine and Socialism in the Aude since 1976
Andrew Smith (Queen Mary, University of London)
3 Oct 2011
Sport and Civilian Morale in Second World War Britain
Professor Matthew Taylor (De Montfort University)
19 Jun 2011
Football and National Identity in Post-War England
Christoph Wagner (De Montfort University) and Dr Dilwyn Porter (De Montfort University)
5 Jun 2011
Entertainmentality! Modernising Pleasure in a Victorian Leisure Industry, or Did Foucault Ever Play the Hackney Empire?
Professor Peter Bailey (University of Manitoba)
22 May 2011
Football Club Membership in Rotterdam in 1914: Walking through the Historic City in Search of the Individual
Nick Piercey (University College London)
8 May 2011
The British Union of Fascists and the 'Sporting Jew', 1935-1939
David Dee (De Montfort University)
27 Mar 2011
Gambling Parties and their Suppression: The Use of Defence Regulations to Suppress Gaming during and after the Second World War
Seamus Murphy
28 Feb 2011
The Significance of Thermal Comfort, Physical Health and Recreation in the Design of the Crystal Palaces at Hyde Park and Sydenham
Henrik Schoenefeldt (University of Cambridge)
14 Feb 2011
'For Profit, Pleasure and Sport': Recreation, Culture and Society in the Atlantic World, 1600-1700
Natalie Deibel (George Washington University)
17 Jan 2011
Regional Cricket Identities: The Construction of Class Narratives and Their Relationship to Contemporary Supporters
Duncan Stone (University of Huddersfield)