The Sport in History Podcast brings you the latest research with interviews and talks with leading sports historians and up-and-coming researchers into Sports History. The podcast is a British Society of Sports History (BSSH) production from the UK's leading society for the history of sport.. You can find us on all social media platforms and major podcast platforms here (https://linktr.ee/sportinhistorypodcast).
Likewise, Click through to the BSSH website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the British Society of Sport History: https://www.sportinhistory.org/ (https://www.sportinhistory.org/)
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30 Years of Sports History at De Montfort University Roundtable
The podcast is excited to share with you this roundtable from the 2025 British Society of Sports History Conference at Ulster University which celebrated 30 years of Sports History being studied at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK.
The panel was chaired by current DMU associate professor Heather Dichter, alongside DMU emeritus professor Richard Holt and former students of Sports History at the university including Dr Melinda Reid and Dr Tom Fabian (who joined virtually) to discuss the history of the Sports History and culture MA which began in 1995 and the launch of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) a year later, in addition to all of the great research that has emerged over the past three decades.
We hope you enjoy this roundtable and if you would like to find out more about Sports History at DMU, you can do so here: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/art-design-humanities/icshc/international-centre-for-sports-history-and-culture.aspx (https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/art-design-humanities/icshc/international-centre-for-sports-history-and-culture.aspx )
Thia podcast is a British Society of Sports History (BSSH) production from the UK's leading society for the history of sport.. You can find the podcast on all social media & major podcast platforms here (https://linktr.ee/sportinhistorypodcast).
Likewise, Click through to the BSSH website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the British Society of Sport History: https://www.sportinhistory.org/ (https://www.sportinhistory.org/)
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25 Aug 2025
Matthew Brown on Sports History in South America
This episode features Matthew Brown, winner of the 2024 Lord Aberdare Book Prize, giving his Lord Aberdare Prize Keynote lecture, at the 2025 BSSH Conference at Ulster University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Professor Matthew Brown is professor of Latin American history at the University of Bristol.
Professor Brown delivered a wonderful and engaging keynote that covered a wide-ranging overview of Sports within South America in the early 20th Century and interwar period, covering a variety of sports including soccer, swimming and Athletics and the pride or representation it gave to certain countries within South America in what was a wonderful start to the conference.
There is also a brief introduction given by BSSH past chair and BSSH 2025 Conference Organiser, Dr Conor Heffernan, on the importance of sports within Northern Ireland and the importance of curiosity when addressing historical work.
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2 Jul 2025
Tamsin Johnson on Cycling Women and Visions of Modernity & Femininity in British Visual Culture (1880-1939)
Tamsin Johnson explores the visual culture surrounding women's cycling in Britain from 1880-1939, revealing evolving perceptions of femininity, modernity, and physical power in this interview episode.
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