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Michael Connolly on Brother Walfrid and the foundation of Celtic Football Club 54:32

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Dr Michael Connolly is currently lecturing in Sport Management at the University of Stirling, placed within the Faculty of Health Science and Sport.His research is centred within the Sport division and over the past five academic years he has worked towards producing the world's first biography of Brother Walfrid - most recognised as the prime foun…

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Cricket Research Network 2024 Round Table 1:03:25

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This episode is a recording of a Roundtable discussion during the first Cricket Research Network conference, held at the Museum of Welsh Cricket in Cardiff on 23 February 2024. The discussion was Chaired by Professor Dominic Malcolm (Loughborough University) and the participants (in the order in which they appear on the recording) were:Michael Coll…

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Dave Day and Female Teachers of PE in Interwar Britain 1:10:56

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'For those who like the life nothing could be better’: The Games Mistress in Interwar BritainDuring the Edwardian period the ‘sporting girl’ was increasingly being framed as modern and aspirational. Intensive exercise programmes had been introduced at many British girls’ schools and the physical education colleges were graduating substantial number…

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Max Ferrer on Global Barça and Consumable Catalan Culture 31:27

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In the decades surrounding the turn of the twenty-first century, few brands across the globe gained more recognition than that of FC Barcelona. During this period, the club engaged in two mission that were seemingly at odds with one another. The first was to globalize the club’s reach and expand into international markets. The second was to retain …

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Clem Seecharan in conversation with David Woodhouse 56:49

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Clem Seecharan, the distinguished historian of Guyana and Caribbean cricket, talks to David Woodhouse at a special event to celebrate his being given the Howard Milton Award for cricket scholarship.Clem talks about his youth growing up on Berbice in then British Guyana and the effect on him of reading the CLR James classic, 'Beyond a Boundary'. He …

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Matt Taylor on Barbara Buttrick 1:04:19

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Barbara Buttrick and the History of Women’s Boxing in BritainThis paper explores the life and career of Barbara Buttrick but also the way in which her achievements have been remembered (and forgotten). Born near Hull in 1930, Buttrick faced discrimination and disapproval in the UK and was frequently banned and boycotted. Moving to the United States…

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Roy Thompson on Football and Emotion 39:34

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‘I've been with them longer than my wife.’ Searching for emotional clues in published fan culture. The highs and lows of following Lincoln City 1945-2000Histories of emotions in sports have been mainly noticeable by their absence. This paper aims to begin to fill the gap Ross McKibbin identified when he questioned the failure of historians to serio…

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Souvik Naha and Postcolonial Cricket 1:10:07

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This episode Souvik Naha gives a paper on the relationship between cricket, nationalism and postcolonial identities in 20th century India.What cricket tells us about the making of a postcolonial cityIndian cricket mobilized a large and diverse popular following in the twentieth century. What was so special about cricket and why was it so important …

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Jeremy Lonsdale and MCC in India 1926-27 38:33

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This episode Geoff talks to cricket historian Jeremy Lonsdale about the MCC tour to India in 1926-27. The tour, led by Arthur Gilligan, was a pivotal moment in Indian cricket history with Indian cricketers proving that they were worthy to play Test matches in the very near future. Jeremy also talks about the political implications of the tour at a …

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Heather Dichter and Sport and Soft Power 45:27

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This episode features the keynote presentation at the 2023 BSSH Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University. Dr Heather Dichter gives a wide ranging overview of the relationship between sport and soft power over the past century from the turbulent politics of the 1930s through the Cold War to the Beijing Games.Dr Heather Dichter of De Montfort…

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Thomas Campbell - The Miners' Strike and 80s Football Violence 30:54

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'The enemy within' football hooliganism and the miners' strike' During the 1980s Margaret Thatcher’s government attempted to reduce the economic power of the industrial working class by legislating against the trade unions and defeating the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike. At the time English football was an important part of male working-class culture, par…

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Turlough O'Riordan, Terry Clavin and Carol Osborne on Irish Sporting Lives 52:17

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Join Conor Heffernan as he interviews Turlough O'Riordan and Terry Clavin, co-editors of the wonderful 2022 collection Irish Sporting Lives. We are also delighted to be joined by Irish Sporting Lives contributor (and force behind a successful conference) Carol Osborne.Irish Sporting Lives can be purchased directly from the Royal Irish Academy at ht…

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Roger Domeneghetti and sport in the 80s 48:40

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Roger Domeneghetti is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Northumbria University while maintaining a career as a freelance journalist where he has worked for Associated Press, Sporting Life and the Morning Star among others.In 2015 Roger’s book, From the Back Page to the Front Room, a history of England’s football media, was short-listed for the BSSH’…

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Conor Heffernan on US Women's Weightlifting in the 80s 1:00:55

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Conor Heffernan on US Women's Weightlifting in the 80s by British Society of Sports HistoryBritish Society of Sports History

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Ben Duncan-Jones on Boxing 1:03:39

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The geographies and finances of bare-knuckle prize-fighting in Britain, 1860-1880From the mid-nineteenth century bare-knuckle prize-fighting in Britain was reported as being in retreat. Yet, despite opposition and condemnation prize-fighting retained a ubiquitous social and cultural presence, both inside and outside the ring. Large crowds made up o…

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Andy Carter - Victorians and sport in the classical world 1:02:04

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Andy Carter - Victorians and sport in the classical world by British Society of Sports HistoryBritish Society of Sports History

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Katie Holmes on Women's Running 56:16

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This episode features a paper given by Katie Holmes at the IHR on women's running.Until October 1975, women in the UK did not compete in marathons, nor were they allowed run in any other long-distance road races. Women’s Amateur Athletic Association rules prohibited them from racing further than 6000m. Road racing was an almost entirely male preser…

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Dr. Michael Connolly on Brother Walfrid 43:21

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Brother Walfrid (Andrew Kerins) is best known for founding Celtic F.C. in 1888. While his name is known well within the club's history, biographical details of Walfrid are often lacking. Listen as Conor speaks with Dr. Michael Connolly from Sterling University concerning Michael's new book,Walfrid: A Life of Faith Community and Football. The book c…

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Alec Hurley - Sport and microhistory in Rochester, NY 1:03:06

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This episode features a paper given by Alec Hurley at the British Society of Sport History's Sport & Leisure History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research in London.Though sport clubs are universal, there exists – as nineteenth century French diplomat Alexis DeTocqueville claimed – a uniquely American disposition toward the formation of a…

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Jeremy Lonsdale 44:00

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This episode Geoff talks to Jeremy Lonsdale about his latest work on Yorkshire cricket history, 'A Game Emerging: Yorkshire before the coming of the All England Eleven'.The book tells the story of Yorkshire cricket from c. 1750 to the 1840s and in their conversation Geoff and Jeremy discuss the way in which cricket fitted into wider societal change…

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Rob Colls and the Fight of the Century 1:10:17

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In this episode Rob Colls examines the ‘Fight of the Century’ - between the American John Carmel Heenan and the British boxer ‘Brighton Titch’ Tom Sayers - which took place on 17th April 1860. The fight was a landmark in the history of international sport whose staging and coverage encapsulated many of the dramatic social, technological and economi…

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Eric Blakely on the 1908 Olympics 56:27

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Eric Blakely gives a paper on Zoom about his fascinating research into the social background of the 750 or so athletes who competed for Great Britain and Ireland in the 1908 London Olympics. Eric's paper is followed by questions from the audience.British Society of Sports History

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Oliver Knabe and Alan McDougall on Football Nation 57:53

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Join Conor Heffernan, Oliver Knabe and Alan McDougall as they discuss the new edited collection Football Nation: The Playing Fields of German Culture, History, and Society. Published in 2022, this collection draws from a range of different fields to discuss the socio-political and cultural importance of football in Germany across the twentieth-cent…

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David Woodhouse - Cricket in the West Indies in 1953:54 1:43:45

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This episode Geoff talks to David Woodhouse about his quadruple award-winning book, 'Who Only Cricket Know: Hutton's Men in the West Indies 1953/54'.Held at the London Library in central London it's a wide ranging discussion in which David explains why the MCC tour of that year was a key moment in the history of cricket and society more generally o…

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Max Portman on West Ham and the Olympic Stadium 46:26

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This episode is a recording of the paper given by Max Portman at the Institute of Historical Research on 14th Nov 2022.If one is to talk about the importance of sport within East London, West Ham United is always a part of the conversation. As the premier football team within the area, West Ham United are ingrained in the popular culture psyche of …

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Rich Parry - Swallows and Hawk 51:29

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This episode Geoff talks to Dr Rich Parry about his latest book, Swallows and Hawk, which tells the history of South Africa through the medium of MCC cricket tours .Beginning at the end of the nineteenth century Rich tells us how cricket and the development of colonial capitalism went hand in hand throughout the twentieth century on the continent o…

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David Patrick on Ted Carroll, Boxing Journalist Extraorindaire 44:40

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Join Conor Heffernan and David Patrick as they discuss David's upcoming co-edited book with Ian Phimister, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll (Rowman, 2023). Ted Carroll was one of the greatest American artists and sportswriters of the twentieth century, most notably as a boxing cartoonist and journalist. As a …

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Ram Guha Keynote at BSSH Conference '22 - The Accidental Sports Historian 39:05

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The Accidental Sports HistorianRamachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bengaluru. For many years, Ramachandra Guha wrote scholarly, heavily footnoted, academic books and papers which dealt with subjects other than sport, while moonlighting during the weekends as a writer of popular, anecdotal, articles on Indian cricket and crickete…

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BSSH Anniversary Keynote: Professor Richard Holt and the Development of British Sport History 1:23:59

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Professor Richard Holt, whose critical sport on British sport history, opens the BSSH's 40th anniversary with a retrospective keynote on the development of British sport history and the areas still in need of historical attention. We are thankful to Professor Holt for a fascinating paper, which can also be found in print form online at https://www.…

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BSSH 40th Anniversary Podcast: Mike Cronin and Irish Sport History 1:03:09

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Join Conor and Professor Mike Cronin for a retrospective discussion on Professor Cronin's own career in Irish sport history, the rise of sport history as a discipline in Ireland and the areas still in need of attention.Professor Mike Cronin has been the Academic Director of Boston College Ireland since 2005. He was educated at the University of Ken…

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Paul Hawkins, English Isolation and the 1966 World Cup 32:12

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Join Conor Heffernan and Paul Hawkins as they discuss Paul's new book on English football, the triumph of 1966 and England's relationship with the broader European football community.British Society of Sports History

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Rob Colls Keynote BSSH Conference '22 41:35

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Rob Colls is Professor Emeritus of Sports History at De Montfort University.In his Keynote speech at the BSSH Conference 2022 he talks passionately about his life as a historian of sport and his research for his award-winning book, 'This Sporting Life', which tells the story of sport in England from the 18th to the 20th Centuries.…

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Round Table on EDI BSSH Conf '22 1:00:21

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EDI Rep on the BSSH Exec Dr Amanda Callan-Spenn hosts a round table discussion of the issues around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the world of sports history with a panel of academics at various stages of their careers at the BSSH 2022 Conference at De Montfort University.On the panel:-Dr Paul Campbell (University of Leicester)Dr Lydia Furse…

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Football on the Home Front with Dr. Alexander Jackson 49:26

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Join Conor Heffernan and Dr. Alexander Jackson as they discuss Dr. Jackson's new book, Football's Great War: Association Football on the English Home Front, 1914–1918. Learn how English football survived without professional football, the players who played on regardless, illicit payments and so much more.Dr. Jackson's new book is available to buy …

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Rich Parry and Ram Guha 58:04

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South African cricket writer Rich Parry talks to India's leading cricket historian Ram Guha about his life in the game and the state of cricket in India and the world today.British Society of Sports History

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BSSH 40th Anniversary Special with Dr. Martin Johnes 53:12

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Join Conor Heffernan and Martin Johnes as they discuss the development of Welsh sport history, Martin's own career trajectory as well as some speculations on the field's future.British Society of Sports History

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BSSH 40th Anniversary Special with Dr Neil Carter 41:21

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Another podcast to celebrate the BSSH 40th anniversary this year. Today Katie Taylor chats with Dr Neil Carter from the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University.British Society of Sports History

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BSSH 40th Anniversary Special with Dr Fiona Skillen and Dr Carol Osborne 40:20

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This special podcast episode is part of a series celebrating the British Society of Sports History’s 40th Anniversary. Throughout this series we will be talking to a variety of our members. From those who have been there since the beginning, those that have played important roles in the society, and those who have led changes. Today we are joined b…

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Max Portman 25:52

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This episode Katie Talks to Max Portman about the history of West Ham Football Club in the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries.Max is a doctoral candidate at the University of Chichester and his current title is: How West Ham United operates as a nexus of communities since 1981?British Society of Sports History

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Jon Hughes on Anglo-German Mountaineering Films 1:09:39

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This episode features a paper given by Jon Hughes at the BSSH's seminar series at the Institute of Historical Research. Jon's paper,'We met the most serious opposition in the Ministry of Propaganda': Borders, Limits, and Summits in the German-British mountain film Der Berg ruft / The Challenge (1938)' is a fascinating look at how Anglo-German film-…

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Dil Porter on BS Johnson and Sports Journalism 1:08:35

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Arthur Hopcraft’s much-celebrated The Football Man (1968) comprised chapters based on interviews with representative ‘football men’ of the 1960s – ‘The Player’, ‘The Manager’, ‘The Referee’ etc. But though there is a brief chapter on ‘Football and the Press’, the ever-present match reporter receives little attention.Bryan Stanley Johnson (1933-73) …

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Duncan Stone on English Cricket 42:29

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This episode Geoff talks to Dr Duncan Stone about the history of English cricket. Duncan's new book, 'Different Class', examines how cricket in England has a long history of class and racial discrimination which continues to have an impact on the game today. The discussion looks at the difference in cricket culture between north and south, Duncan's…

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Barbara Horley and UK Speedway 1:09:05

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“I have had two thrills today. One racing at Newmarket this afternoon. The other here at speedway. And this is by far the greater”. Why did speedway become so phenomenally popular in the late 1930s and 40s?Very little historical research has been carried out on speedway racing yet it was a sport which attracted 12.5 million attendances in Britain i…

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Aaron Ó Maonaigh and Sport During the Irish Civil War 41:21

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Aaron Ó Maonaigh is an independent scholar and post-primary teacher in South Dubllin, Ireland.Today's interview focuses on Aaron's latest article in Soccer and Society: ‘In the Ráth Camp, rugby or soccer would not have been tolerated by the prisoners’: Irish Civil War attitudes to sport, 1922-3. Find the article at -https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/…

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John Fisher on Cricketer Richard Cheslyn 47:16

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John Fisher retired from the University of Newcastle in 2004 (from the Department of Economics, since defunct). He has written and published extensively on aspects of English and Australian rural and veterinary history. His most recent previous article is on Richard Cheslyn's father in the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Histo…

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Jorge Tovar Football During the Coronavirus and the Fairness of VAR 48:35

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Jorge Tovar is an associate professor at the Economics Department in Los Andes University (Bogota - Colombia). He holds a Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley, specializing in International Trade and Industrial Organization. In addition, he has worked in sports economics and history for over six years, focusing on football and publishing various art…

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Heather Dichter Cold War and the Berlin Wall 1:11:36

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This episode it's Heather Dichter's paper at the BSSH/IHR Sport & Leisure seminar series from December 2021.The appearance of the Berlin Wall on the morning of August 13, 1961 immediately halted free travel in and out of Berlin, and it also had an immediately impact within sport. East and West German sporting relations came to a halt. More broadly,…

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Malcolm Maclean and the Haka 1:00:16

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This episode Malcolm MacLean of University of Queensland/DMU/University of Gibraltar gives a paper on rugby in Aoteoroa/New Zealand and the multiple meanings of the Haka.Recent historiographic trends that admit the voices, both schol-arly and archival, of Empire’s Others alongside emerging post- and de-colonial praxis are prompting a significant re…

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Rich Parry 1:02:05

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It's the turbulent history of cricket and society in South Africa in this episode of the Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research. This week Geoff talks to the cricket historian and previous podcast guest Dr Richard Parry.Rich - as he's known to friends …

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Lauren Beatty and women's golf 32:17

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This episode Katy talks to Lauren Beatty about her PhD research into women's golf in Scotland. Women have been playing golf at club level in Scotland since 1867, yet despite this we know very little about their personal experiences of do-ing so. They also talk about the process of beginning a PhD and the challenges of conducting research during the…

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