Sport in History

German boxing in the 1930s in the eighth Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research where this week Geoff is talking to Dr Jon Hughes of Royal Holloway, University of London. Jon talks to us about the paper he gave at the IHR which focused on the biggest ever boxing match to take place in Europe between M...

Raf talks to Helena Byrne of the British Library about her work on the UK's Web Archive in the sixth Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research. Helena talks about her own use of the archive for researching the most boring phrases used by football fans(!) as well as giving researchers tips on how to best...

The sixth Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research continues the summer interview season Dr Michael John Law. John (as he's known to friends) is a research fellow at the University of Westminster and has published extensively on British social history in the twentieth century. In a wide-ranging discussi...

The fifth Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research continues the summer interview season. Today my guest is Prof Jean Williams of the University of Wolverhampton where she is professor of Sport in the Institute of Sport and Human Sciences. Jean has published extensively on the history of sport, includin...

The third Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research features a paper by Jeremy Lonsdale. Jeremy has had two works published recently on the history of Yorkshire cricket and shared his insights into the early history of the game. Jeremy talked to us about the development of Yorkshire cricket in the ninete...

This Sport in History Podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research features a paper by Lisa Taylor of Manchester Metropolitan University. Lisa talked to us about the development of UK women’s rowing in the long 1960s which saw a greater level of achievement in international competition by British women despite the continuin...

This podcast it’s the history of Indian cricket with Dr Prashant Kidambi of the University of Leicester. Prashant specialises in the history of India during British rule and has written extensively on the melting pot of India, Bombay. His latest article, ‘The Petition as Event: Colonial Bombay, circa 1889–1914′ was published in Modern Asian Studies in January 2019.But the discussion focussed on Pr...

Women's rugby in this week's podcast brought to you by the British Society of Sport History in association with the Institute of Historical Research with Raf talking to Lydia Furse, who gave a paper at the Sport in History seminar series in 2019.Lydia's PhD is a pioneering work on the development of women's rugby from its origins in late Victorian Britain through its transformation into the modern...

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