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British Society of Sports History promotes the study of sport history and physical education
Patricia Gregory's Lord Aberdare Prize-winning 'Breaking the Grass Ceiling' was spotted in the National Football Museum's bookshop recently...
September 21, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Patricia Gregory's Lord Aberdare Prize-winning 'Breaking the Grass Ceiling' was spotted in the National Football Museum's bookshop recently...
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RAF Hornchurch Weekend @footballandwar.bsky.social @whuhistorian.bsky.social @sportingheritage.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @kelceyervick.bsky.social
September 19, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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As seen in the NFM Shop - one for @bssh.bsky.social
September 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
As seen in the NFM Shop - one for @bssh.bsky.social
Dr. George Kioussis, of California State University, Northridge, has been unveiled as Sport in History's new Editor-in-Chief.…
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Sport in History has a new Editor-in-Chief!
Dr. George Kioussis, of California State University, Northridge, will be Sport in History's new Editor-in-Chief
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September 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Dr. George Kioussis, of California State University, Northridge, has been unveiled as Sport in History's new Editor-in-Chief.…
www.sportinhistory.com/articles/spo...
www.sportinhistory.com/articles/spo...
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Shocked, happy, and very honoured to have won this year’s Sporting Inequities Prize for my paper on the “girlification” of women’s figure skating in the 1990s ⛸️📚
Tamsin Johnson and Sophie Noble have just been announced as the joint winners of the 2026 Sporting Inequities Prize www.sportinhistory.com/articles/202...
2026 Sporting Inequities Prize Winners Announced
Tamsin Johnson and Sophie Noble have been announced as winners of this years Sporting Inequities Prize
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September 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Shocked, happy, and very honoured to have won this year’s Sporting Inequities Prize for my paper on the “girlification” of women’s figure skating in the 1990s ⛸️📚
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Join us for our latest episode from the @bssh.bsky.social conference last week as Matt Llewellyn & Toby Rider deliver their Lord Aberdare Keynote on South African apartheid sport, sporting boycotts and conservative politics’ involvement.
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Listen now ⬇️
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The Sport in History Podcast | British Society of Sports History
The Sport in History Podcast helps publicise your research with the public and wider academic community.
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September 2, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Join us for our latest episode from the @bssh.bsky.social conference last week as Matt Llewellyn & Toby Rider deliver their Lord Aberdare Keynote on South African apartheid sport, sporting boycotts and conservative politics’ involvement.
Listen now ⬇️
www.sportinhistory.com/pages/bssh-p...
Listen now ⬇️
www.sportinhistory.com/pages/bssh-p...
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We’re pleased to announce that our latest issue (Volume 46, Issue 3) is now available to read online in its entirety, with physical copies arriving for @bssh.bsky.social member in due course.
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September 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
We’re pleased to announce that our latest issue (Volume 46, Issue 3) is now available to read online in its entirety, with physical copies arriving for @bssh.bsky.social member in due course.
Sign up today for a BSSH membership to read today ⬇️
www.sportinhistory.com/pages/journa...
Sign up today for a BSSH membership to read today ⬇️
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Tamsin Johnson and Sophie Noble have just been announced as the joint winners of the 2026 Sporting Inequities Prize www.sportinhistory.com/articles/202...
2026 Sporting Inequities Prize Winners Announced
Tamsin Johnson and Sophie Noble have been announced as winners of this years Sporting Inequities Prize
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September 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Tamsin Johnson and Sophie Noble have just been announced as the joint winners of the 2026 Sporting Inequities Prize www.sportinhistory.com/articles/202...
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A few members of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social (Past and Present!) pictured at the British Society of Sports History @bssh.bsky.social 2026 Conference in Edinburgh last week.
#sportshistory #BSSH
#sportshistory #BSSH
September 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A few members of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social (Past and Present!) pictured at the British Society of Sports History @bssh.bsky.social 2026 Conference in Edinburgh last week.
#sportshistory #BSSH
#sportshistory #BSSH
And that's it the BSSH conference for another year chair Katie Taylor makes her closing remarks
August 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
And that's it the BSSH conference for another year chair Katie Taylor makes her closing remarks
Panel 25 Stuart Gibbs on the life of Lily Flexmore
August 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Panel 25 Stuart Gibbs on the life of Lily Flexmore
Panel 25 continues with Matthew Taylor presenting on Jane Couch
August 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Panel 25 continues with Matthew Taylor presenting on Jane Couch
Panel 25 opens with Matthew Brown on Juan Jorquera
August 28, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Panel 25 opens with Matthew Brown on Juan Jorquera
The BSSH fellows panel continues with Iain Adams on Miss Mon equestrian and party goer..
August 28, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The BSSH fellows panel continues with Iain Adams on Miss Mon equestrian and party goer..
The BSSH fellows panel opens with Wray Vamplew on gladiatorial combat
August 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The BSSH fellows panel opens with Wray Vamplew on gladiatorial combat
Next on panel 19 Sophie Noble on girlification of women's figure skating
August 28, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Next on panel 19 Sophie Noble on girlification of women's figure skating
Panel 19 opens with Emmy Sale on uniform rules in early women's hockey..
August 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Panel 19 opens with Emmy Sale on uniform rules in early women's hockey..
Panel 18 concludes with Enda Murphy on 1950s Formula 1 car design..
August 28, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Panel 18 concludes with Enda Murphy on 1950s Formula 1 car design..
Panel 18 continues with Qingjie Sun and Ross Walker on elite tennis in Scotland
August 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Panel 18 continues with Qingjie Sun and Ross Walker on elite tennis in Scotland
Panel 18 opens with Libby Porter on how the Victorian view of women's anatomy affected their views on women's sports
August 28, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Panel 18 opens with Libby Porter on how the Victorian view of women's anatomy affected their views on women's sports
Concluding panel 14 Rhona Taylor on swimming pools as reflected in art.
August 28, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Concluding panel 14 Rhona Taylor on swimming pools as reflected in art.
Panel 14 continues with Mike Dougherty on the reporting of the 1946 British chess championship
August 28, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Panel 14 continues with Mike Dougherty on the reporting of the 1946 British chess championship
First sessions of day 2 panel 14, Andy Carter on Celtic keeper John Thomson
August 28, 2026 at 9:37 AM
First sessions of day 2 panel 14, Andy Carter on Celtic keeper John Thomson
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Congrats🎉 to @icshc.bsky.social PhD student Emmy Sale @emmyailish.bsky.social for winning the Richard Cox Postgraduate award at the @bssh.bsky.social conference! Her PhD is a Midlands4Cities Collaborative Doctoral Award in conjunction with The Hockey Museum 🏑 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
August 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Congrats🎉 to @icshc.bsky.social PhD student Emmy Sale @emmyailish.bsky.social for winning the Richard Cox Postgraduate award at the @bssh.bsky.social conference! Her PhD is a Midlands4Cities Collaborative Doctoral Award in conjunction with The Hockey Museum 🏑 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Day two opens with the Derek Birley Memorial lecture with Cassandra Phoenix on the embodiment of women's health
August 28, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Day two opens with the Derek Birley Memorial lecture with Cassandra Phoenix on the embodiment of women's health