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University of the Western Cape @uwconline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

[READ] University of the Western Cape (UWC) Professor André Odendaal has received the 2026 Howard Milton Award for Cricket Scholarship, recognising five decades of contributions to cricket history and scholarship. Read more: www.uwc.ac.za/news-and-ann... #IAmUWC @bssh.bsky.social

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UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A big thank you to everyone who attended UHI Institute for Northern Studies & Culture Perth and Kinross joint seminar at Perth Museum last night. INS PhD candidate Shanna Bryman's lecture titled 'Leading Ladies of the Viking Age' was very well attended

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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...

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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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Sophie Noble ⛸️ @sophienoble.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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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Sport in History Podcast @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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...

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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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Sport in History @sportinhistory.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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...

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Journal Access | British Society of Sports History

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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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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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International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And that's it the BSSH conference for another year chair Katie Taylor makes her closing remarks

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 25 Stuart Gibbs on the life of Lily Flexmore

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Panel 25 continues with Matthew Taylor presenting on Jane Couch

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 25 opens with Matthew Brown on Juan Jorquera

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The BSSH fellows panel continues with Iain Adams on Miss Mon equestrian and party goer..

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The BSSH fellows panel opens with Wray Vamplew on gladiatorial combat

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Next on panel 19 Sophie Noble on girlification of women's figure skating

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 19 opens with Emmy Sale on uniform rules in early women's hockey..

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 18 concludes with Enda Murphy on 1950s Formula 1 car design..

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 18 continues with Qingjie Sun and Ross Walker on elite tennis in Scotland

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 18 opens with Libby Porter on how the Victorian view of women's anatomy affected their views on women's sports

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Concluding panel 14 Rhona Taylor on swimming pools as reflected in art.

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Panel 14 continues with Mike Dougherty on the reporting of the 1946 British chess championship

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

First sessions of day 2 panel 14, Andy Carter on Celtic keeper John Thomson

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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 🗃️

Two women standing on a staircase with fancy wooden railings in front of a pink wall. The woman on the left is in a dark red sleeveless dress with a crosshatch pattern in a lighter color. The woman on the right is in a white shortsleeve shirt and black pants.

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Day two opens with the Derek Birley Memorial lecture with Cassandra Phoenix on the embodiment of women's health

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Andre Odendaal was announced as the Howard Milton award winner at last night's BSSH awards ceremony

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

James Bamford of Durham University wins the Undergraduate essay prize

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Pat Gregory wins the Lord Aberdare prize for her women's football history Breaking the Glass Ceiling

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Emmy Sale wins the Richard Cox Postgraduate award

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Raf Nicholson wins the Sport in History best paper award

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Concluding panel 10 Fiona Reid and Raf Nicholson on Scottish women's cricket heritage

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Andre Odendaal continues with democracy and the new Cricket

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Rakesh Ramamoorthy starts panel 10 on the 'little master'

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Panel 9 concludes with Richard McBrearty presenting on class in Scottish Rugby

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Panel 9 continues with Katharine Worth on the Scottish angle to formula 1..

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Andy Mitchell kicks off panel 9 with a presentation on heading

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Panel 9 Andy Mitchell kicks this panel on headers

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Rounding off panel 5 Stephen Baker on expanding the field of early football.

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Next up on panel 5 Ariel Hessayon covering women and early ball games.

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Panel 5 kicks off with Taylor Aucoin on early folk football

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At this year’s @bssh.bsky.social conference in Edinburgh. Looking forward to a couple of days of thinking, talking and laughing - love this sports history community 😊 Highlights to follow below. #BSSH2026

Sign saying Welcome to the BSSH Annual Conference 2026.

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Last speaker on panel 3 Verity Postlethwaite

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Next on panel 3 Ozzy Keles on Turkish football

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Panel 3 starts with Arran Hicks on Third Lanark's proposed tour of the Soviet Union

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BSSH @bssh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Matthew Llewellyn opens this year's conference with the Lord Aberdare lecture..

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lbeardsey.bsky.social @lbeardsey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

currently on the train to edinburgh for the @bssh.bsky.social conference 2026! excited to meet new people and see new sights. i am presenting a paper on hooligan calling cards and their postmodern authorship. catch you all very soon!

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