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ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🦾You will also be encouraged to submit your own work to the journal and to be involved in journal special issues and article collections. ❓You are interested? You have a question? Do not hesitate to contact @hdichter.bsky.social Apply here: editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...

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Academic Editor – Europe needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport – Editor Resources

Editor Resources provides insights and information to support the editor’s role and build connections between journal editors and research communities.

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ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📍 Skills we are looking for - Strong organizational skills - Strong commitment to ethical rigour - Someone with strong personal networks who is active in the community - Previous experience having published in, reviewed articles for, or served as Editorial Board members of the @ijhs.bsky.social

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ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨 #Recruitment @ijhs.bsky.social is recruiting a new Academic Editor - Europe ! This individual will join Keith Rathbone, the other Academic Editor - Europe, to support the large number of submissions in this area. Dead line : 20 october #skystorians #sporthistory 🗃️

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to a big weekend of Aussie Rules Football? Check out this introduction to a special issue on the sport and newly published articles in @ijhs.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory #football

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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In the Second World War, women were active and effective SOE agents. But are they mainly remembered today through their glamour and tragedy? In our latest New Voices blog, Danielle Wirsansky offers a more nuanced picture, dissecting why the phrase 'lady spy' is so limiting. ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5dfnyjz3

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Beyond the ‘Lady Spy’: Noor Inayat Khan, Violette Szabo, and the Making of SOE Agents « History# « Cambridge Core Blog

The phrase “lady spy” is hard to escape when writing about women of Britain’s Special Operations Executive. It appears in headlines, documentaries, book blurbs, and popular retellings of World War II....

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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New Voices offers a platform for postgrads and ECRs working on post-1914 European history to write publicly about their original research. Drop us a line at cehnewvoices@gmail.com to pitch a blog, or for more information.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Woot woot! 🎉 Go Lancaster! (We all knew this growing up and are always excited to tell people)

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Come join our amazing @ijhs.bsky.social Editor team! Looking for sport historians who work on Europe. Email me with any ❓about the role. Deadline October 20 #skystorians #sporthistory 🗃️

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excellent work for those whose research & scholarship relates to these issues #skystorians 🗃️

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Come join our amazing @ijhs.bsky.social Editor team! Looking for sport historians who work on Europe. Email me with any ❓about the role. Deadline October 20 #skystorians #sporthistory 🗃️

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Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Exciting news (well we think so)! We are looking for new people to regularly contribute to our archive! We accept applications from anyone based in the UK who has an interest in sending us their thoughts and opinions about life in the UK. #Skystorians massobs.org.uk/write-for-th...

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Write for the archive - Mass Observation Archive

Writing for Mass Observation You can apply to write for the archive here. Current Observers If you are one of our current Observers you may find our handbook for new Observers helpful. This has all th...

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding secretly bankrolled by a Russian oligarch close to Putin - who is President of the Intl Boxing Assoc (the one excluded by the IOC). I don’t even know where to begin with the sport diplomacy on this! For govt? For sport? From ProPublica apple.news/AnJKBzsh_TKG...

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Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin — ProPublica

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The U.S. Open camera showing the time 0:07 before showing Pierce Brosnan. Iconic.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here’s @dieworkwear.bsky.social talking about Abercrombie & Fitch early in the 20th c but department stores also taught people how to ski - indoors too! And then sell all the ski clothes & gear too. #skystorians #sporthistory 🗃️

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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On this day in the #coldwar 10 September 1989: Hungary announces it will let East Germans cross its border into Austria. More than 10,000 leave in the first 24 hours. 60 days later, the #GDR border and the #BerlinWall were open.

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International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BBC Radio 5 Live senior football correspondent, John Murray, received an honorary degree from @dmu.ac.uk this week during a special graduation ceremony held at Curve Theatre, Leicester. Full news story - www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins #Radio #sport #5LiveSport

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Which made for fun times when there was a short-lived effort for “Berlin” bidding for the Olympic Games

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Went to a great Big Ten alumni event in London tonight. Had fun with all my 〽️ alumni. But it’s still so strange seeing UCLA, USC, Washington, & Oregon there. #GoBlue

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is another one of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social excellent grants! I had the Williams grant in 2010. I like to call it my SHAFR postdoc since it funded a nice chunk of research in Europe right after I left Toronto. Thanks SHAFR! And ECRs - apply!! #skystorians 🗃️

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Siobhán Hearne @siobhanhearne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There’s still time to submit your work for the @conteurohistory.bsky.social article prize! Deadline is 11 September.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 02/09/2026

Terrible news today! Konrad Jarausch was a towering scholar of German history. He was also on my dissertation committee and so influential in making me the scholar that I am today. His graduate writing seminar was the single most important class I ever took. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/c...

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Noted UNC history professor drowns in Chapel Hill lake

Chapel Hill police said the call about a missing swimmer came in around 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Such a strong presence by @icshc.bsky.social at @bssh.bsky.social conference last week! So proud of my DMU colleagues and students past & present! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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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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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Looking forward to the @bssh.bsky.social conference later this week too - what a program! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#sporthistory 🗃️ #skystorians Only 1⃣ week to go! ▶️Submit your abstract for the special issue on "Cycling history" 🚴‍♂️ ⏳Dead line for the abstract: September 1, 2026 All the info: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

PB&J cut in four triangles (obviously makes it taste better), yogurt, fruit, & a cookie. I am apparently still in high school. (Although I bake the sandwich bread & cookies now.)

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Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm almost at the end of this fellowship and I can't thank the Leverhulme enough for funding my research leave for a whole academic year! Having the time and space to think, read and write has been transformative. What a luxury.

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ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Still 2⃣ weeks to go ! Send your abstract if you want to join. All the info ⬇️

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ll be at The Hundred final tomorrow so if anyone wants their copy of my book signed, or wants to buy a copy, please do message me 😊 It’s been great fun seeing it out in the wild this summer already - thanks for all the support 🙏 @jarrodkimber.bsky.social @mel-jones.bsky.social

Jarrod Kimber reading The Women in Whites in the commentary box at Lord’s.

Mel Jones at The Oval with The Women in Whites.

Raf and Claire Taylor with The Women in Whites.

Raf and Beth Barrett-Wild at Headingley with The Women in Whites.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Vanessa Mitchell’s paper on sport at Robben Island was published in the @ijhs.bsky.social special issue following the @britishacademy.bsky.social International Writing Workshop I ran with @malcomaxx.bsky.social & other colleagues. Great to see it recognized here! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📣 Do not forget our call for papers on : "Cycling history" #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory Key informations: ⏳Dead line for the abstract: September 1, 2026 (300 words) ✍️Dead line for the manuscript: March 1, 2027 Check out the call: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 13/08/2026

65 years ago, construction of the Berlin Wall began. In the early hours of the morning, barbed wire fences were erected, tearing families & friends apart. The wall that divided not just Berlin, but the country in two, was brought down by a peaceful revolution 28 years later.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Congrats 🎉 to the winner of the @ijhs.bsky.social Best Article Prize for 2025 of all articles published last year in The International Journal of the History of Sport! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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

Kinda hard to do this when the pre-1918 empire flags aren’t emojis

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#OTD in 1948, Alice Coachman won the high jump at the London Olympic Games, becoming the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal. She cleared 5 feet, 6 1/8 inches--setting an Olympic record (at the time). #OlympicHistory #WomenInSport #Olympics

A side-by-side black-and-white photo compilation celebrates the historic 1948 London Olympics triumph of track and field icon Alice Coachman (1923–2014).

On the left, Coachman stands proudly atop the highest tier of the Olympic podium after becoming the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She wears a dark, zipped USA tracksuit and looks ahead with a serene, triumphant expression. Flanking her on the lower steps are silver medalist Dorothy Tyler of Great Britain and bronze medalist Micheline Ostermeyer of France. The podium features a large number "1" and stylized Olympic rings. On the right, an action shot captures Coachman mid-air as she clears the high jump bar at her record-setting height of 5 feet, 6 1/8 inches. She is suspended horizontally over the bar in a powerful, dynamic pose, wearing dark long sleeves and light athletic shorts. Below her, official judges in dark blazers and hats watch intently against a blurred backdrop of packed stadium spectators. The overall composition contrasts the explosive athletic feat with the quiet pride of its reward, evoking a deeply inspiring, historic mood.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

PhD students & recently minted PhDs working on US foreign relations - please submit applications for these @shafrhistorians.bsky.social grants! I won 2 of these & previously chaired 1 of the committees. Don’t be shy - apply! #skystorians 🗃️ #diplohistory

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

ICYMI⛷️ Cooling, Scenic, poignant… & just weird! Check out No. 1 👀 😆 It's a Top 10 skiing photos blog post: buff.ly/MZvIHG9 With a huge thank you and farewell to Jaya who has been cataloguing the @skiclub.bsky.social pics 🏆️ 😭 @icshc.bsky.social #sportshistory @sportingheritage.bsky.social #skiing

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The 1976 Innsbruck Olympics had tons of bonkers outfits during the opening ceremony! bsky.app/profile/hdic...

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Jailbird chic: behold the "convict-stripes" podium outfit for the Australian Olympic team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – declared the ugliest uniform of the games and *the* hot property souvenir item. (An unmistakable Ronald McDonald flavour here, too.) 🗃️

Photograph of a woman with short red hair dressed in a black and white striped ski suit with flashes of yellow.

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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📣 New article online! 'The Ukrainian Football Federation Declares Independence (1959–65)', by Yacov Zohn Muldoon Read #OpenAccess here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

UK 🇬🇧 people - I’ll be on Channel 4 this Saturday night at 8 pm in this documentary on the 1936 Olympic Games #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🌊 Making a splash with a nautical-themed bathing costume 1890s style this #FashionFriday. From La Mode Illustree, 1892. #fashionhistory #historicfashion #swimwear #womensmagazines #archives #fashionarchives @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

UK 🇬🇧 people - I’ll be on Channel 4 this Saturday night at 8 pm in this documentary on the 1936 Olympic Games #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

More hotels should use images from archives in their decor! (Ok maybe these are made-up archival images? But still - fun idea!) It’s been entertaining walking down the hallway at Maison Heler in Metz 🇫🇷 #skystorians 🗃️

Backlit white sign that has a left facing arrow and the numbers 708-716. Below it is a looping cord with something scientific looking in the middle of it.

The back of a man in a grey coat eith a white hard hat, with the numbers 701-706 and a right facing arrow.

A white backlit sign with a large black 706 in the top right corner. Below that number it says: “char d’apophtegme destine a circle les conversations”. In the middle of the sign is a tall contraption with a circle wheel in the middle.

A white backlit sign with a man in a grey coat with a button, a greying large mustache and beard, and futuristic goggles. Im the top right corner it says 707.

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

New Call for Abstracts! The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social is looking for exciting new research on cycling 🚴‍♀️ history! Abstract deadline September 1, 2026 for 2027 publication #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

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Leon Jackson @drleonj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Niche question for #skystorians, but can anyone point me to a history of swimming, and the ability to swim, in colonial America? I know that Franklin was an excellent swimmer. There are so many drownings in the Boston Coroner's Inquests, and it makes me wonder how common the skill of swimming was 🗃️

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