International Centre for Sports History and Culture
@icshc.bsky.social
The International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) is based at De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom.
We are the world's leading research centre for the study of the history of sport.
We are the world's leading research centre for the study of the history of sport.
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CFP Deadline: Monday 16th March.
CFP details: padlet.com/EmmySale/ref...
Details on how to attend will be shared in April.
#sportshistory #fashion
CFP Deadline: Monday 16th March.
CFP details: padlet.com/EmmySale/ref...
Details on how to attend will be shared in April.
#sportshistory #fashion
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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CFP Deadline: Monday 16th March.
CFP details: padlet.com/EmmySale/ref...
Details on how to attend will be shared in April.
#sportshistory #fashion
CFP Deadline: Monday 16th March.
CFP details: padlet.com/EmmySale/ref...
Details on how to attend will be shared in April.
#sportshistory #fashion
2/3 This student-led one day symposium aims to bring together doctoral researchers, academics and practitioners whose work explores women’s leisure and textiles using interdisciplinary methodologies and under-researched archival sources.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
2/3 This student-led one day symposium aims to bring together doctoral researchers, academics and practitioners whose work explores women’s leisure and textiles using interdisciplinary methodologies and under-researched archival sources.
1/3 Call for Papers: '(Re)Fashioning Women's Leisure: Image, Material and Place, 1850-present'. @dmu.ac.uk 25th June 2026. #sportshistory #fashion padlet.com/EmmySale/re-... @emmyailish.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
1/3 Call for Papers: '(Re)Fashioning Women's Leisure: Image, Material and Place, 1850-present'. @dmu.ac.uk 25th June 2026. #sportshistory #fashion padlet.com/EmmySale/re-... @emmyailish.bsky.social
Is this really the centenary Winter Olympics?' Join @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Prof. Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social as he speaks to the @historyextra.bsky.social Podcast 'History Behind the Headlines: Briefing' - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #sportshistory #WinterOlympics
Is this really the centenary Winter Olympics?
Podcast Episode · History Behind the Headlines: Briefing · 06/02/2026 · 6m
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February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Is this really the centenary Winter Olympics?' Join @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Prof. Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social as he speaks to the @historyextra.bsky.social Podcast 'History Behind the Headlines: Briefing' - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... #sportshistory #WinterOlympics
Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Dr Heather Dichter's @hdichter.bsky.social thread of Winter Olympic Games facts and #sportshistory content via the below timeline! #MilanoCortina #WinterOlympics
The first Winter Olympics weren’t originally called that. The 1924 Paris Olympic organizers planned an International Winter Sports Week earlier in the year in Chamonix. Afterwards the IOC called them the 1st Winter Olympics. #olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
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The Icy Road towards the First Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 1924
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) faced many obstacles in deciding to initiate the first Olympic Winter Games and subsequently organize in Chamonix in 1924 the ‘Winter Sports Week’, now con...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Dr Heather Dichter's @hdichter.bsky.social thread of Winter Olympic Games facts and #sportshistory content via the below timeline! #MilanoCortina #WinterOlympics
February 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM
'George Orwell: Life and Legacy' (Oxford University Press, 2026). New publication by @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Robert Colls. George Orwell has never been more quoted and misquoted. Can he be rescued from the soundbites? www.waterstones.com/book/george-... #Orwell #GeorgeOrwell
February 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
'George Orwell: Life and Legacy' (Oxford University Press, 2026). New publication by @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor, Robert Colls. George Orwell has never been more quoted and misquoted. Can he be rescued from the soundbites? www.waterstones.com/book/george-... #Orwell #GeorgeOrwell
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Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a distance-learning course that is flexible and offers full and part-time study routes? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk
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February 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Interested in the history of sport? Considering postgraduate study? Want a distance-learning course that is flexible and offers full and part-time study routes? Our MA Sports History and Culture could be for you! @icshc.bsky.social @dmu.ac.uk
dmu.ac.uk/study/course...
dmu.ac.uk/study/course...
'From the suburbs of London to the slopes of St Moritz'. @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Martin Polley will be speaking at this Olympic Studies Research Centre (University of East London (UEL)) online webinar on 18th February. Register at - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-the-s... #sportshistory
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 AM
'From the suburbs of London to the slopes of St Moritz'. @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Martin Polley will be speaking at this Olympic Studies Research Centre (University of East London (UEL)) online webinar on 18th February. Register at - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-the-s... #sportshistory
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Keen on History study at University? Come along this Saturday (7th) to the @dmu.ac.uk #DMUOpenDay where you can find out more about our BA History and speak to our Dr Dave Dee (+ student Ambassador Evelyn):
👉 Book Here - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/underg...
👉 Course Info: www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course...
👉 Book Here - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/underg...
👉 Course Info: www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course...
Open Days - De Montfort University
Undergraduate Open Days at De Montfort University (DMU) provide you with the chance to tour the campus, talk to our expert tutors and meet our current students.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Keen on History study at University? Come along this Saturday (7th) to the @dmu.ac.uk #DMUOpenDay where you can find out more about our BA History and speak to our Dr Dave Dee (+ student Ambassador Evelyn):
👉 Book Here - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/underg...
👉 Course Info: www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course...
👉 Book Here - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/underg...
👉 Course Info: www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course...
Congratulations to Arsenal FC Women on winning the inaugural Women's Champions Cup by beating Corinthians 3 – 2. #sportshistory #arsenalwomen
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Congratulations to Arsenal FC Women on winning the inaugural Women's Champions Cup by beating Corinthians 3 – 2. #sportshistory #arsenalwomen
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The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
'Urgent call to save Britain's oldest rollercoaster'. #Leisure #LeisureHistory via BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 PM
'Urgent call to save Britain's oldest rollercoaster'. #Leisure #LeisureHistory via BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For those unable to join us last night at our @ihr.bsky.social seminar last night, you can now listen to the event with @fionaskillen.bsky.social, @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social & Karen Fraser discussing their 2024 book, A most beautiful game
Available now ⬇️
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Available now ⬇️
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January 27, 2026 at 5:13 PM
For those unable to join us last night at our @ihr.bsky.social seminar last night, you can now listen to the event with @fionaskillen.bsky.social, @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social & Karen Fraser discussing their 2024 book, A most beautiful game
Available now ⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/6jVS1v…
Available now ⬇️
open.spotify.com/episode/6jVS1v…
'Bradman baggy green cap sets record fee at auction'. #sportshistory via BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #cricket #crickethistory
Don Bradman: Australian batter's Baggy Green cap sets record fee at auction
A 'Baggy Green' cap worn by Don Bradman during a series against India in 1947-48 is been sold for A$460,000 (£232,000) at auction.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
'Bradman baggy green cap sets record fee at auction'. #sportshistory via BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #cricket #crickethistory
‘Off-Piste Olympics’.
Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social in the new February edition OUT NOW of @historyextra.bsky.social Magazine as he explores the history of the first ever Winter Games in 1908. #sportshistory #WinterOlympics
Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social in the new February edition OUT NOW of @historyextra.bsky.social Magazine as he explores the history of the first ever Winter Games in 1908. #sportshistory #WinterOlympics
January 26, 2026 at 1:26 PM
‘Off-Piste Olympics’.
Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social in the new February edition OUT NOW of @historyextra.bsky.social Magazine as he explores the history of the first ever Winter Games in 1908. #sportshistory #WinterOlympics
Look out for @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Martin Polley @historymartin.bsky.social in the new February edition OUT NOW of @historyextra.bsky.social Magazine as he explores the history of the first ever Winter Games in 1908. #sportshistory #WinterOlympics
'A Month to Remember: Closing the UK Leg of the FIFA Master 26th Edition'. Report from the FIFA Master class as they complete the Humanities of Sport module here at the @icshc.bsky.social - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins
January 26, 2026 at 1:01 PM
'A Month to Remember: Closing the UK Leg of the FIFA Master 26th Edition'. Report from the FIFA Master class as they complete the Humanities of Sport module here at the @icshc.bsky.social - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins
Incredible tifo of The Beatles unveiled by Olympique de Marseille fans last night for their Champions League fixture against Liverpool.
#sportshistory #UCL
#sportshistory #UCL
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Incredible tifo of The Beatles unveiled by Olympique de Marseille fans last night for their Champions League fixture against Liverpool.
#sportshistory #UCL
#sportshistory #UCL
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'Sport and the British: A Modern History' - Oxford Studies in Social History (Paperback) by @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Richard Holt. This NEW EDITION provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research. www.waterstones.com/book/sport-a...
'Sport and the British: A Modern History' - Oxford Studies in Social History (Paperback) by @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Richard Holt. This NEW EDITION provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research. www.waterstones.com/book/sport-a...
January 22, 2026 at 11:38 AM
OUT NOW!
'Sport and the British: A Modern History' - Oxford Studies in Social History (Paperback) by @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Richard Holt. This NEW EDITION provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research. www.waterstones.com/book/sport-a...
'Sport and the British: A Modern History' - Oxford Studies in Social History (Paperback) by @icshc.bsky.social Emeritus Professor Richard Holt. This NEW EDITION provides a complete rewrite of the original text, incorporating the most up-to-date research. www.waterstones.com/book/sport-a...
January 19, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Blackburn Rovers mark 150th anniversary with a special limited edition kit. On November 15th 1875, at the first recorded meeting of the club, it was minuted: “That a Maltese cross be on the left breast in blue.” Proposed by W. Baguley. Seconded by A. Constantine. www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/de...
January 12, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Blackburn Rovers mark 150th anniversary with a special limited edition kit. On November 15th 1875, at the first recorded meeting of the club, it was minuted: “That a Maltese cross be on the left breast in blue.” Proposed by W. Baguley. Seconded by A. Constantine. www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/de...
Milano Cortina 2026 set to be a landmark Olympic Winter Games for gender equality. www.olympics.com/ioc/news/mil... #sportshistory #WomenInSport #WinterOlympics
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Milano Cortina 2026 set to be a landmark Olympic Winter Games for gender equality. www.olympics.com/ioc/news/mil... #sportshistory #WomenInSport #WinterOlympics
Last few hours remaining (deadline midday (12pm) Central European Time on Friday (9 January 2026) to apply for the 27th edition of Europe's No.1 ranked FIFA Master Postgraduate Course. Launch your sport business career here - www.cies.ch/education/fi... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Last few hours remaining (deadline midday (12pm) Central European Time on Friday (9 January 2026) to apply for the 27th edition of Europe's No.1 ranked FIFA Master Postgraduate Course. Launch your sport business career here - www.cies.ch/education/fi... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins
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FIFA Master Programme renews strategic academic partnership. The opening Humanities of Sport module is delivered by the @icshc.bsky.social here at @dmu.ac.uk. Full report at this link - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
FIFA Master Programme renews strategic academic partnership. The opening Humanities of Sport module is delivered by the @icshc.bsky.social here at @dmu.ac.uk. Full report at this link - www.cies.ch/cies/news/ne... #sportshistory #WhereAmbitionBegins