CfP The Social History of Sport in Socialist Yugoslavia
The Social History of Sport in Socialist Yugoslavia The International Journal of the History of Sport Deadline: 15 February 2016 The historiography of Yugoslav sport represents a peculiarly under-researched field of the socialist federation’s social and cultural history. Although the Yugoslav socialist project and its impact on sport and leisure cultures are generally agreed upon, within scholarship it has remained an area of...
CfP: The Global History of Sport in the Cold War
The Global History of Sport in the Cold War 1 December In association with the Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC, a new collaborative project has been launched on the cultural, social and political significance of sport between the end of World War II and the fall of Communism. Via a series of workshops and meetings, which will run between 2014 and 2016, the project aims to produce an...
Spartak Moscow
Spartak Moscow: A History of the People’s Team in the Workers’ State April 04, 2012 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm 6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center Robert Edelman, professor of Russian history and the history of sport at the University of California, San Diego will lead a panel discussion on his latest book entitled Spartak Moscow: A History of the People’s Team in the Workers’ State which examines one of the most...
Spartak Moscow
Robert Edelman Spartak Moscow. A History of the People’s Team in the Workers’ State In the informative, entertaining, and generously illustrated Spartak Moscow, a book that will be cheered by soccer fans worldwide, Robert Edelman finds in the stands and on the pitch keys to understanding everyday life under Stalin, Khrushchev, and their successors. Millions attended matches and obsessed about their favorite club, and...
