Les héros du sport
Mar19

Les héros du sport

Sylvain Dufraisse Les héros du sport. Une histoire des champions soviétiques (années 1930-années 80), Champvallon, 2019. Ce livre est issu de la thèse que soutenue sous la direction de Marie-Pierre Rey, qui a rédigé la préface du livre. Athlète d’État, dopage omniprésent, tutelle pesante du KGB… La liste des croyances collectives sur le sport soviétique est bien ancrée dans les mémoires. Cet ouvrage, le premier en...

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SPORT IN THE COLD WAR
Apr05

SPORT IN THE COLD WAR

SPORT IN THE COLD WAR http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/theme/sport-in-the-cold-war Sport has long been linked with politics, but never more so than during the Cold War. In this highly precarious time, nations and peoples around the world used sport to promote their political, social, and economic development. Wilson Center Digital Archive International History Declassified

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CfP  The Social History of Sport in Socialist Yugoslavia
Gen23

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...

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