30 Years of Sports History at De Montfort University Roundtable

The podcast is excited to share with you this roundtable from the 2025 British Society of Sports History Conference at Ulster University which celebrated 30 years of Sports History being studied at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK. The panel was chaired by current DMU associate professor Heather Dichter, alongside DMU emeritus professor Richard Holt and former students of Sports History at the university including Dr Melinda Reid and Dr Tom Fabian (who joined virtually) to discuss the history of the Sports History and culture MA which began in 1995 and the launch of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) a year later, in addition to all of the great research that has emerged over the past three decades. We hope you enjoy this roundtable and if you would like to find out more about Sports History at DMU, you can do so here: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/art-design-humanities/icshc/international-centre-for-sports-history-and-culture.aspx Thia podcast is a British Society of Sports History (BSSH) production from the UK's leading society for the history of sport.. You can find the podcast on all social media & major podcast platforms here.Likewise, Click through to the BSSH website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the British Society of Sport History: https://www.sportinhistory.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.