Documenting The Olympics & Paralympics Symposium

Olympic and Paralympic History on this podcast with a recording of an online symposium sponsored jointly by the British Library, the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and the British Society for Sports History.The event was chaired by Dr. Raf Nicholson with four speakers talking about different aspects of researching the history of the Games.Presentations:Heather Dichter, De Montfort University – Finding Olympic History in Non-Sport ArchivesLaura Alexandra Brown, Northumbria University – The Heritage of the Games: Interpreting urban change in Olympic host citiesRobert McNicol, Librarian, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum – Researching the Olympics/Paralympics at WimbledonHelena Byrne, Curator of Web Archives, British Library – Preserving the Olympics/Paralympics onlineThere were attendees from around the world who provided plenty of questions for the Q&A to round off the session. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.