21ST ISHPES CONGRESS 2020 – CALL FOR PAPERS
AUGUST 20-23 IN SAPPORO, JAPAN
SPORT HISTORY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONS IN THE YEAR OF THE TOKYO GAMES 2020
Host: Hokkaido University
The Conference begins on Thursday, August 20. The social event is held on Saturday, August 22 and the final banquet also held in the evening on Sunday, August 23. The time slot of Young scholars’ social night is planned on Saturday, August 22. An optional tour is planned on Monday, August 24.
CONGRESS TOPIC AND SUBTOPICS
For the ISHPES Congress Sapporo 2020 scholars are invited to submit proposals for sessions which include three papers and abstracts related to the main topic “Sport History and Interdisciplinary Relations in the Year of the Tokyo Games 2020” or individual abstracts on a subtopic. Each author can only submit one abstract. The oral presentations will each be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Subtopics:
– The legacy of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games
– Mega-events in sports
– Media, journalism and sports
– Sports and disability
– Gender diversity in physical culture and sport
– Literature, film, philosophy and sport
– Role of economics in sport
– Relations of power, class, politics, diplomacy in sport
– History of physical education and teaching methodologies
– History of martial arts
– Indigeneity and sport /ethnicity and sport
– Medical history in sport and physical activity
– Open papers
Deadlines
– Abstract submission opening: December 15, 2019
– Abstract submission closing: February 15, 2020
– Authors to be notified: The end of March 2020
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2020 GIGLIOLA GORI AWARD – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
ISHPES is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Early Career Scholar Award. The ISHPES GIGLIOLA GORI AWARD will be presented at the 2020 ISHPES Congress to be held in SAPPORO, JAPAN on August 20-24, 2020.
It is awarded for an unpublished essay of outstanding quality in the field of sport history. Eligible scholars must be a member of ISHPES and a registered student (undergraduate or graduate) at the time of the Congress or within one year of receiving or having graduated from a program of higher education.
The essay must be submitted in English and the text itself (including notes and bibliography) must not exceed 8,000 words. The essay should conform to The International Journal of Sport History style for format and references.
The main criteria for selection will be based on the young scholar’s original work, the scientific quality of his or her research and the value of the study from the perspective of international sport history. A specially chosen committee will review the articles and select the winner.
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