Sites of Sport in History

The 17th ISHPES Congress will be held in Paris, France,  from 29^th June 29 to 2^nd July 2016.

Under the leadership of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport, the event is organised by the University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, the National School of Architecture of Paris, as well as by the French Society for Sports History.

The conference will address these areas:

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• Globalisation and glocalisation of sports cultures
• The spreading of sports cultures: acculturation and innovation
• Sports facilities: architectures and urban planning
• Outdoor sports in nature and cities
• Indoor sports and spatial segregation
• Sport as a contested space
• Gendered sports sites
• Sport in figurative space: art, literature, film
• Sports heritage and sites of memory
• Physical education and sport in schools/colleges/universities
• Welfare state and urban planning in sport

Further information can be found http://ishpes.org/web/index.php