The Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport seeks to advance research on gender in sport, especially from a transnational and transdisciplinary perspective. Since 2005, regular meetings have stimulated fruitful scientific exchange, discussion and the mentoring of young scholars. The board of the working group is currently headed by Susan Bandy (USA), Nadia Carlomagno and Gigiola Gori (both Italy), Annette Hofmann (Germany), Manami Inoue (Japan), Leena Laine (Finland), Gerd von der Lippe (Norway), Martha Saavedra (USA) and Katalin Szikora (Hungary).

THE 2013 MEETING – Gender in Physical Culture

This year’s meeting will be held at the Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science (IKI), Faculty of Education, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The meeting’s theme is Gender in Physical Culture. This theme carries both local historical and contemporary meanings. Historically, physical culture was a concept associated with practitioners of Danish-Swedish and other systems of gymnastics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a concept that was used to describe a way of life associated with the various forms of exercise and other physical activities of the day. Physical culture was thus more than mere movement; it was a lifestyle that was embedded in beliefs, knowledge and broader individual and social practices of the time (Kirk, 1999, 65). With the demise of Danish-Swedish systems of gymnastics, the term physical culture disappeared from the lexicon of the English speaking world. Recently, however, various scholars have argued for the recovery of the concept. As were the systems of exercise mentioned above, contemporary forms of human movement (i.e. sport, exercise, physical activity, APA etc.) are socially embedded. The concept is thus seen useful in providing ways to relationally theorise a wide range of socio-cultural issues, including the reflexive nature of how individuals’ bodies are being maintained, represented and regulated and how physical culture constructs and reinforces dominant values and norms.

Important dates for submission and registration:

Abstract submission: 1 September 2013
Notification of acceptance: 1 October 2013
Preliminary program: 31 October 2013
Registration deadline: 30 November 2013
Final program: 1 December 2013

For non-presenters, please register by emailing Natalie Barker-Ruchti ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
Conference fee: SEK 300.- (approx. € 30), payable on site.

For further information, please contact Natalie Barker-Ruchti: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Website: http://www.iki.gu.se/samverkan/konferenser/gender-and-sport

Human and Social Sport Sciences – Issues, Approaches, Challenges and Implementations.

CELEBRATION OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY

International Summer School for Young Researchers – Course for PhD Students.
Date: 1st of July – 5th of July, 2013

Topic: Games and Sporting Events in History: Organization, Performances and Impacts

Call for Abstracts

International Organizer: International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES)

Themes
• Traditional festivals, sporting activities and folk dances
• The history of sports and tournaments in Asia
• Sportification processes of Asian physical culture
• The history and the spirit of traditional martial arts (fighting)
• Asian approaches to gender and sports
• Sporting legacies in the Eastern and Western World
• The Olympic Games
• Health issues and sporting activities
• New approaches to the history of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
• The establishment and management of sports museums
• Open Papers

Important Dates
Deadline of Abstract Submission: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Deadline of Early Bird Registration: Friday, May 31, 2013
Deadline of Online Registration: Monday, July 15, 2013

Local Organizer: National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan 2013 ISHPES Secretariat
Address: 6F.-9., No.2, Jian 8th Rd., Jhonghe District, New Taipei City 235, Taiwan

For more information see http://www.2013ishpes.org/
Or e-mail to 2013 ISHPES Secretariat, E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

ISHPES is currently accepting applications for the 2013 Junior Scholar Award. The ISHPES GIGLIOLA GORI JUNIOR SCHOLAR AWARD will be presented at the 2013 ISHPES Congress to be held in Taipei, Taiwan from August 18-22, 2013.

Gigliola Gori, a leading sport historian in Italy and longtime member of ISHPES, as well as one of its current Vice-Presidents, has very generously donated a 1000 € prize for the ISHPES Junior Scholar Award. This award is intended to promote emerging scholarship among young scholars of sport history world-wide through the organizational support of ISHPES and its members.

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 a junior scholar (within one year of receiving a PhD). The essay must be submitted in English and the text itself (including notes and bibliography) must not exceed 10,000 words.

The main criteria for selection will be based on originality, the scientific quality of the research and the value of the study from the perspective of international sport history. A specially chosen committee will review the articles. The winner will be announced by the end of May 2013.

The award winner will receive a 1000 € prize, free registration at the Congress and a year’s membership to ISHPES. The winning paper should be presented during the conference. His/her paper will be published in Stadion and the winner, together with any other entrant whose work is recognized by the committee for its quality, will receive a diploma that will be presented during the Congress. The essay must be emailed to the Chair of the Awards Committee, Patricia Vertinsky, to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it no later than March 31, 2013.

In 2013 ISHPES will offer several grants from the GERD VON DER LIPPE JUNIOR SCHOLAR TRAVEL FUND to assist graduate students who present papers at the Congress.

The money will be divided among the applicants to help defray the costs of travel and accommodation at the conference. Exact amounts of the financial support will vary.

A graduate student requesting travel funds must make a request for a Gerd von der Lippe Junior Scholar Fund grant at the same time as the abstract submission. Applications should consist of a concise letter from the prospective participant requesting a grant from the Gerd von der Lippe Junior Scholar Fund, sent to Dr. Kai Reinhart, ISHPES General Secretary, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

DEADLINE: March 31, 2013

Requirements:
--Be a current ISHPES member. (Join here)
--Include applicant’s academic affiliation
--Include the name and email address of applicant’s graduate program advisor

Funding requests will have no bearing on the scientific committee’s decisions on panels, but funds will not be awarded unless the applicant's paper is accepted by the scientific committee in a separate decision.

All recipients must register for the ISHPES conference in advance.  This financial support will be disbursed to recipients by the ISHPES General Secretary at the conference. The winner of the Gigliola Gori Junior Scholar Award is not eligible for financial support from the Gerd von der Lippe Junior Scholar Fund.