A research centre whose academic experts have taken the importance of sports history and its impact on society to a global audience is celebrating its 25th anniversary at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU).
The International Centre for Sports History and Culture (ICSHC) has been responsible for the publication of a myriad of books and journal articles covering every sporting discipline, from rugby, boxing and cycling to sporting mega-events like the World Cup and Olympics and Paralympics.
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Academics have delivered keynote speeches at hundreds of conferences around the world and the centre has seen thousands of students pass through its lecture theatres to achieve undergraduate and Master’s degrees, as well as PhDs, before taking up roles within academia and at various sporting organisations at home and overseas.
To mark its 25th anniversary the ICSHC has published the ‘25th Anniversary Report 1996 to 2001’ charting its beginnings, under the directorship of Professor Wray Vamplew, to the globally…
