Summer School 2019

Enhancing research on Physical Activity and Sport from a Human and Social Science Perspective
International Summer School for Young Researchers – Course for PhD Students

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December 2018 President’s Report

Dear ISHPES members,

A busy year is approaching its end. We held a successful congress in Münster, Germany with around 200 participants from over 20 countries from all continents. It was one of our most successful congresses.[…]

In 2019 ISHPES can celebrate its 30th anniversary which we will celebrate with you during our next conference in Madrid from July 13-18, 2019.

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2019 Congress – Call for Papers

 20th ISHPES CONGRESS
July 14-17, 2019 in Madrid, Spain

Milestones in the Histories of Sport and Physical Culture

Call for abstracts [PDF version]

More information can be found on the ISHPES Congress page.

Host:
Faculty of Sports Science and Physical Therapy, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Campus of Villaviciosa de Odón

The local organizing committee will be Gerardo Bielons, Director of Events GB and Teresa Gómez Aja  from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid

Partners: Universidad Europea de Madrid, Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid, Madrid

Congress topic and subtopics

Scholars are invited to submit sessions including three abstracts related to the main topic “Milestones in the Histories of Sport and Physical Culture,” or individual abstracts on a subtopic.

Sub-themes:

    • Sports, physical cultures, and physical education in time and space
    • “Sport for all” on various continents, in various regions and nations
    • Aspects of integration, inclusion and segregation in sports and physical cultures (including disability and sports)
    • Sports, movement cultures, and health around the world
    • New approaches to Olympic history
    • Historical approaches to mega- events in sports
    • Gender diversity in various physical culture and sports
    • Religious impacts on physical culture and sports globally
    • Sports, industrialization, technology, and social diversity (including workers’ sports)
    • Open paper

Guidelines for abstract submission

Abstract submission is exclusively via email. Please submit full abstract to program@ishpes.org

The abstract must include:

    • Name of the author(s), your institutional affiliation and position, your office and mobile phone numbers, and email addresses.
    • The paper’s title followed by a 350 words (maximum) abstract of the proposed paper. The abstract should include the question(s) addressed in the paper, the evidence to be used, a precise statement of the argument and conclusions, and what significance the paper has to our understanding of sports history. You do not need any keywords.
    • Please specify also to what sub-theme your abstract is related, this helps adding it to a session with similar papers

Guidelines for submission of a thematic session

A thematic session includes three papers relating to one topic.

Abstract submission is exclusively via email. Please submit full thematic session to program@ishpes.org

The submission must include:

    • An abstract describing the session
    • Name of the author(s), your institutional affiliation and position, your office and mobile phone numbers, and email addresses for the session organizer/moderator and all paper authors
    • The title and abstract for each paper

The official language of the congress is English.

Presenters need to be an ISHPES member to present a paper, and a person can only present one paper as first author. Join ISHPES now.

Participants are invited to submit their abstracts for podium/oral presentations only.

Deadlines

Abstract submission opening: December 21, 2019

Abstract submission closing: February 15, 2019 EXTENDED DEADLINE: MARCH 10, 2019