CfP: International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS) and the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) are proud to announce that their International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport will take place in at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, Scotland just before the Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 Olympic Games. ICSEMIS (www.icsemis2012.com)

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2011 Young Scholar Award Applications

ISHPES is currently accepting applications for the 2011 Young Scholar Award.

*** DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 31 ***

The ISHPES GIGLIOLA GORI YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD will be presented at the 2011 ISHPES Congress to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from August 8-12, 2011.

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2011 ISHPES Congress

The 2011 ISHPES Congress will take place in Frankfurt, Germany from August 8-12, 2011.  The Congress will be organized by Gertrud Pfister and Annette Hofmann together with the Deutsche Turner-Bund.

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6th Meeting of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport

The 6th Meeting of the Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport will be held at the University of Bath (UK) on the 26-27 November 2010. The purpose of the group is to further the study of the cultural/social, political, and educational significance of the participation of females in sport, physical culture, and physical activities as well as to the study of gender as it relates to these activities from transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives.

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Copenhagen Summer School 2010

International Summer School for Young Researchers

Sport and physical activities – ideologies, practices and realities
Historical, Sociological, Psychological and Pedagogical Approaches

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Winter Sports and Outdoor Life Conference

Telemark University College and the Norwegian Sports Federation have the pleasure to invite you to a conference on the history of outdoor winter sports from February 23 – 26, 2011.  Conference abstracts are due September 15, 2010.

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2010 Young Scholar Applications

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 euro prize for the ISHPES Young 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.

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Pfister Wins EWS Award

The award ceremony occurred at the 8th European Women and Sport Conference which were held 9-10 October 2009 in Limassol, Cyprus.