Executive Council
President
Evelise Amgarten Quitzau
president@ishpes.org
Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
- PhD (2016) on history of Education at the State University of Campinas, Brazil.
- Since 2022 – Assistant Professor in the Department of Physica Education at the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil)
- Assistant Professor in the Higher Instituto of Physical Education at the University of the Republic, Paysandú/Uruguay (2017-2022)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of the History of Sport
- Main areas of research: local history; history of sports and immigration; history of sports medicine
Vice Presidents
Alec Hurley
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales
- PhD (2022) on urban sport microhistory and immigrant identity at the University of Texas at Austin, United States of America
- Since 2023 Lecturer in the School of Sport and Health Sciences (Sport Management) at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales [UK]
- Gigliola Gori Award (2022), Richard M. Cox Postgraduate Award (2022), NASSH Graduate Essay Award (2023)
- Book reviews editor of Sport in History
- Mains areas of research: microhistory, decolonial/postcolonial history, cultural identity, and urban studies
Alejandro de la Viúda-Serrano
University of Alcalá, Spain
- PhD in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences
- Lecturer at the Camilo José Cela University (2009-2014) and at the University of Alcalá (since 2015)
- Michele di Donato Junior Scholar Award (2009)
- Former Secretary General and General Treasurer of the European Committee for Sports History (CESH)
- Editor of AGON International Journal of Sport Sciences (2011-2017) and associate editor of the Journal of Sport and Health Research (2011- 2016)
- Main areas of research: socio-historical aspects of sport, teaching innovation in the, gender studies and academic quality
François Cleophas
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- PhD (2009) Physical education and physical culture in the Coloured community of the Western Cape, 1837 -1966.
- 2011-2023 Senior Lecturer in Sport History at Stellenbosch University.
- Since 2023 Associate Professor at Stellenbosch University.
- Main areas of research: Physical Culture, physical education and decolonising themes in South African sport
General Secretary
Daniele Cristina Carqueijeiro de Medeiros
Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
- PhD in Education at the University of Campinas, Brazil (2021)
Associate Professor at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (2025-present) - Gigliola Gori Award by ISHPES (2021)
- Regional Editor of the International Journal of the History of Sport (2023-present)
- Main areas of research: history of aquatic practices, history of sports in nature, geography of sports.
Early Career Scholar Representative
Gabriela Marta Marques de Oliveira
Brazil
- PhD (2025) in Compared History at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 2025 FIFA Research Scholarship holder
- 2024 Visiting Scholar at the Latin American Institut, Free University of Berlin (Germany) – DAAD Co-financed Short-Term Research Grant Brazil.
- 2023 Visiting Researcher at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University (United Kingdom).
- 2022 Visiting Researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States).
- Doctorate fellowship, FAPERJ (Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation), November 2023 – April 2025
- Research interests: Brazilian sports history, global history of sport, history from below, labour history, Olympic History, sport and race
Council Members
Annette Hofmann, Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany
Keiko Ikeda, Hokkaido University, Japan
Linda Borish, Western Michigan University, United States
Ornella Nzindukiyimana, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Pierre-Olaf-Schut, Gustave Eiffel University, France