Regional Academic Editor of the International Journal of the History of Sport (IJHS), Adjunct Associate Professor in sport history at Victoria University.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Joined August 2010
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NEW ARTICLE ALERT
Saudi Arabia, sport, and bespoke soft power, by Thomas Ross Griffin & Thomas Bonnie James, available online and open access ahead of print.
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🦾You will also be encouraged to submit your own work to the journal and to be involved in journal special issues and article collections.
❓You are interested? You have a question? Reach out Dr. Heather Dichter on🦋 or by e mail
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📍New article!
"The Beginnings of Water Polo in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1900–1913)" 🤽♀️🤽 🇧🇷
by Caio Serpa, Renato Novaes, Silvio Telles, from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
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A great turnout on today’s picket. GCU executive want to make staff redundant despite surplus accounts, huge cash reserves and more students than ever. We say no to redundancies. #gcu #ucu @UCUScotland #savethe100
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My latest PM and Sport article - Malcolm Fraser - made a significant impact - AIS established, South African sport ban, 1980 Moscow Olympic boycott & 1982 Commonwealth Games australiansportreflections.c…
This free-to-access Introduction summarises the contents of the first-ever special issue of @IJHSofficial dedicated to exploring the history of Australian Rules football. Kudos to my colleagues for shedding fresh light on one of the oldest football codes in the world.
👌 Perfect timing!
📍New editorial !
"Introduction: New Perspectives on the History of Australian Rules Football"
by Dale Blair, Rob Hess
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NEW ARTICLE ALERT
Balancing risk and self-care: A model of health behaviourdecisions in CrossFit, by Daniel Read and Aaron CT Smith, available online and open access ahead of print.
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Excellent work by the NLA as usual. A unique regional perspective on sport in Australia ...
The @nlagovau Trove has just added images of sport played in regional areas trove.nla.gov.au/collection/…
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The story of Les Kew Ming - the first Chinese-Australian sporting hero and the winner of the 1928 Long Kicking contest.
Les Kew Ming was a North Melbourne footballer, a decorated Anzac war hero, firefighter and a champion sprinter.
Story here: skeneinthegame.substack.com/…
Originally published in a special issue of IJHS
The Brownlow Medal is presented next Monday night.
Bob Gartland & Tony Joel have told the story of the man for who it was named more than a century ago, readable here on the AFL website -
afl.com.au/news/1613264/the-…
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Part of a special issue devoted to Australian Rules football ...
📍New article out!
"The Evolution of Trade and Cigarette Cards, 1891-1914: Enhancing the Social Status of Australian Rules Footballers"
by John Rose
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🚨 Recruitment - Academic Editor - 📍 Europe.
The International Journal of the History of Sport is currently recruiting for an Academic Editor – Europe.
Deadline: 20 October 2026
More information here: editorresources.taylorandfra…
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Rectangular sports always go where they can make the most money -reason why MCG is attractive to rugby league, rugby union, football and now NFL
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🏑 The Hockey Museum was proud to be represented at @BritSportHisSoc #BSSH2026 in Edinburgh, with papers from Mark Evans, Dr Heather Dichter and Emmy Sale. Congrats to Emmy on winning the Richard Cox Postgraduate Prize for her outstanding research into women’s hockey history👏🏆
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My convict constable short story collection, Sentenced Beyond the Seas, is now available for preorder through @clandestinepres. I absolutely love the cover and can't wait to see Will Grafton in book form! clandestinepress.net/product…
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The current issue of 'Sporting Traditions', the journal of the Australian Society of Sports History, features articles by John Harms, Rod Gillett, Graham Pilkington, and others.
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Part of a special issue devoted to Australian Rules football ...
📍New article out!
"The Evolution of Trade and Cigarette Cards, 1891-1914: Enhancing the Social Status of Australian Rules Footballers"
by John Rose
Check it out:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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ASSH member Abdel Halabi has published an article on financial risk for AFL and its clubs as a result of concussion claims
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Looking forward to ASSH conference in Adelaide in 2027 ...
Recent ASSH SA Chapter talks now available - Frederick Cavill’s visit on the impact on swimming in Sth Australia and the 1926 Oakbank Cup youtube.com/channel/UC-1kSYX…
