11 Oct: Professor Tony Collins (Leeds Metropolitan University)
Representing the Nation? Welsh Rugby, Its Players and the Imaginary Nation

25 Oct: Dr Scott Laderman (University of Minnesota)
Surfing's Final Frontier: Discovering Paradise in Suharto's Indonesia

8 Nov: Professor Michael Collins (University of Gloucestershire)
From 'Sport for Good' to 'Sport for Sport's Sake': Reversing into the Past

22 Nov: POST-WAR BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKING
Dr Martin Cohen (Queen Mary University)
Full Up for the Coming Season: Post-War Holidaymaking in Britain, 1945-1948
Dr Susan Barton (De Montfort University)
Brits Abroad: British Government Policy and the Development of Popular Tourism in Spain, 1950-1970

6 Dec: Dr Gerben Bakker (London School of Economics):
Sunk Costs and the Evolution of the Film and Music Industries in Britain and the US, c. 1890-1980
Note: This is a joint-event with the LSE Business History Unit Seminar

The seminars will take place in the Ecclesiastical History Room of the Institute of Historical Research in London, at 5:15 PM on Mondays fortnightly. If you are interested in attending the seminar, contact us at sportshistory@hotmail.co.uk, and we will add you to our mailing list.