Lisbon, May 31 and June 1, 2012

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal

Call for papers

Organization
Grupo de História e Desporto (Group for History and Sport), from the Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in a partnership with Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX of Universidade de Coimbra – CEIS20.

Type of congress
International congress with papers accepted in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Subject
The year 2012 marks the XXX Summer Olympic Games in London. 2012 also commemorates the centenary of Portugal’s first participation in the Olympic Games (in Stockholm in 1912). To mark these two events the I Congress of History and Sport will be dedicated to the Olympic movement and its different perspectives, including sport, social, economic, political, religious, media, culture and others.

Goals
The Grupo de História e Desporto (Group for History and Sport – GHD) gathers researchers from several institutions, with the main goal of promoting cooperation, research and studies in the field of sport history. The GHD also organizes events for History and Sport at the national and international levels. In the Portuguese case, the interest in the history of sport is an important research focus. The GHD also organizes an annual congress, whose goal is the discussion and the production of knowledge in the various aspects of the intersection of history and sport. The theme for the 2012 congress is the Olympics.

Call for papers
We seek abstracts of no more than 500 words from persons interested in participating in the I Congress of History and Sport. Please include three key words related to your proposed paper, a brief curriculum vita, academic affiliation and contact information (including email and telephone). Papers can be presented in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Proposals should be submitted via email to:
historia.desporto@gmail.com

Important dates
April 20 – Closing deadline for proposals
May 3 – Notification of abstract acceptance
May 10 – Final program announced

Fees: 25 euros and 10 euros (students)

Organizing Committee
Francisco Pinheiro, CEIS20 da Universidade de Coimbra João Tiago Pedroso de Lima, NICPRI da Universidade de Évora Manuela Hasse, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Maria Fernanda Rollo, IHC/FCSH da Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nuno Miguel Lima, IHC/FCSH da Universidade Nova de Lisboa Rita Nunes, Academia Olímpica de Portugal/Confederação do Desporto de Portugal

More details about the Congress can be found on the following websites:
http://congressodehistoriaedesporto.blogspot.com
www.ceis20.uc.pt
http://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/
http://www.facebook.com/ihc.fcsh.unl