2023 Annual Convention of the North American Society for Sport History

May 27-29, 2023 | Washington DC, USA

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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 6th June 2023, 03:41:29pm EDT

Session Overview

Date: Friday, 26/May/2023
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Dr. Harry Edwards BIPOC Scholars Symposium (vol. 2) sponsored by Paragon Diversity Equity & Inclusion (PDEI) Location: National Museum of African American History and Culture Chair: C. Keith Harrison, UCF
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Wine & Cheese Reception, sponsored by National Museum of African American History and Culture and Paragon Diversity Equity & Inclusion (PDEI) Location: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date: Saturday, 27/May/2023
7:00am - 11:59pm	Recorded Presentations on Hopin Virtual location: Hopin In addition to the video library of individual presentations, all in-person presentations in Regency AB will be streamed live on Hopin and subsquently recorded/posted for Hopin viewing throughout the conference. There will be no "sessions" of recorded presentations and no live Q&A. Please contact authors directly with questions and comments.
8:00am - 8:45am	Welcome Location: Regency AB Chair: Murray Phillips, UQ Chair: Sarah Fields, University of Colorado Denver
9:00am - 10:00am	Early Basketball Histories Location: Kennedy Chair: Bob Trumpbour, Penn State Univerrsity	Activism and Organizations Location: Jefferson Chair: Carly Adams, University of Lethbridge	Trailblazing Men Location: Lincoln Chair: Adam Patrick Berg, University of North Carolina Greensboro	Sporting Bodies in Cinematography, Sculpture & Photography Location: Roosevelt Chair: Robert Kossuth, NASSH	Sports Labor Location: Regency AB Chair: Jonathan Silverman, UMass Lowell
10:00am - 10:30am	Coffee Break Location: Potomac Room
10:30am - 11:45am	Sport in Times of Societal Crisis Location: Kennedy Chair: Stanley Arnold, Northern Illinois University	Sport, the Environment, and the Politics of Placemaking Location: Jefferson Chair: Frank Guridy, Columbia University	(Sport Anthropology Caucus) The Intersection of Anthropology and History in Sport Studies Location: Lincoln Chair: Mark Dyreson, Pennsylvania State University	Innovation & Innovators Location: Roosevelt Chair: Aishwarya Ramachandran, UBC	African American Sport and the Politics of the Past and Present Location: Regency AB Chair: David K. Wiggins, George Mason University
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Saturday Lunch--Mentors & Mentees please connect and lunch together Location: Regency CD
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Gary Osmond, University of Queensland, Maxwell L. Howell and Reet Howell International Honor Address, "Too Deadly – Tracking Sport Histories with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities" Location: Regency AB Chair: David K. Wiggins, George Mason University
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Break Location: Potomac Room
2:45pm - 4:00pm	Sustaining Counter-Histories of Sport: Revisiting Postcolonial Analysis in Western Sport Histories Location: Kennedy Chair: Malcolm MacLean, University of Gibratar/The University of Queensland/De Montfort University	Didactical and Methodological Approaches on Teaching Sport History Location: Jefferson Chair: Annette Hofmann, Ludwigsburg University of Education	New Directions in Basketball History Location: Lincoln Chair: Thomas Aiello, Valdosta State University	The Men Who Loved Sport Location: Roosevelt Chair: Brian M. Ingrassia, West Texas A&M University	Dance like No One is Watching: An Oral History of the Amy Morris Homans Cotillion (1982-2014) Location: Regency AB Chair: Maria J Veri, San Francisco State University Chair: Diane Williams, McDaniel College
4:15pm - 5:30pm	Dr. Harry Edwards BIPOC Scholars Symposium vol. 3 sponsored by Paragon Diversity Equity & Inclusion (PDEI) Location: Regency AB Chair: C. Keith Harrison, UCF

Date: Sunday, 28/May/2023
12:05am - 11:59pm	Recorded Presentations on Hopin Virtual location: Hopin In addition to the video library of individual presentations (listed on Saturday's Recorded Presentations), all in-person presentations in Regency AB will be streamed live on Hopin and subsequently recorded/posted for Hopin viewing throughout the conference.
7:45am - 8:45am	Considering the Role of Play Location: Kennedy Chair: Samuel L. Gardner, Syracuse University	Horse Racing and Equestrianism Location: Jefferson Chair: Robert Jeremiah Turpin, Lees-McRae College	Women and Football Location: Lincoln Chair: YOMI EBENEZER EJIKUNLE, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE	National Identity and Nationalism in Sport Location: Roosevelt Chair: Colleen English, Penn State Berks	The Complicated Culture Around the NBA Location: Regency AB Chair: Maureen Smith, CSU Sacramento
9:00am - 10:00am	Baseball: Race, Place, and Community Location: Kennedy Chair: Robert Knight Barney, Western University	Canadian Communities & Culture: Oral History & Performance Location: Jefferson Chair: Theresa Walton-Fisette, Kent State University	"Gendering" Sport Location: Lincoln Chair: Rachel Michelle Ozerkevich, Kenyon College	Visual Histories: Art, Photographs, Trading Cards Location: Roosevelt Chair: Ross Fraser Walker, The University of Edinburgh	Fandom and Fantasy Location: Regency AB Chair: Daniel Nathan, Skidmore College
10:00am - 10:30am	Coffee Break Location: Potomac Room
10:30am - 11:45am	Black Mercuries and the Challenge of C.L.R. James: Writing about Sport and Race in American History for Popular and Scholarly Audiences--A NASSH Roundtable on Current Paradigms and Future Directions Location: Kennedy Chair: Mark Dyreson, Pennsylvania State University	Cleveland Sports: Physical Culture on the Lake Erie Shores Location: Jefferson Chair: Andrew D. Linden, California State University, Northridge	Writing in/being written out of Canadian sport history: Debating the removal of Bobbie Rosenfeld’s name from the award for Canadian female athlete of the year Location: Lincoln Chair: Ornella Nzindukiyimana, St. Francis Xavier University Chair: Amanda N. Schweinbenz, Laurentian University	Higher Education Location: Roosevelt Chair: Seth Tannenbaum, Manhattanville College	(Sport Anthropology Caucus) Racialized Bodies, Athletic Experiences: Communal Strategies of Resistance Location: Regency AB Chair: Tracie Canada, Duke University
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch Location: Regency CD
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Christine O'Bonsawin, University of Victoria, John R. Betts Honor Address, "The Landscape of a Dream and of Dreaming: Olympic Ceremonies, (un)Truths, and Indigenous Futurisms" Location: Regency AB Chair: Russell Field, University of Manitoba
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Coffee Break Location: Potomac Room
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Concerning the Body: Training and Classification Location: Kennedy Chair: Kimberly Beckwith, University of Texas at Austin	Forms of Trauma in Sport Location: Jefferson Chair: David Galindo, Manchester Metropolitan University/Northwest Vista College	Physical Culture: International Perspectives Location: Lincoln Chair: Samuel Octavio Regalado, California State University, Stanislaus	Monitoring Athlete Performance Location: Roosevelt Chair: Sarah Eikleberry, St. Ambrose University	The Black Athlete and Fitness Location: Regency AB Chair: Louis Moore, Grand Valley State University
4:00pm - 5:15pm	Sport and Physical Culture in China Location: Kennedy Chair: Alison Wrynn, University System of Maryland	Where Are The Historians? NASSH and Academically-Trained Historians Location: Jefferson Chair: Heather Dichter, De Montfort University	Allyship: What Can White NASSH Folks Do? (BIPOC Scholars & Allies discussion) Location: Lincoln Chair: Sarah Fields, University of Colorado Denver Chair: C. Keith Harrison, UCF	Vixens, Amazons or Champions: Shifting Images of 20th Century Strongwomen Location: Roosevelt Chair: David Chapman, Independent scholar	(Sport Anthropology Caucus) Racialized Bodies, Athletic Experiences: Colonial Legacies and Diaspora Location: Regency AB Chair: Tracie Canada, Duke University
5:30pm - 6:30pm	Revolutionary Activism and the Black Athlete Location: Kennedy Chair: Y. Andrew Hao, University of Minnesota Morris	The Importance of Infrastructure, Then and Now Location: Jefferson Chair: Edie Marie Heuss, West Texas A&M University	Inspiring Stories and Using "Inspiring" Stories Location: Lincoln Chair: Juan Carlos Castillo, University of Northern Iowa	Reconstructing and Reevaluating History and Historical Tools Location: Roosevelt Chair: Gabe Logan, Northern Michigan University	Representations of Women in Sport Location: Regency AB Chair: Callie Elizabeth Maddox, Miami University
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Grad Social Location: Hyatt Regency Lobby/Lobbibar

Date: Monday, 29/May/2023
12:05am - 10:00pm	Recorded Presentations on Hopin Virtual location: Hopin In addition to the video library of individual presentations (listed on Saturday's Recorded Presentations), all in-person presentations in Regency AB will be streamed live on Hopin and subsequently recorded/posted for Hopin viewing throughout the conference.
8:00am - 9:00am	Anti-Apartheid Efforts Location: Kennedy Chair: Douglas Booth, Thompson Rivers University	Advocating for Change Location: Jefferson Chair: Thomas Carter, University of Brighton	International Football Histories Location: Lincoln Chair: Tara Aine Keegan, University of Oregon	Leisure Clubs and Sports Location: Roosevelt Chair: Russell Field, University of Manitoba	Black Ball Location: Regency AB Chair: Andrew D. Linden, California State University, Northridge
9:15am - 10:15am	Shifting Media Constructions Location: Kennedy Chair: Annette Hofmann, Ludwigsburg University of Education	Sport in the Context of Development, Health, and Trauma Location: Jefferson Chair: Malcolm MacLean, University of Gibratar/The University of Queensland/De Montfort University	Revisiting Munich, Dumb Rules, and Couterknowledge Location: Lincoln Chair: Nevada Cooke, University of Western Ontario	Cycling Across the Ages Location: Roosevelt Chair: Shelley Lucas, Boise State University	Bidding and Hosting Mega-Events Location: Regency AB Chair: Stephen Robert Wenn, Wilfrid Laurier University
10:00am - 10:30am	Coffee Break Location: Potomac Room
10:30am - 11:45am	U.S. Soccer Past and Present: Strikes, Exclusions, Tours, and Monopolies Location: Kennedy Chair: George Kioussis, California State University, Northridge	Making Sport History Relevant to Students: Re-examining Course Design to Meet Student and Faculty Needs Location: Jefferson Chair: Rwany Sibaja, Appalachian State University	Dr. Edwin Bancroft (E.B.) Henderson: Physical Education and Basketball Pioneer Location: Lincoln Chair: Susan Jane Rayl, SUNY-Cortland	Ideals Turned Real: The Classical Body and/in Physical Culture Location: Roosevelt Chair: Jan Todd, University of Texas at Austin Chair: Conor Heffernan, Ulster University	Holdin’ it Down: Black Feminism and Athlete Activism Location: Regency AB Chair: Amanda N. Schweinbenz, Laurentian University
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch Location: Regency CD
1:15pm - 2:15pm	Danielle Peers, University of Alberta, Seward C. Staley Honor Address, "From Eugenics to Paralympics: Empowering Trajectory or Supremacist Technology?” Location: Regency AB Chair: Victoria Paraschak, University of Windsor
2:15pm - 2:45pm	Coffee Break Location: Potomac Room
2:45pm - 3:45pm	Alec S. Hurley, University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Student Essay Award, "A City in a Building: Using Microhistory to Examine Ethnic Exchange in a Single Bowling Alley in Rochester, NY c.1900" Location: Regency AB Chair: Erin McCarthy, Columbia College Chicago
5:00pm - 6:00pm	Office Hour with NASSH Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary Location: Hyatt Regency Lobby/Lobbibar Chair: Murray Phillips, UQ Chair: David K. Wiggins, George Mason University
6:00pm - 6:45pm	Pre-Banquet Reception and Cocktails Location: Chesapeake View
7:00pm - 10:00pm	Banquet and Program Location: Regency AB Chair: Murray Phillips, UQ

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