Sport in Early Modern Culture

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Sport in Early Modern Culture

Veranstalter
DFG-Network “Body Techniques”; in co-operation with the German Historical Institute London
Veranstaltungsort
German Historical Institute London, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NJ
Ort
London
Land
United Kingdom
Vom - Bis
17.11.2011 - 19.11.2011
Website
http://www.ghil.ac.uk/events_and_conferences/conferences_and_workshops.html
Von
Angela Schattner

While the history of sport in the modern period has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years and new approaches have found their way into research, sport and physical exercise in the early modern period is still a rather neglected topic. Our aim is not to continue the well-known discussion of whether or not sport existed in pre-modern times. There were many physical activities beyond the courtly exercises of fencing, riding and dancing, ranging from rowing, wrestling, jeu de paume, soccer and gymnastics to swimming, diving, pall mall, shooting, running and ice skating. The early modern period had professional players as well as sports grounds, training as well as contests, referees as well as public audiences. And sometimes important political and economic issues were at stake.

This conference aims to bring together specialists from diverse disciplines and many nations to view the practice of sport and physical exercise in its cultural context, taking into special consideration social, political and economic influences. Contributions may relate to individual countries, to specific individuals or groups, or to individual sports.

Programm

Thursday, 17 November

14:00-14:30 Registration

14:30-15:00
Andreas Gestrich (GHI London): Welcome
Rebekka v. Mallinckrodt (FU Berlin)/ Angela Schattner (GHI London): Introduction - Sport in Early Modern Culture

Section I Places

15:00-15:50 Christian Jaser (University of Dresden): Capital Distractions. Urban Sport Spaces and Facilities in Paris (15th -16th centuries)

15:50-16:40 Angela Schattner (GHI London): Places of Sport and Space for Sport in Early Modern England

16:40-17:10 Coffee Break

Section II Games

17:10-18:00 Charlotte Zweynert (FU Berlin): ‘Harmless Sports’, Royal Clothes, and Anti-Puritans. The Cotswold 'Olimpick' Games in the First Half of the 17th Century

18:00-18:50 Wolfgang Behringer (University of the Saarland): The Invention of Sports : Early Modern Ball Games

19:00 Reception at the GHIL

Friday, 18 November

Section III Health

09:30-10:20 Alessandro Arcangeli (University of Verona): Exercise for Women

10:20-11:10 Sandra Cavallo/ Tessa Storey (Royal Holloway): The conceptualization and practice of 'exercise' among the Roman aristocracy in the 17th century

11:10-11:40 Coffee Break

Section IV Professionalization/ Economics

11:40-12:30 Benjamin Litherland (University of Sussex): Bruisers go into Business: Pugilism, Celebrity and Commercial Culture

12:30-13:20 Dave Day (Manchester Metropolitan University): Developing ‘Science’ and ‘Wind’: Eighteenth Century Sports Training

13:20-14:20 Lunch

Section V Beyond Europe

14:20-15:10 Michael Wert (Marquette University): Swordsmanship and Status in Early Modern Japan

15:10-16:00 Rebekka v. Mallinckrodt (FU Berlin): Lacrosse – Postcolonial Perspectives on Indian Games

Saturday, 19 November

Section VI Danger

09:30-10:20 Steven Gunn (University of Oxford): Sport and physical exercise in sixteenth-century England: the evidence of accidental deaths

10:20-11:10 B. Ann Tlusty (Bucknell University): Risk, Honor, and Safety in German Martial Sports

11:10-11:40 Final discussion

11:40-12:10 Coffee Break

12:10-13:00 network communications

Please note that due to limited capacities at the GHIL places have to be booked with the organizers. If you would like to attend, please contact: schattner@ghil.ac.uk

Kontakt

http://www.ghil.ac.uk/events_and_conferences/conferences_and_workshops.html