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Conference program, Sporting Traditions XVI
‘Conceiving, Locating, and Narrating Sports History’,
Rydes Lakeside, Canberra, 27-30 June 2007
Abbreviations: Lake Superior Room (LS); Lake Huron Room (LH)
Days and dates: Wednesday – Saturday, 27-30 June 2007
Papers: 17 student presentations; 52 academic presentations
Wednesday 27 June
Day 1: CONFERENCE OPENING and PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION |
9.00am-4.00pm
Conference Registration
8.00am-10.00am
ASSH Executive Meeting
10.00am-11.00am – CONFERENCE OPENING & MORNING TEA
11.00am-12.30pm
| ASSH Student Presentations (LS) |
ASSH Student Presentations (LH) |
Paper 1
Christopher Jones (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“Sport philosophy: Early definitional approaches”
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Paper 1
Christopher Baldwin (Monash Univ)
“The changing role, responsibility and profile of the sports referee” |
Paper 2
Jackey Osborne (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“A boy and his toys: Weapons of sport and war
for the heroes of the Irish tales”
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Paper 2
John Armstrong (Univ of Canberra)
“The Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD)
model: A suitable platform for sports policy?” |
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Paper 3
Vanessa McDermott (Aust National Univ)
“Sport governing bodies, legitimacy and performance-enhancing drugs”
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Chair: Dr Claire Parker (Univ of New England) |
Chair: Leanne White (Victoria Univ, Melb) |
12.30-2.00pm – LUNCH
2.00pm-3.30pm
| ASSH Student Presentations (LS) |
ASSH Student Presentations (LH) |
Paper 1
Bruce Coe (ASSH ACT)
“E.S. Marks and the amateur ideal in Australian sport”
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Paper 1
Matthew Klugman (Univ of Melbourne)
“Heroes, myths, and seasons: the passions
and experiences of Australian Rules football fans.”
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Paper 2
Matthew Stephen (Charles Darwin Univ)
“Reuben Cooper: Social memory & Australian Rules Football in Darwin, 1916-1939 ”
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Paper 2
Duncan Stone (Univ of Leicester)
“Cricket’s regional identities: The development of cricket and identity in Yorkshire and Surrey”
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Paper 3
Robin Poke (Univ of Canberra)
“The unwilling biographical subject: Champion rower Peter Antonie in his shell”
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Paper 3
Nick Guoth (Griffith Univ, Gold Coast)
“Kangaroos and Dragons: The 1923 Chinese Football tour of Australia”
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Chair: Dr Dave Nadel (Monash Univ) |
Chair: Prof Tony Collins (Leeds Metro Univ) |
3.30-4.00pm – AFTERNOON TEA
4.00pm-5.30pm
| ASSH Student Presentations (LS) |
ASSH Student Presentations (LH) |
Paper 1
Mark E. O’Neill (Univ of Queensland)
‘An ‘aristocracy of sport’: Popular cultural narratives of the Australian turf and Phar Lap”
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Paper 1
Chelsea Litchfield (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“Inclusiveness in the culture of women's team
sports in Melbourne: Finding safe and affirming spaces”
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Paper 2
Rachel Winterton (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“Rabelais, Bakhtin & the social conventions of 19th century swimming carnivals in Melbourne”
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Paper 2
Megan Stronach (Univ of Canberra)
“Brave new world? The so-called amalgamation of women's and men's cricket in Australia”
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Paper 3
Erik Nielsen (Univ of New South Wales) “Amateurism and Australasianess in athletics”
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Paper 3
Greg Dingle (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“Sport in a carbon-constrained 21st century”
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Chair: Assoc Prof Stephen Alonnes (Deakin Univ) |
Chair: Dr Dwight Zakus (Griffith Univ, Gold Coast) |
6.00pm-8.00pm
ASSH President’s Reception
8.00pm-
Informal dining arrangements (see Restaurants in Canberra Guide)*
Thursday 28 June
Day 2: CONCEIVING SPORTS HISTORY |
9.30am-10.30am – KEYNOTE ADDRESS (LS)
Prof Allen Guttmann, Amherst College, Massachusetts USA
‘The ludic and the ludicrous’ |
Chair: Prof Colin Tatz (Macquarie Univ) |
10.30-11.00am – MORNING TEA
11.00am-12.30pm
| ‘Public sports history’ (LS) |
‘Cultures & sports history’ (LH) |
Paper 1
Prof Ed Jaggard (Edith Cowan Univ)
“Between the Flags: Writing surf lifesaving’s centenary history”
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Paper 1
Dr Nikki Wedgwood (Univ of Sydney)
Dr Rob Hess (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“Silent and Invisible? Female players in the history of Australian Rules football”
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Paper 2
Dr Sean Brawley (University of NSW)
“Who says they are right?’: Historians,
evidence, faith and the first surf club controversy.”
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Paper 2
Jan Moore (Deakin Univ)
“Jockeying as sport, culture and business”
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Paper 3
Prof Douglas Booth (Univ of Waikato)
“In-between the flags: Self reflections on the centennial history of Surf Lifesaving Australia”
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Paper 3
Assoc Prof Charlotte Macdonald (Victoria Univ
Wellington)
“Ways of belonging - rethinking associational cultures in sports history”
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Chair: Dr Murray Phillips (Univ of Queensland) |
Chair: Mary Bushby (ASSH ACT) |
12.30-2.00pm – LUNCH
2.00pm-3.30pm
| ‘Ideology & sports history’ (LS) |
‘Participation & performance history’ (LS) |
Paper 1
Dr Bernard Whimpress (Adel. Oval Museum)
“Bodyline: A view from the left”
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Paper 1
Dr Tony Ward (Director, Milbur Consulting)
“Participation in organised sport in Australia: Historical trends 1900-2000 ”
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Paper 2
Dr Ben Wellings (Aust National Univ)
“It’s coming home? Football, Euroscepticism and English nationalism”
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Paper 2
Greg Blood (Australian Sports Commission)
“The Australian Institute of Sport 1981-2006: 25 years of high performance history”
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Paper 3
Dr Alastair Greig (Aust National Univ)
“ … and if you know your history … : Tartan, the tricolour and the red hand”
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Paper 3
Dr Tara Magdalinski (Univ College Dublin)
“The nature of performance: Examining
the historical relationship between sport and theatre”
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Chair: Dr Bill Murray (La Trobe Univ) |
Chair: Assoc Prof Bob Stewart (Victoria Univ, Mel.) |
3.30-4.00pm – AFTERNOON TEA
4.00pm-5.30pm
| ‘Mythology & sports history’ (LS) |
‘Globalisation & sports history' (LH) |
Paper 1
Prof Tony Collins (Leeds Metro Univ, UK)
“Narrative, myth and nationalist discourse in Australian sport”
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Paper 1
Dr Peter Horton (James Cook Univ)
“Rugby union football in Australia: An unintended consequence of intended actions”
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Paper 2
Dr Tony Ward (Director, Milbur Consulting)
“Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!: Changing visions of
sports and national identity”
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Paper 2
Dr Dwight Zakus (Griffith Univ)
Dr Peter Horton (James Cook Univ)
“Rugby union in Australia as a media sport: Professionalisation and cultural change”
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Paper 3
Robert Messenger (Independent Scholar)
“Charlie ‘Commotion’ Pearson and Australian football’s flying mark”
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Paper 3
Ashlee Morgan (Univ of Technology Sydney)
Stephen Frawley (Univ of Technology Sydney)
“Sponsorship legacy and the host national Olympic committee: The case of Sydney 2000”
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Chair: Dr James Connor (Aust National Univ) |
Chair: Dr Richard Light (Univ of NSW) |
5.30pm-7.30pm
ASSH Biennial General Meeting
7.30pm-
Informal dining arrangements (see Restaurants in Canberra Guide)*
Friday 29 June
| Day 3: LOCATING SPORTS HISTORY |
9.30am-10.30am – KEYNOTE ADDRESS (LS)
Prof Susan Birrell, University of Iowa USA
‘Suspended on Everest:
Intertextuality and the narrative condition in the pursuit of history
’ |
Chair: Prof Douglas Booth (Univ of Waikato) |
10.30-11.00am – MORNING TEA
11.00am-12.30pm
| ‘Space & place in sports history I’ (LS) |
‘Archives, exhibits & evidence’ (LH) |
Paper 1
Dr Claire Parker (Univ of New England)
“The north/south divide and the development of swimming in 19th century England.”
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Paper 1
Andy Carr (Mitchell Library, NSW)
“The Davis Sporting Collection No. 1: Exposing a
hidden collection at the State Library of New South Wales”
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Paper 2
Assoc Prof Stephen Alomes (Deakin Univ)
“Give me a home among the gumtrees: The foundation of the Aberfeldie Sports Club.”
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Paper 2
Beth Hise (MCC Museum, Lords, London)
“George’s bat and Napoleon’s belt: The narrative
of two cricket artefacts in the National Basebal lHall of Fame and Museum”
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Paper 3
Dr Dave Nadel (Monash Univ)
“Country and eastern: the influence of
demographic change on football in Gippsland, Victoria.”
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Paper 3
Dr Nikki Henningham, (Exec. Officer - Aust. Women's Archives Project, Univ. Of Melbourne)
“The virtual exhibition: She's Game: Women making Aust. sporting history ”
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Chair: Prof John O’Hara (UWS) |
Chair: Dr Bernard Whimpress (Adelaide Oval Mus.) |
12.30-2.00pm – LUNCH
2.00pm-3.30pm
| ‘Space & place in sports history II’ (LS) |
‘Oral testimony & sports history’ (LH) |
Paper 1
Dr Richard Light (Univ of Sydney)
Dr Steve Georgakis (Univ of Sydney)
"Sport at the University of Sydney and its
impact on sport in the wider community from 1852 to 1914"
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Paper 1
Roy Hay (Deakin Univ and Sports and Editorial
Services Australia)
Tony Joel (Deakin Univ)
“The football World Cup and its fans:
Reflections on national styles: An illustrated
cross-country comparison of responses in Germany, Australia and Scotland”
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Paper 2
Peter Schuwalow (Monash Univ)
Assoc Prof Lionel Frost (Monash Univ)
“An evaluation of the Victorian Football League’s ‘Coulter Law’”
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Paper 2
Dr James Connor (Aust National Univ)
“The fan as emotional witness: The South Sydney fight for re-instatement”
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Paper 3
Trevor Ruddell (MCC Library)
“A big stage for a big occasion: The story of
rugby union, rugby league and football (soccer) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground”
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Paper 3
Dianne Dahlitz (National Library of Australia)
“‘The National Library of Australia/Australian Sports Commission Australian sports history oral project ”
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Dr Peter Horton (James Cook Univ) |
Chair: Dr Rob Hess (Victoria Univ, Melbourne) |
3.30-4.00pm – AFTERNOON TEA
4.00pm-5.00pm
| ‘Symbols & images in sports history’ (LS) |
‘Race, politics & sports history’ (LH) |
Paper 1
Dr Gary Osmond (Univ of Queensland)
“Taking pictures, making pictures: Photographic meanings in sport history” |
Paper 1
Emeritus Prof John Ramsland (Univ of Newcastle)
Dr Christopher Mooney (Univ of Newcastle)
“Dave Sands as local hero and international boxing champion: Race, family and identity in an industrial working-class suburb” |
Paper 2
Trevor Ruddell (MCC Library)
“Images of the sporting past: The imminent National Sports Museum; Melbourne” |
Paper 2
Leanne White (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“One athlete, one nation, two flags: Cathy
Freeman and Australia’s search for Aboriginal reconciliation” |
Chair: Dr Bob Petersen (Independent Scholar) |
Chair: Prof Richard Cashman (UTS) |
5.00-5.30pm
Book launches & ASSH publications business
5.30pm-6.00pm
Ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of Sporting Traditions conferences
7.30pm-
Conference Dinner at the Great Hall, Australian National University
Saturday 30 June
Day 4: NARRATING SPORTS HISTORY |
9.30am-10.30am – KEYNOTE ADDRESS (LS)
Dr Murray Phillips, University of Queensland, Australia
‘Sport history and public history: Intersecting narratives?’ |
Chair: Dr Daryl Adair (Univ of Canberra) |
10.30-11.00am – MORNING TEA
11.00am-12.30pm
| ‘Literary & biographical sports history’ (LS) |
‘Sport, drugs & history’ (LH) |
Paper 1
Dr John Hughson (Univ of Otago)
“The uses of cricket: C.L.R. James and
postcolonial culturalism” |
Paper 1
Assoc Prof Bob Stewart (Victoria Univ, Melbourne)
“Revisiting the AIS drug scandal of 1987 and its full aftermath”
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Paper 2
Gillian Hibbins (Independent scholar) “Cross-pollination - sports biography and history”
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Paper 2
Robin Parisotto (Independent Scholar)
“Drugs in Sport - the past the present and the future”
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Paper 3
Dr Jorge Dorfman Knijnik
(Univ de São Paulo, Brazil)
“From the cradle to Athens: The silver-
coated story of a warrior in Brazilian soccer”
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Paper 3
Dr Jason Mazarov (Aust Defence Force Academy)
“Managing antidoping in sport: Public past or private future?” |
Chair: Assoc Prof C. Macdonald (Univ of Vic, Well.) |
Chair: Dr Braham Dabscheck (Univ of Melbourne) |
12.30-2.00pm – LUNCH
2.00pm-3.30pm
| ‘Media, film & sports history’ (LS) |
‘Sport institutions & history’ (LH) |
Paper 1
Dr Bob Petersen (Independent scholar)
“The 1894 Revolution in Sports Reporting”
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Paper 1
Dr Braham Dabscheck (Univ of Melbourne)
“An American hero: Curt Flood and his struggle against organised baseball”
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Paper 2
Dr Ian Warren (Deakin Univ)
“Boxing, media and the law”
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Paper 2
Tilda Khoshaba (Univ of Western Sydney)
“Show me the money: The role of player agents in professional sport”
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Paper 3
Dr Thomas Hickie (Univ of NSW)
“Thank God for El Masri as Madame Defarge is alive, well and living in Australian sport”
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Paper 3
Dr David Headon (National Capital Authority)
“The Canberra Raiders: A case study in codes, community and corporation”
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Chair: Dr Gary Osmond (Univ of Queensland) |
Chair: Prof Kristine Toohey (Griffith Univ) |
3.30-4.00pm – AFTERNOON TEA
4.00pm-5.30pm
| ‘Sports history as tale & saga’ (LS) |
Paper 1
Pamela Cohen (Mary MacKillop College)
“Refs' call! Can narrative history still get a score on the board?” |
Paper 1
Dr Bill Murray (La Trobe Univ)
“The grandest of narratives? Writing a history of the world game” |
Paper 3
J. Neville Turner (Independent Scholar)
“The etiquette of golf: An opéra comique” |
Chair: Dr John Hughson (Univ of Otago) |
5.30-6.00pm PLENARY SESSION and CONFERENCE CLOSURE
6.00pm DRINKS IN CAHOOTS BAR, RYDGES HOTEL
7.00pm-
Informal dining arrangements (see Restaurants in Canberra Guide)*
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