Dr. Heather Dichter
@hdichter.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sport History & Sport Management
📚 Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games; Soccer Diplomacy; Diplomatic Games; Berlin Sports
🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, or traveling somewhere
www.dmu.ac.uk/heatherdichter
📚 Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games; Soccer Diplomacy; Diplomatic Games; Berlin Sports
🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, or traveling somewhere
www.dmu.ac.uk/heatherdichter
Pinned
Hot off the press & just out this week - I edited a book with Molly Wilkinson Johnson called Berlin Sports - an edited collection with case studies on different sports ⚽️🎾🎽🏇 and more in Berlin from the late 1800s to the present 🗃️
www.uapress.com/product/berl...
www.uapress.com/product/berl...
Berlin Sports was a fun book to put together with my excellent co-editor Molly Wilkinson Johnson. I wanted to share what’s inside it. I could just post the TOC but I’ll make a 🧵 instead. The intro from Molly & me addresses sport’s important role throughout Berlin’s history since the 19th c. 1/10 🗃️
Last few days to send us a proposal to consider! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
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Postdoc Opportunity at DMU's International Centre for Sports History and Culture | H-Net
De Montfort University's International Centre for Sports History and Culture is open to individuals outside the UK who would be interested in applying for the British Academy International Fellowship:...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Last few days to send us a proposal to consider! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
A plug for Diplomatic Games, which I use in one of my sports diplomacy classes 👍🏼
December 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A plug for Diplomatic Games, which I use in one of my sports diplomacy classes 👍🏼
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
And if you’re looking for some edited books on sport diplomacy, both Diplomatic Games www.kentuckypress.com/978081318028... and Soccer Diplomacy www.kentuckypress.com/978081317951...
are 40% off as well at UPK with the code FROSTY25 - good until Jan 31. #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory
are 40% off as well at UPK with the code FROSTY25 - good until Jan 31. #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory
Soccer Diplomacy - The University Press of Kentucky
Although the game of soccer is known by many names around the world—football, fútbol, Fußball, voetbal—the sport is a universal language. Throughout th...
www.kentuckypress.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
And if you’re looking for some edited books on sport diplomacy, both Diplomatic Games www.kentuckypress.com/978081318028... and Soccer Diplomacy www.kentuckypress.com/978081317951...
are 40% off as well at UPK with the code FROSTY25 - good until Jan 31. #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory
are 40% off as well at UPK with the code FROSTY25 - good until Jan 31. #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory
My book Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games is still on sale (40% off!) with the code HOLIDAY until January 4 in case you still want to buy more books #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory
www.umasspress.com/978162534595...
www.umasspress.com/978162534595...
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My book Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games is still on sale (40% off!) with the code HOLIDAY until January 4 in case you still want to buy more books #skystorians 🗃️ #sporthistory
www.umasspress.com/978162534595...
www.umasspress.com/978162534595...
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Postdoc Opportunity at DMU's International Centre for Sports History and Culture | H-Net
De Montfort University's International Centre for Sports History and Culture is open to individuals outside the UK who would be interested in applying for the British Academy International Fellowship:...
networks.h-net.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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We donated my grandfather’s papers to Temple U & I hope scholars of Philly or music history someday use his papers in their research #skystorians 🗃️
librarysearch.temple.edu/catalog/9910...
librarysearch.temple.edu/catalog/9910...
December 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We donated my grandfather’s papers to Temple U & I hope scholars of Philly or music history someday use his papers in their research #skystorians 🗃️
librarysearch.temple.edu/catalog/9910...
librarysearch.temple.edu/catalog/9910...
Another great collection is The Hockey Museum (for field hockey 🏑) hockeymuseum.org/what-we-do/c... My PhD student @emmyailish.bsky.social is working on a history of women’s field hockey clothing but there is so much research for #sporthistory & British history & more held there #skystorians 🗃️
December 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Another great collection is The Hockey Museum (for field hockey 🏑) hockeymuseum.org/what-we-do/c... My PhD student @emmyailish.bsky.social is working on a history of women’s field hockey clothing but there is so much research for #sporthistory & British history & more held there #skystorians 🗃️
The amazing @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social has the Ski Club of Great Britain collection which is so rich in #sporthistory & so much more! Check out the very detailed finding aid:
specialcollections.catalogue.dmu.ac.uk/records/S/006
#skystorians 🗃️
specialcollections.catalogue.dmu.ac.uk/records/S/006
#skystorians 🗃️
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The amazing @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social has the Ski Club of Great Britain collection which is so rich in #sporthistory & so much more! Check out the very detailed finding aid:
specialcollections.catalogue.dmu.ac.uk/records/S/006
#skystorians 🗃️
specialcollections.catalogue.dmu.ac.uk/records/S/006
#skystorians 🗃️
All the pretzel brands that rarely make it out of PA, especially Unique Splits & Hammonds. Crab chips. Goldenberg Peanut Chews. (This is only some of what I bring back to the UK every year.)
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
All the pretzel brands that rarely make it out of PA, especially Unique Splits & Hammonds. Crab chips. Goldenberg Peanut Chews. (This is only some of what I bring back to the UK every year.)
And instead of spending more of my detective time putting together what I have found in archives from multiple countries & languages, I spend an hour being a detective when I think a student hasn’t written the work themselves & another hour as a detective preparing for their official meeting.
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And instead of spending more of my detective time putting together what I have found in archives from multiple countries & languages, I spend an hour being a detective when I think a student hasn’t written the work themselves & another hour as a detective preparing for their official meeting.
The Winter Olympics start 7 weeks from today! Want to learn more about their history? Check out this article @wpgsarah.bsky.social & I wrote to open a special issue of @ijhs.bsky.social It’s OA too #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Winter Olympics: A Century of Games on Ice and Snow
The Olympic Winter Games, although younger than their summer counterpart, nonetheless have a long and storied history. From the first iteration in Chamonix, France, in 1924, through the first off-s...
www.tandfonline.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Winter Olympics start 7 weeks from today! Want to learn more about their history? Check out this article @wpgsarah.bsky.social & I wrote to open a special issue of @ijhs.bsky.social It’s OA too #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
Interested in the #history, #heritage and #traditions of #sport? Why not consider applying for the @icshc.bsky.social Distance Learning MA in Sports History and Culture? Further information at - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course... #sportshistory #WinterOlympics #FIFAWC #LA28 @dmuhistory.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Interested in the #history, #heritage and #traditions of #sport? Why not consider applying for the @icshc.bsky.social Distance Learning MA in Sports History and Culture? Further information at - www.dmu.ac.uk/study/course... #sportshistory #WinterOlympics #FIFAWC #LA28 @dmuhistory.bsky.social
The great @bytimreynolds.bsky.social covering the Russian attempt to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics - Trio of Russian athletes barred from luge World Cup in Lake Placid amid neutrality concerns
#olympics
#olympics
Trio of Russian athletes barred from luge World Cup in Lake Placid amid neutrality concerns
The International Luge Federation has withdrawn the eligibility of three Russian athletes who intended to compete in Lake Placid, New York, this weekend.
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The great @bytimreynolds.bsky.social covering the Russian attempt to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics - Trio of Russian athletes barred from luge World Cup in Lake Placid amid neutrality concerns
#olympics
#olympics
So in addition to predatory journals spamming us we now have this? How about I only cite scholarship & news stories I have read, thus I have no need for whatever this is? #skystorians 🗃️
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So in addition to predatory journals spamming us we now have this? How about I only cite scholarship & news stories I have read, thus I have no need for whatever this is? #skystorians 🗃️
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
Do you work on sport & photography history - or one of those areas but have a great project idea that combines both? Come work with BOTH the amazing @phrc-dmu.bsky.social @ @icshc.bsky.social #sporthistory #photohist #skystorians 🗃️
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Postdoc Opportunity at DMU's International Centre for Sports History and Culture | H-Net
De Montfort University's International Centre for Sports History and Culture is open to individuals outside the UK who would be interested in applying for the British Academy International Fellowship:...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Do you work on sport & photography history - or one of those areas but have a great project idea that combines both? Come work with BOTH the amazing @phrc-dmu.bsky.social @ @icshc.bsky.social #sporthistory #photohist #skystorians 🗃️
Do you work on sport & photography history - or one of those areas but have a great project idea that combines both? Come work with BOTH the amazing @phrc-dmu.bsky.social @ @icshc.bsky.social #sporthistory #photohist #skystorians 🗃️
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Postdoc Opportunity at DMU's International Centre for Sports History and Culture | H-Net
De Montfort University's International Centre for Sports History and Culture is open to individuals outside the UK who would be interested in applying for the British Academy International Fellowship:...
networks.h-net.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Do you work on sport & photography history - or one of those areas but have a great project idea that combines both? Come work with BOTH the amazing @phrc-dmu.bsky.social @ @icshc.bsky.social #sporthistory #photohist #skystorians 🗃️
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
Super excited for this future @ijhs.bsky.social special issue on women’s basketball 🏀 history. If you’re working on this topic, please submit an abstract before the Dec 17 deadline! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
We regularly post calls for papers around specialist topics.
Check out our latest one here on women's basketball @ijhs.bsky.social
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Check out our latest one here on women's basketball @ijhs.bsky.social
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
HIstories of Women’s Basketball- Global and Local Narratives
Submit new research on the histories of women's basketball - from community leagues to Olympic Games, how have gender, race, class and nation shaped the game.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Super excited for this future @ijhs.bsky.social special issue on women’s basketball 🏀 history. If you’re working on this topic, please submit an abstract before the Dec 17 deadline! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
Join us this Thursday at 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for the PHRC’s online Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage. We’re delighted to welcome Ana Catarina Pinho who will explore images & counter-images of the Portuguese dictatorship. Open to all but registration required - shorturl.at/DQz1f
Autumn 2025 #3
Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage Ana Catarina Pinho IHA, NOVA University Lisbon / University of Coimbra, Portugal The Empire of Fiction: Images and Counter-Images of the Port…
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December 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Join us this Thursday at 5:30pm (GMT/UTC) for the PHRC’s online Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures & Heritage. We’re delighted to welcome Ana Catarina Pinho who will explore images & counter-images of the Portuguese dictatorship. Open to all but registration required - shorturl.at/DQz1f
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
A dream job offer: @playthegame-org.bsky.social is looking for a new, full-time editor and international relations manager. The chosen candidate will be based in Aarhus, but people from all backgrounds and nationalities are welcome to apply. Get those CVs ready!
www.playthegame.org/news/play-th...
www.playthegame.org/news/play-th...
Play the Game seeks an editor
Opening a new position for an editor and international relations manager, Play the Game aims to strengthen its work to promote democratic values in international sport.
www.playthegame.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A dream job offer: @playthegame-org.bsky.social is looking for a new, full-time editor and international relations manager. The chosen candidate will be based in Aarhus, but people from all backgrounds and nationalities are welcome to apply. Get those CVs ready!
www.playthegame.org/news/play-th...
www.playthegame.org/news/play-th...
Excellent prizes to win (she says as a previous committee member) #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Reboosting the @nassh1972.bsky.social sport history Book Awards! Anthologies and monographs.
Books should be postmarked before January 31, 2026.
www.nassh.org/awards/book-...
Books should be postmarked before January 31, 2026.
www.nassh.org/awards/book-...
Book Awards - NASSH
Book Awards The North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) presents two book awards each year to promote and honor outstanding research and writing in the field of sport history. The NASSH Book...
www.nassh.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excellent prizes to win (she says as a previous committee member) #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Super excited for this future @ijhs.bsky.social special issue on women’s basketball 🏀 history. If you’re working on this topic, please submit an abstract before the Dec 17 deadline! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
We regularly post calls for papers around specialist topics.
Check out our latest one here on women's basketball @ijhs.bsky.social
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Check out our latest one here on women's basketball @ijhs.bsky.social
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
HIstories of Women’s Basketball- Global and Local Narratives
Submit new research on the histories of women's basketball - from community leagues to Olympic Games, how have gender, race, class and nation shaped the game.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Super excited for this future @ijhs.bsky.social special issue on women’s basketball 🏀 history. If you’re working on this topic, please submit an abstract before the Dec 17 deadline! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
I have had these exact comments from British people too. But this is hilarious
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I have had these exact comments from British people too. But this is hilarious
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Postdoc Opportunity at DMU's International Centre for Sports History and Culture | H-Net
De Montfort University's International Centre for Sports History and Culture is open to individuals outside the UK who would be interested in applying for the British Academy International Fellowship:...
networks.h-net.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We’re looking for recent PhDs from outside the UK / not UK citizens who are interested in working with @icshc.bsky.social for a #sporthistory postdoc application through the British Academy International Fellowship #skystorians 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Last 24 hours to apply to be an @ijhs.bsky.social editor alongside me & a bunch of other great scholars! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
🚨We’re looking for editors to join our team at The International Journal of the History of Sport @ijhs.bsky.social - if you work on sport history in Latin America or Asia (any countries) please apply for these 2 roles by Dec 3 #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
Editor needed for The International Journal of the History of Sport
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Last 24 hours to apply to be an @ijhs.bsky.social editor alongside me & a bunch of other great scholars! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Reposted by Dr. Heather Dichter
This looks like a great opportunity for people interested in working with the Alpine Club collections 🏔️
Today we are incredibly proud to launch the Audrey Salkeld Bursary.
The ASB will provide financial support to researchers, writers & other creatives to pursue projects that make use of the AC's collections, just as Audrey did.
Applications are open now & will close on 30 Dec ➡️ tinyurl.com/5asmzmrt
The ASB will provide financial support to researchers, writers & other creatives to pursue projects that make use of the AC's collections, just as Audrey did.
Applications are open now & will close on 30 Dec ➡️ tinyurl.com/5asmzmrt
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This looks like a great opportunity for people interested in working with the Alpine Club collections 🏔️