Timetable
Lectures
Week 1: Studying sports as an academic subject
Week 2: The history and sport
Week 3: Key themes on media and sport
Week 4: Race and Sport
Week 5: Gender in sport
Week 6: Reading week
Week 7: Assessment session
Week 8: Documentary source – extract and reflection
Week 9: Film/TV/fiction source – ‘Fever Pitch’
Week 10: Esports
Seminars
Week 1: Studying Sports History: Themes and Problems. How the module will be structured.
Week 2: History
Week 3: Media
Week 4: Race
Week 5: Gender
Week 6: Reading Week
Week 7: The Olympics and Politics,
Week 8: Women and Sport
Week 9: Boxing and Civil Rights
