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School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Cultural Studies and Humanities Good News Feb 2022

The latest good news from the School of Cultural Studies & Humanities in February 2022.

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School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Published on 07 Mar 2022

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Reports released

Dan Kilvington released the report, ‘Equality’s Everyone’s Job’, which explores the lived experiences of British South Asians within leadership, management and governance positions in English professional football. The project, which was externally funded by Leisure Studies Association, was co-authored with Dr Thomas Fletcher (LBU) and Dr Stefan Lawrence (Newman University). The report presents the lived experiences of British South Asians in football and highlights several recommendations for reform within the so-called ‘beautiful game’. The report can be read here.

Book contract news

Andrew McTominey has recently signed a book contract with the Royal Historical Society’s ‘New Perspectives Series’ for his first monograph, entitled Waterworks, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, 1860-1970. Building on the research from his PhD thesis, completed at Leeds Beckett, Andrew is widening his case studies to look beyond Leeds and the Washburn Valley to see how waterworks impacted local environments and civic identity in cities like Liverpool and Birmingham. The book is due to be published in 2023.

Research papers

On 24 February Simon Morgan gave a paper entitled 'From " People's Champions" to "Tribunes of the People": Popular Politicians in Parliament, c.1810 to 1867' to the Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, in conjunction with the History of Parliament project. The online seminar drew a broad audience, who asked questions about Simon's pre-circulated paper for over an hour.

Simon also wrote a blog about the paper, which drew on his 2021 monograph Celebrities, Heroes and Champions: Popular Politicians in the Age of Reform, for the History of Parliament website.

CPD sessions

Dan Kilvington has been delivering in CPD sessions with key stakeholders in football including the English Premier League (EPL) and Aston Villa FC. In the past month, Dan has delivered sessions on anti-racist coaching practice and how talent identification systems in football can better target and recruit players from South Asian heritage.