🎮 Brilliant article below on the FIFA franchise, its place in the history/heritage of football and its misuse of history.

Check it out here ⬇️

Did you spend your childhood playing FIFA/Pro Evo?

I have the article for you! Just published in Sport in History on the history of the FIFA franchise &, more importantly, how these games have used history in problematic ways.

Free copies below

Link: bit.ly/44q1Wrl

Brilliant panel on epidemics HSTM Network first panel this am, on typhus, obesity, syphilis and polio, from Carly Collier, Jean Walker, Conor Heffernan and Hannah Brown

Interviewing Roddy Collins was not on my 2024 bingo card. What an amazing experience (especially as I've bought Paul Howard's Rodfather biography for dozens of gifts).

Check out the podcast for an enjoyable conversation with one of Irish football's most affable individuals.

Evi Numen shares information on the collections at the Old Anatomy Museum.

Read too many good things this week to not dust off the newsletter. L I N K I N B I O, of course. Sharing wonderful work from Sarah Hepola, kang, and Oliver Bateman Does the Work, along with peak goofiness from the Drake Relays. Thanks for checking it out!

Remember back in 2020 ... not that! This ⬇️ 20 x 20 Cliona O'Leary led response RTÉ Sport to shift the dial on gender equal coverage, including more women on screen and radio. For anyone interested in #media #gender read more here - tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Setting off on the long journey to Carlow College for the HSTM Network conference.

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

Congratulations Prof Gareth Davison & collaborators on the publication of their review article in iScience journal Cell Cell Press👏👏

#BiologicalSciences #CellularPhysiology #MolecularPhysiology #CellBiology

Open Access👉cell.com/iscience/fullt…

Proof that I'm not just a broken record talking about GAA the whole time!

Tune in to episode two of Ireland's Hidden Treasures on RTÉ One this Sunday at 18.30 📺

Congratulations to all of the women featured including School of Sport colleagues Dr Carla Mc Cabe Dr. Katie Liston Tandy Jane Haughey #womeninscience

Nice job Robin & Oisin! 🛶🏕️🔥🙌

Matt Nesbitt is doing really impactful work on concussion/mTBI in Irish rugby. Currently doing a PhD on women's rugby and brain-related injuries. Watch this space!

And, strong Ulster University School of Sport presence too, with three articles reflecting our expertise in social sciences and humanities of sport

Hurrah. Release Routledge Sport, Leisure, and Tourism of special issue on Sport, the Media and Ireland - edited by yours truly, Marcus Free and Niamh Kitching Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Neil O'Boyle School of Comms DCU and Seán Crosson Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Introduction can be read here - tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

1. From Conor Heffernan and Joe Taylor on WWE and Becky Lynch - tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… /

A look at the history of sport and physical culture as it has changed over the years. Nice article Conor.
mainlymuseums.com/post/318/h-j-l…
Conor Heffernan #museums #sport #Austin

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION(S) 🚨

Congratulations to Dr Dr. Katie Liston, Dr Conor Heffernan & PhD Researcher Matt Nesbitt on their individual contributions to this special issue on Sport, the Media & Ireland 👇👇👇

Another great panel to kick off the second day of our annual conference.
🕐9.30 am - 11.30 am
📅 27th April 2024
All welcome!

School of Sport Conor Heffernan And hot of the press, this is Matt Nesbitt's paper. Well done Matt 👏tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…